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Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study (courses up to 6 months), medical treatment and other activities. Find out whether you need a Standard Visitor visa, or can visit without a visa.
You can visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study…
You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to do the following business…
You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to: study at an accredited…
If you’re a scientist, researcher or academic you can: take part in formal…
You can visit the UK for certain paid engagements or events (a ‘permitted…
You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to: have private medical treatment…
You may visit the UK if you’re under 18 and: you’ve made suitable…
If you need a Standard Visitor visa, you must apply online before you…
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The home of UK Sport on GOV.UK. UK Sport (UKSP) supports Britain’s best Olympic and Paralympic sports and athletes, co-ordinating the bids for and staging of major international sporting events in the UK. It invests around £100 million each year in high performance sport.
COMARE’s 18th report: investigates the issues with the use of DXA scans for assessing body composition in relation to sporting performance.
You may need a child performance licence for any child taking part in a public performance, sporting event or modelling assignment
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
UK visa sponsorship information for employers - requirements, certificates and licences for Workers and Temporary Workers.
Information that schools maintained by a local authority must or should publish on their website.
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
The different types of SIA licence, and which job activities need a licence.
The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
Helping our best athletes reach their full potential, giving them more chances to compete in the UK and keeping elite sport drug-free.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
What qualifies as ordinary commuting and private travel for tax purposes.
Information that academies – including any educational setting with academy arrangements – and further education (FE) colleges must or should publish on their website.
How much PE and sport premium funding schools will receive for the academic year 2023 to 2024 and advice on how to spend it.
How to apply for a reduced rate of withholding tax, and work out the tax due on worldwide earnings.
A list of goods and services showing which rates of VAT apply and which items are exempt or outside the scope of VAT.
This series brings together all documents relating to Our performance
Find out how to determine the place of supply of your services and how to deal with supplies of services which you receive from outside the UK.
Guidance and forms for applying for a premises licence to sell alcohol, late night hot food and drink or provide public entertainment.
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