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You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced investment of £35 million in grassroots cricket facilities and widening access to the sport within state schools, in the latest move by the Government to get one million more young people physically active by...
Apply for a Start-up visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, switch to this visa, bring your family.
Find out if you should pay Gaming Duty, how to register and how to pay.
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
Healthy Start is an NHS scheme that helps women who are pregnant or have young children and are receiving benefits, buy foods such as milk or fruit.
A new government campaign will be launched to support parents as research highlights some are unaware their baby's mental health impacts their early development.
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave
Eligible chemistry, languages, mathematics and physics teachers can apply for early-career payments between September and March.
The Ministry of Defence cadet forces provide a challenging and stimulating contemporary cadet experience that develops and inspires young people within a safe environment.
How to begin with evaluating a digital health product, including when to evaluate, budgeting and getting support.
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices and rejection letters published in 2024 for rights of way orders
Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test
Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
Loans and mentoring for people looking to start or grow a business in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
The CMA is investigating Google’s conduct in relation to Google’s distribution of apps on Android devices in the UK, in particular Google Play’s rules which oblige certain app developers to use Google Play’s own billing system for in-app purchases.
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