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How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
Find UK trade data from HMRC. Look up data about imports, exports, commodities and traders.
Trading hours for retailers, restrictions on Sunday opening and public holiday opening in England, Wales and Scotland
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How the Valuation Office Agency calculates your rateable value for business rates.
Events courses and programmes to develop skills, knowledge and networks for chief executive officers, deputy-CEOs and their equivalents in public service.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) issue the VO6011 form to assess the rateable value of this type of non-domestic property.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Find out about your human rights and how they are protected.
Stop and search rates for different ethnic groups in England and Wales.
Government Chemist scientists publish research work on the analysis of isotopic composition of coffee beans as a marker of regional origin to combat food fraud
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
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.
Business rates information letters are issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government at regular intervals throughout the year.
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