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Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
The Royal Mail was formerly a Public Corporation. Following the Postal Services Act 2011, the Royal Mail was privatised.
Find out which postage stamps are free of VAT and when VAT must be applied to stamps, stamped stationery and other philatelic supplies.
The Postal Services Commission (Postcomm) was the regulator of mail industry. Its responsibilities passed to Ofcom in 2011.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mathew Gullick Deputy Judge of the High Court on 28 May 2024.
Configure email services securely using encryption and anti-spoofing.
The review was established to help sustain the universal postal service.
How to move goods, in parcels or large letters, between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
You can use the bulk import reduced data set to declare one or more low value parcels in a single import declaration when you import goods to Great Britain.
Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19.
Make sure that domains that do not send email cannot be used for spoofing.
The Post Office provides mail, financial and government services to the public through its nationwide network of post office branches. Post Office is a public corporation of the Department for Business and Trade .
Find out when you can zero rate VAT for advertisements and goods used for the collection of donations.
Portland is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, for men aged 18 and over.
Featherstone is a men’s prison in the village of Featherstone, near Wolverhampton.
Bullingdon is a men’s prison near Bicester in Oxfordshire.
Sudbury Prison is a men’s prison near Ashbourne in Derbyshire.
Wayland is a men’s prison near Thetford, Norfolk.
Wymott is a prison for men near Leyland, Lancashire, including men convicted of a sex offence.
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