Food, hospitality and retail

Start and run your restaurant, café, pub, shop or food business

Register and license your business

• Food business registration
• Local authority food establishment approval (England)
• Alcohol licensing
• Entertainment Licensing

Keep your food business safe

• Food safety - your responsibilities
• Make an HACCP food plan
• Food labelling and packaging
• Labelling and handling food for international transport

Apply for novel foods and speciality status

• Protected geographical food and drink names
• Protected geographical food and drink names: UK GI schemes

Run your pub or licensed premises

• Pubs Code Adjudicator
• Brewing beer: rules and regulations for commercial brewing

Follow retail and consumer law

• Consumer protection guidance for businesses
• Accepting returns and giving refunds: the law
• How to write fair contracts: information for businesses
• Packaged goods: weights and measures regulations
• Labelling spirit drinks
• Trading hours for retailers: the law

Get help and support

• Food Standards Agency
• Find your local Trading Standards office
• Primary Authority: a guide for businesses
• Check if you need an environmental permit