Manufacturing and industry

Run a factory, production facility or industrial operation

Manufacturing support and strategy

• The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy 2025

Get permits to operate

• Environmental permits: regulatory position statements
• Check if you need an environmental permit
• Waste: environmental permits
• Standard rules: environmental permitting
• Planning permission

Workplace, machinery and chemical safety

• Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
• Comply with UK REACH: submit and manage chemical registrations and notifications
• UK REACH: Joint registrations and data sharing
• Chemical hazards compendium
• MGN 332 (M+F) Amendment 4: The LOLER regulations 2006

Product marking and safety

• Placing manufactured products on the market
• Product safety advice for businesses

Manage your waste and emissions

• Extended producer responsibility for packaging
• Discharges to surface water and groundwater: environmental permits
• Pollution prevention for businesses
• Regulations: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

Laboratory standards

• Medicines: good manufacturing practice and good distribution practice
• Good laboratory practice (GLP) for safety tests on chemicals