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Services

1. Get information about a company

   Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved

2. DBS Update Service

   Use the DBS Update Service to keep your DBS check certificates up to date or check an applicant's DBS certificate (used to be called CRB checks).

3. File your confirmation statement (annual return) with Companies House

   How to file company information - including directors, registered office and shareholders in your confirmation statement (previously AR01 annual return)

4. Search for a trade mark

   Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered

5. Trade Tariff: look up commodity codes, duty and VAT rates

   Search for import and export commodity codes and for tax, duty and licences that apply to your goods

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Guidance and regulation

1. Bringing merchandise from or to the UK in baggage or a small motor vehicle in a no-deal Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 28 August 2019
   • HM Revenue & Customs
2. HMRC exchange rates for 2019: monthly
   • Guidance
   • 27 August 2019
   • HM Revenue & Customs
3. HM Land Registry: Registration Services fees
   • Detailed guide
   • 18 July 2019
   • HM Land Registry
4. Check temporary rates of customs duty (tariffs) on imports after a no-deal Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 20 March 2019
   • Department for International Trade
5. Register for simplified import procedures in a no-deal Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 6 September 2019
   • HM Revenue & Customs

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News and communications

6 September 2019 — World news story

New Alberta and UK Innovation Partnership

1. Get your business ready for Brexit
   • 6 September 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • News story
2. Abellio East Midlands Limited / East Midlands rail franchise
   • 6 September 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
3. Company Names Tribunal decision: Ermitage Management Limited
   • 6 September 2019
   • Company Names Tribunal
   • Decision
4. Liz Truss hosts first meeting of the Freeports Advisory Panel
   • 6 September 2019
   • Department for International Trade
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. Amending allergen provisions for food prepacked: RPC Opinion
   • 6 September 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Research
2. Facts and figures: patent, trade mark, design and hearing data: 2018
   • 6 September 2019
   • Intellectual Property Office
   • Official statistics
3. Regional trade statistics interactive analysis: second quarter 2019
   • 5 September 2019
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • Statistical data set
4. Quarterly GDP for the countries of the UK and the regions of England
   • 5 September 2019
   • Office for National Statistics
   • Official statistics
5. Regional trade statistics second quarter 2019: accompanying tables
   • 5 September 2019
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Ecodesign requirements for external power supplies: draft regulation
   • 3 September 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 15 October 2019
2. Creating a Clean Steel Fund: call for evidence
   • 29 August 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 21 November 2019
3. Proposed reforms to permitted development rights to support the deployment of 5G and extend mobile coverage
   • 27 August 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 04 November 2019
4. Environmental permitting: standard rules consultation no 19
   • 13 August 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 10 June 2019
5. Newton Fund: building science and innovation capacity in developing countries
   • 14 August 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. UKAEA prompt payment return data: 2019 to 2020
   • 5 September 2019
   • UK Atomic Energy Authority
   • Transparency
2. Promoting innovation and growth: The IPO at work 2018-19
   • 4 September 2019
   • Intellectual Property Office
   • Corporate report
3. NDA and PHE Epidemiology Governance Group Annual Report 2018 to 2019
   • 2 September 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Public Health England
   • Corporate report
4. CMA board meeting minutes: 7 May 2019
   • 28 August 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Transparency
5. Innovate UK funding competition winners 2019
   • 27 August 2019
   • Innovate UK and UK Research and Innovation
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2. HM Treasury
3. Department for Transport
4. HM Revenue & Customs
5. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

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1. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
2. Intellectual Property Office
3. Department for International Trade
4. The Insolvency Service
5. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
6. Companies House
7. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
8. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
9. Company Names Tribunal
10. Cabinet Office
11. Home Office
12. Government Office for Science
13. UK Export Finance
14. Ministry of Defence
15. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
16. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
17. Department of Health & Social Care
18. Department for Work & Pensions
19. Office for Product Safety & Standards
20. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
21. Department for International Development
22. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
23. Pubs Code Adjudicator
24. Groceries Code Adjudicator
25. Ministry of Justice
26. Defence and Security Accelerator
27. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
28. Northern Ireland Office
29. UK Atomic Energy Authority
30. Office of Manpower Economics
31. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
32. Department for Education
33. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
34. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
35. Department for Exiting the European Union
36. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
37. Crown Commercial Service
38. Government Equalities Office
39. Office for Civil Society
40. Animal & Plant Health Agency
41. Prison Service Pay Review Body
42. Valuation Office Agency
43. Disclosure & Barring Service
44. Office for Low Emission Vehicles
45. Public Health England
46. Government Science & Engineering
47. Rural Payments Agency
48. Life Sciences Organisation
49. Bona Vacantia
50. Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
51. Veterinary Medicines Directorate
52. Government Digital Service
53. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
54. Government Legal Department
55. Marine Management Organisation
56. Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration
57. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
58. Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
59. Export Guarantees Advisory Council
60. Office of the Public Guardian
61. Geospatial Commission
62. Government Actuary's Department
63. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
64. Financial Services Trade and Investment Board
65. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
66. Review Body on Senior Salaries
67. UK Visas and Immigration
68. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
69. Police Remuneration Review Body
70. Small Business Commissioner
71. National Information Board
72. NHS Pay Review Body
73. Accelerated Access Review
74. Copyright Tribunal
75. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
76. Coal Authority
77. Office for Disability Issues
78. Border Force
79. National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body
80. Stabilisation Unit
81. Education & Skills Funding Agency
82. Industrial Development Advisory Board
83. Race Disparity Unit
84. School Teachers' Review Body
85. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
86. Attorney General's Office
87. Central Arbitration Committee
88. Internal Audit Profession
89. Defence Electronics & Components Agency
90. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
91. RDPE Network
92. Building Regulations Advisory Committee
93. Certification Officer
94. HM Passport Office
95. Office for Artificial Intelligence
96. Planning Inspectorate
97. Civil Procedure Rule Committee
98. Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
99. Independent Dormant Assets Commission
100. Social Mobility Commission
101. Committee on Standards in Public Life
102. Tribunal Procedure Committee
103. Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
104. BPDTS Ltd
105. CFRA
106. Civil Service
107. Government Economic Service
108. Government social research profession
109. Criminal Procedure Rule Committee
110. Defence Safety Authority
111. Family Procedure Rule Committee
112. Government Property Agency
113. Homes England
114. Immigration Enforcement
115. Legal Aid Agency
116. National Data Guardian
117. National security and intelligence
118. Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
119. Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning
120. Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative
121. Science Advisory Council

1. Competition and Markets Authority
2. HM Land Registry
3. Innovate UK
4. Environment Agency
5. UK Space Agency
6. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
7. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
8. Highways England
9. The Charity Commission
10. Regulatory Policy Committee
11. Export Control Joint Unit
12. Government Chemist
13. Forensic Science Regulator
14. Dounreay
15. Sellafield Ltd
16. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
17. Radioactive Waste Management
18. Council for Science and Technology
19. Department for International Trade Defence & Security Organisation
20. Healthcare UK
21. British Hallmarking Council
22. Office for Life Sciences
23. Magnox Ltd
24. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
25. Office of Tax Simplification
26. Animals in Science Committee
27. Low Pay Commission
28. Military Aviation Authority
29. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
30. Single Source Regulations Office
31. UK Hydrographic Office
32. Defence Equipment and Support
33. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
34. Forestry Commission
35. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
36. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
37. Natural England
38. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
39. Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
40. HM Nautical Almanac Office
41. Ofsted
42. Migration Advisory Committee
43. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
44. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
45. Ofqual
46. Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
47. Social Security Advisory Committee
48. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
49. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
50. National Probation Service
51. Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
52. UK Council for Internet Safety
53. Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
54. Insolvency Rules Committee
55. Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
56. British Cattle Movement Service
57. Government Internal Audit Agency
58. HM Prison Service
59. Rail Accident Investigation Branch
60. Student Loans Company
61. Technical Advisory Board
62. Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
63. Veterans UK

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