Business regulation

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Services

• Search for a trade mark

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

• Check if a vehicle, part or accessory has been recalled

  Check if a vehicle model, part or accessory has been recalled because of a fault in how it was made

• Contracts Finder

  Use Contracts Finder to find out about current contract opportunities with the government and its agencies.

• Register a trade mark

  Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol

• Accepting returns and giving refunds: the law

  When you do and do not have to offer a refund, repair or replacement, unconditional refunds for online purchases, and penalties for deceiving customers

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Guidance and regulation

• Apply for an SIA licence
  • Detailed guide
  • 18 May 2023
  • Security Industry Authority
• Alcohol licensing
  • Detailed guide
  • 19 April 2021
  • Home Office
• Renew your SIA licence
  • Detailed guide
  • 18 May 2023
  • Security Industry Authority
• Using the UKCA marking
  • Detailed guide
  • 14 November 2022
  • Department for Business and Trade and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Find out if you need an SIA licence
  • Detailed guide
  • 14 October 2020
  • Security Industry Authority

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News and communications

• Medivet Group Limited / multiple independent veterinary businesses merger inquiries
  • 2 June 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Technology Secretary holds roundtable with leading AI innovators
  • 2 June 2023
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Press release
• Bestway Panacea Holdings Limited / Lexon UK Holdings and Asurex merger inquiry
  • 1 June 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Response to government's AI White Paper
  • 1 June 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Correspondence
• CD&R / Morrisons
  • 1 June 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case

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Research and statistics

• Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: April 2023
  • 25 May 2023
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Official statistics
• Upholstered garden furniture and baby travel products
  • 18 May 2023
  • Office for Product Safety and Standards
  • Research
• Material flows and material footprint accounts, UK: 2023
  • 15 May 2023
  • Office for National Statistics
  • Official statistics
• Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill – IA relating to new pro-competition regime relating to digital markets: RPC Opinion (Green-rated)
  • 10 May 2023
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Research
• Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: RPC Opinion (Red-rated)
  • 10 May 2023
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Consultation on proposed commitments in respect of Meta’s use of advertising data
  • 26 May 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 26 June 2023
• Planning for new energy infrastructure: revisions to National Policy Statements
  • 25 May 2023
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 23 June 2023
• Design of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO): 2023-2026
  • 25 May 2023
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 23 December 2022
• Smarter regulation non-financial reporting review: call for evidence
  • 24 May 2023
  • Department for Business and Trade
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 16 August 2023
• Economic regulation policy
  • 1 June 2023
  • Department for Business and Trade and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• A statement of dissent in relation to a 2002 water industry merger
  • 1 June 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Transparency
• Details and documents relating to a specific SIA prosecution case
  • 30 May 2023
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Foi release
• SIA contract with Datrix
  • 30 May 2023
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Foi release
• Details relating to the use of cloud services by the SIA
  • 30 May 2023
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Foi release
• Register of Board Members' Interests
  • 24 May 2023
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Intellectual Property Office
• Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Pubs Code Adjudicator
• Office for Product Safety & Standards
• Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

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• Department for Business & Trade
• Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Groceries Code Adjudicator
• Home Office
• HM Treasury
• Cabinet Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
• Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Department for Transport
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Department for Culture, Media & Sport
• Company Names Tribunal
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Department of Health & Social Care
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
• Government Digital Service
• Companies House
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• The Insolvency Service
• Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
• Copyright Tribunal
• Government Actuary's Department
• Government Equalities Office
• Ministry of Defence
• UK Export Finance
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• Trade Remedies Authority
• Crown Commercial Service
• Department for Education
• Small Business Commissioner
• Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
• Coal Authority
• Marine Management Organisation
• Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• Northern Ireland Office
• Rural Payments Agency
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Attorney General's Office
• Committee on Fuel Poverty
• Government Office for Science
• HM Passport Office
• HM Prison & Probation Service
• Office for Artificial Intelligence
• Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
• Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Central Arbitration Committee
• CFRA
• Civil Procedure Rule Committee
• Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Government Office for Technology Transfer
• Immigration Enforcement
• Office for Health Improvement & Disparities
• Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
• Office of the Public Guardian
• Race Disparity Unit
• Stabilisation Unit
• Tribunal Procedure Committee
• UK Atomic Energy Authority

• Competition and Markets Authority
• Regulatory Policy Committee
• Security Industry Authority
• Environment Agency
• British Hallmarking Council
• Government Chemist
• Office for the Internal Market
• Sellafield Ltd
• Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
• Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Ofqual
• Subsidy Advice Unit
• Export Control Joint Unit
• Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
• Military Aviation Authority
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Dounreay
• Low Pay Commission
• Magnox Ltd
• Natural England
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
• Nuclear Waste Services
• Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
• Ofsted
• Social Security Advisory Committee
• Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
• Council for Science and Technology
• Employment Tribunal
• HM Land Registry
• Office for Life Sciences
• Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
• UK Hydrographic Office
• UK Space Agency

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