Business regulation

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Services

1. Search for a trade mark

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

2. 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

3. Contracts Finder

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

4. Find your local Trading Standards office

   Find a Trading Standards office to complain about illegal sales activity or to get business advice about trading legally

5. Apply to 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

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Guidance and regulation

1. Alcohol licensing
   • Detailed guide
   • 24 May 2018
   • Home Office
2. Trade mark forms and fees
   • Guidance
   • 25 September 2017
   • Intellectual Property Office
3. Non-disclosure agreements
   • Guidance
   • 12 March 2015
   • Intellectual Property Office
4. Product safety for manufacturers
   • Detailed guide
   • 14 May 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Office for Product Safety and Standards
5. Gas meter readings and bill calculation
   • Detailed guide
   • 10 June 2014
   • Office for Product Safety and Standards

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News and communications

12 November 2018 — Cma case

Post Office Limited / Payzone UK Limited merger inquiry

Competition and Markets Authority

1. Ausurus Group/Metal & Waste Recycling merger inquiry
   • 12 November 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
2. 1 January 2019: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees
   • 12 November 2018
   • Intellectual Property Office
   • News story
3. PayPal Holdings, Inc / iZettle AB merger inquiry
   • 9 November 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
4. Motor Fuel Group (MFG) / MRH merger inquiry
   • 9 November 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case

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Research and statistics

1. Alcohol and late night refreshment licensing England and Wales 31 March 2018
   • 25 October 2018
   • Home Office
   • National statistics
2. UK businesses’ understanding of competition law
   • 22 October 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Research
3. Searching and switching in retail banking
   • 15 October 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Research
4. Estimating diversion ratios in hospital mergers
   • 15 October 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Research
5. Pricing algorithms research, collusion and personalised pricing
   • 8 October 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Pubs Code Consultation: Accounting for duty paid on alcohol and volumes of unsaleable draught products
   • 2 November 2018
   • Pubs Code Adjudicator
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 11 January 2019
2. Airside alcohol licensing at international airports in England and Wales: call for evidence
   • 1 November 2018
   • Home Office
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 01 February 2019
3. Digital Competition Expert Panel: Call For Evidence
   • 16 October 2018
   • HM Treasury
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 08 December 2018
4. Small scale DAB licensing consultation
   • 13 October 2018
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 28 February 2018
5. Consultation on the use of a Legislative Reform Order to reform the administration of the Horserace Betting Levy
   • 10 October 2018
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 17 February 2018

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Merger inquiry outcome statistics
   • 12 November 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Transparency
2. IPO diversity and inclusion report for 2017-2018
   • 5 November 2018
   • Intellectual Property Office
   • Corporate report
3. IPO payments: 2018
   • 2 November 2018
   • Intellectual Property Office
   • Transparency
4. CMA board meeting minutes: 12 September 2018
   • 24 October 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Transparency
5. Pubs Code Adjudicator Levy Funding Policy 2018/19
   • 24 October 2018
   • Pubs Code Adjudicator
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Intellectual Property Office
2. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
4. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
5. Home Office

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1. Office for Product Safety & Standards
2. Department for Work & Pensions
3. Ministry of Justice
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. Groceries Code Adjudicator
6. HM Treasury
7. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
8. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
9. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
10. Cabinet Office
11. Pubs Code Adjudicator
12. Department for Transport
13. Department of Health & Social Care
14. HM Revenue & Customs
15. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
16. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
17. UK Export Finance
18. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
19. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
20. Ministry of Defence
21. Crown Commercial Service
22. Government Actuary's Department
23. Department for Education
24. Department for International Trade
25. The Insolvency Service
26. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
27. Government Equalities Office
28. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
29. Northern Ireland Office
30. Company Names Tribunal
31. Department for International Development
32. Government Office for Science
33. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
34. HM Passport Office
35. Marine Management Organisation
36. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
37. Public Health England
38. Attorney General's Office
39. Bona Vacantia
40. Building Regulations Advisory Committee
41. Central Arbitration Committee
42. CFRA
43. Civil Procedure Rule Committee
44. Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
45. Companies House
46. Copyright Tribunal
47. Department for Exiting the European Union
48. Immigration Enforcement
49. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
50. Office for Civil Society
51. Office of the Public Guardian
52. Stabilisation Unit
53. Coal Authority
54. Tribunal Procedure Committee
55. UK Atomic Energy Authority

1. Competition and Markets Authority
2. Regulatory Policy Committee
3. Environment Agency
4. British Hallmarking Council
5. Government Chemist
6. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
7. Military Aviation Authority
8. Export Control Joint Unit
9. Innovate UK
10. Ofqual
11. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
12. Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
13. Social Security Advisory Committee
14. UK Space Agency
15. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
16. Council for Science and Technology
17. Highways England
18. HM Land Registry
19. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
20. Ofsted
21. Single Source Regulations Office
22. UK Hydrographic Office

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1. Alcohol licensing
2. Competition
3. Consumer rights and issues
4. Energy industry and infrastructure licensing and regulation
5. Intellectual property
6. Regulation reform
7. Sale of goods and services and data protection