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

• Using the UKCA marking
  • Detailed guide
  • 14 November 2022
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Apply for an SIA licence
  • Detailed guide
  • 5 September 2022
  • Security Industry Authority
• Alcohol licensing
  • Detailed guide
  • 19 April 2021
  • Home Office
• Register an overseas entity and tell us about its beneficial owners
  • Detailed guide
  • 24 October 2022
  • Companies House
• Renew your SIA licence
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 October 2021
  • Security Industry Authority

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News and communications

• NEC Software Solutions UK / Capita Secure Solutions and Services merger inquiry
  • 1 December 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Cochlear / Oticon merger inquiry
  • 1 December 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Sale of emergency service software businesses required to protect UK taxpayers
  • 1 December 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Press release
• Independent Vetcare Limited (IVC) / multiple independent veterinary businesses merger inquiries
  • 1 December 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Facebook, Inc (now Meta Platforms, Inc) / Giphy, Inc merger inquiry
  • 1 December 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case

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Research and statistics

• SIA licence applications
  • 1 December 2022
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Statistical data set
• SIA licence holders
  • 1 December 2022
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Statistical data set
• SIA approved contractors
  • 1 December 2022
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Statistical data set
• Music and streaming market study: final report
  • 29 November 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Research
• Reforming the UK Packaging Producer Responsibility System: RPC Opinion (Green-rated)
  • 24 November 2022
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Proposal for legislation to improve the UK’s cyber resilience
  • 30 November 2022
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 10 April 2022
• Design of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO): 2023-2026
  • 28 November 2022
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 23 December 2022
• Mobile browsers and cloud gaming: Proposal to make a market reference
  • 22 November 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 23 July 2022
• Online safety and data protection: a joint statement by Ofcom and the Information Commissioner’s Office
  • 25 November 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Policy paper
• Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022: impact assessment
  • 22 November 2022
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Impact assessment

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• IPO payments: 2022
  • 1 December 2022
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Transparency
• November 2022: CCO progress meetings record
  • 1 December 2022
  • Groceries Code Adjudicator
  • Transparency
• Regulatory decisions made about the conduct of professional drivers
  • 28 November 2022
  • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
  • Transparency
• Questions about a security company from members of a protest
  • 25 November 2022
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Foi release
• Couriers used by the SIA
  • 24 November 2022
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Foi release

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Organisations

• Intellectual Property Office
• Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Pubs Code Adjudicator
• Office for Product Safety & Standards

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• Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
• Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Groceries Code Adjudicator
• Home Office
• HM Treasury
• Ministry of Justice
• Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Department for Transport
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Cabinet Office
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Department for International Trade
• Department of Health & Social Care
• Company Names Tribunal
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
• Government Digital Service
• Government Equalities Office
• Companies House
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• The Insolvency Service
• Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
• Copyright Tribunal
• Government Actuary's Department
• Ministry of Defence
• UK Export Finance
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Crown Commercial Service
• Department for Education
• Trade Remedies Authority
• Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• 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 of the Advocate General for Scotland
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Central Arbitration Committee
• CFRA
• Civil Procedure Rule Committee
• Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Immigration Enforcement
• 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
• Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
• Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Sellafield Ltd
• Ofqual
• Military Aviation Authority
• Low Pay Commission
• Natural England
• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Dounreay
• Magnox Ltd
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
• Ofsted
• Social Security Advisory Committee
• Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
• Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
• Council for Science and Technology
• Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
• Employment Tribunal
• Export Control Joint Unit
• HM Land Registry
• Nuclear Waste Services
• Office for Life Sciences
• Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
• UK Hydrographic Office
• UK Space Agency

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