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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. Get help and support for your business

   Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.

3. 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

4. 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

5. Contracts Finder

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

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Guidance and regulation

1. Alcohol licensing
   • Detailed guide
   • 24 May 2018
   • Home Office
2. State aid
   • Detailed guide
   • 10 July 2015
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3. Trade mark forms and fees
   • Guidance
   • 24 April 2020
   • Intellectual Property Office
4. Coronavirus (COVID-19): CMA statement on consumer protection law in relation to cancellations and refunds complaints
   • Guidance
   • 30 April 2020
   • Competition and Markets Authority
5. Changes to Employment Allowance
   • Detailed guide
   • 10 February 2020
   • HM Revenue & Customs

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News and communications

2 June 2020 — News story

Commercial vehicle and trailer parts merger raises competition concerns

Competition and Markets Authority

1. TVS Europe Distribution Limited / 3G Truck & Trailer Parts merger inquiry
   • 2 June 2020
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
2. Investment consultants market investigation
   • 2 June 2020
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
3. Bauer Media Group merger inquiry
   • 1 June 2020
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
4. Nortriptyline investigation: anti-competitive agreement and conduct
   • 1 June 2020
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case

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Research and statistics

1. Facts and figures: patent, trade mark, design and hearing data 2019
   • 2 June 2020
   • Intellectual Property Office
   • Official statistics
2. Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill: RPC opinion
   • 29 May 2020
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Research
3. Proposal to ban the sale and supply of plastic drink stirrers in England: RPC opinion
   • 22 May 2020
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Research
4. Proposal to ban the sale and supply of plastic-stemmed cotton buds in England: RPC opinion
   • 22 May 2020
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Research
5. CMA coronavirus taskforce update: 21 May 2020
   • 21 May 2020
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Capacity Market: proposal to relax the rules temporarily in response to COVID-19
   • 20 May 2020
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 30 April 2020
2. Procedure for dealing with requests to carry out the test in Schedule 4 to the Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order 2010
   • 25 March 2020
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 08 June 2020
3. Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: May 2020 update
   • 27 May 2020
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Policy paper
4. Online advertising - call for evidence
   • 18 March 2020
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Policy paper
5. Explanatory framework for adequacy discussions
   • 13 March 2020
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Regulatory Policy Committee: minutes March 2020
   • 29 May 2020
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Corporate report
2. RPC Register of Interests, May 2020
   • 29 May 2020
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Transparency
3. CMA and HFEA memorandum of understanding
   • 14 May 2020
   • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and Competition and Markets Authority
   • Corporate report
4. Merger inquiry outcome statistics
   • 13 May 2020
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Transparency
5. Board meeting agendas and minutes
   • 12 May 2020
   • Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Intellectual Property Office
2. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3. Office for Product Safety & Standards
4. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
5. Pubs Code Adjudicator

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

1. Competition and Markets Authority
2. Regulatory Policy Committee
3. Environment Agency
4. British Hallmarking Council
5. Government Chemist
6. Innovate UK
7. Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
8. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
9. Sellafield Ltd
10. Export Control Joint Unit
11. Military Aviation Authority
12. Ofqual
13. Low Pay Commission
14. UK Space Agency
15. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
16. Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
17. Ofsted
18. Social Security Advisory Committee
19. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
20. Council for Science and Technology
21. Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
22. Employment Tribunal
23. Highways England
24. HM Land Registry
25. Natural England
26. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
27. UK Hydrographic Office

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