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
   • 23 November 2018
   • Intellectual Property Office
3. Non-disclosure agreements
   • Guidance
   • 12 March 2015
   • Intellectual Property Office
4. Gas meter readings and bill calculation
   • Detailed guide
   • 10 June 2014
   • Office for Product Safety and Standards
5. Product safety for manufacturers
   • Detailed guide
   • 14 May 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Office for Product Safety and Standards

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News and communications

13 December 2018 — Decision

Designs hearing decision O/798/18

Intellectual Property Office

1. Baxter, Inc / Hospira UK Limited’s compounding business and related assets merger inquiry
   • 13 December 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
2. Vanilla Group / Washstation merger inquiry
   • 13 December 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
3. Two construction firms admit to illegal cartel
   • 13 December 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Press release
4. J Sainsbury PLC / Asda Group Ltd merger inquiry
   • 13 December 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case

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Research and statistics

1. Food and feed law: legislation review (July - September 2018)
   • 26 November 2018
   • Government Chemist
   • Research
2. Research into designs infringement
   • 22 November 2018
   • Intellectual Property Office
   • Research
3. 3D printing and intellectual property futures
   • 21 November 2018
   • Intellectual Property Office
   • Research
4. Vulnerable consumers
   • 13 November 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Research
5. Comparative analysis of regulatory regimes in global economies
   • 13 November 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Low-alcohol product labelling
   • 13 December 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 11 May 2018
2. Exceptions to the duty to refer
   • 13 December 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 20 July 2018
3. Merger remedies
   • 13 December 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 20 July 2018
4. Pubs Code Consultation: Accounting for duty paid on alcohol and volumes of unsaleable draught products
   • 13 December 2018
   • Pubs Code Adjudicator
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 11 January 2019
5. Transmission licence exemption order for offshore generators
   • 4 December 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 02 January 2019

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Claims Management Regulator: enforcement actions April 2018 to March 2019
   • 6 December 2018
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Corporate report
2. CMA board meeting minutes: 17 October 2018
   • 29 November 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Transparency
3. Geological disposal: scrutiny of RWM's work - annual reports
   • 15 November 2018
   • Environment Agency
   • Corporate report
4. Joint regulators' assessment of the 2016 generic Disposal System Safety Case
   • 15 November 2018
   • Environment Agency
   • Corporate report
5. New nuclear power stations: initial assessment of General Nuclear System’s UK HPR1000 design
   • 15 November 2018
   • Environment Agency
   • 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. Pubs Code Adjudicator
11. Cabinet Office
12. Department of Health & Social Care
13. Department for Transport
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. Company Names Tribunal
24. Department for Education
25. Department for International Trade
26. Government Equalities Office
27. The Insolvency Service
28. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
29. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
30. Northern Ireland Office
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