Business regulation
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Services
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Search for a trade mark
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
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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
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Contracts Finder
Use Contracts Finder to find out about current contract opportunities with the government and its agencies
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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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Get help and support for your business
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
Guidance and regulation
- Placing manufactured goods on the market in Great Britain from 1 January 2021
- Alcohol licensing
- Trade mark forms and fees
- CE marking
- State aid
News and communications
Research and statistics
- OPSS Covid-19 consumer survey
- Use of Intellectual Property rights across UK industries
- Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill: RPC Opinion
- Intellectual Property Office – Research at IPO
- IPO counterfeit goods research
Policy papers and consultations
- Type B leniency in RPM cases – Draft Addendum to OFT1495
- Foreign Direct Investments: Guidance on the CMA’s powers and procedures
- Non-hazardous and inert waste: appropriate measures for permitted facilities
- Review of consents for major energy infrastructure projects and Special Protection Areas
- Reducing bureaucratic burden: higher education
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Regulatory Policy Committee's Corporate Report 2018-2020
- Regulatory Policy Committee's Business Plan 2020-2021
- Regulatory decisions made about the conduct of professional drivers
- Register of Board Members' Interests
- IPO payments: 2019
Organisations
- Competition and Markets Authority
- Regulatory Policy Committee
- Environment Agency
- British Hallmarking Council
- Government Chemist
- Innovate UK
- Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
- Marine Accident Investigation Branch
- Sellafield Ltd
- Ofqual
- Export Control Joint Unit
- Military Aviation Authority
- Low Pay Commission
- UK Space Agency
- Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
- Natural England
- Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
- Ofsted
- Social Security Advisory Committee
- Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
- Council for Science and Technology
- Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
- Employment Tribunal
- Highways England
- HM Land Registry
- Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
- UK Hydrographic Office