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

• Get help and support for your business

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

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Guidance and regulation

• Apply for an SIA licence
  • Detailed guide
  • 5 September 2022
  • Security Industry Authority
• Register an overseas entity and tell us about its beneficial owners
  • Detailed guide
  • 31 January 2023
  • Companies House
• Using the UKCA marking
  • Detailed guide
  • 14 November 2022
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Alcohol licensing
  • Detailed guide
  • 19 April 2021
  • Home Office
• Renew your SIA licence
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 October 2021
  • Security Industry Authority

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News and communications

• Microsoft / Activision Blizzard merger inquiry
  • 8 February 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Decision for Reays Coaches Ltd (PC1038719), Former Transport Managers (TMs): Christopher Reay, Brett Caine & Adam Skelton and TM: Brian K Richardson
  • 8 February 2023
  • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
  • Decision
• Decision for Lako Logistic Ltd (OF2039374)
  • 8 February 2023
  • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
  • Decision
• Suspected anti-competitive conduct in relation to the recycling of end-of-life vehicles
  • 8 February 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Poultry feed deal abandoned during CMA’s Phase 2 investigation
  • 8 February 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • News story

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Research and statistics

• IPO counterfeit goods research (Wave 3)
  • 3 February 2023
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Research
• Online copyright infringement tracker survey (12th Wave)
  • 3 February 2023
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Research
• SIA approved contractors
  • 3 February 2023
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Statistical data set
• SIA licence holders
  • 3 February 2023
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Statistical data set
• SIA licence applications
  • 3 February 2023
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

• Draft order: The Competition Act 1998 (Motor Vehicle Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2023 (MVBEO)
  • 8 February 2023
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Department for Business and Trade
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 01 March 2023
• Amendments to the Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017
  • 1 February 2023
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 28 April 2023
• Potential review of British Sky Broadcasting Group merger remedy
  • 30 January 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 17 February 2023
• Potential remedy reviews for 2023
  • 30 January 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 17 February 2023
• Insight Paper on Web3
  • 3 February 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Merger inquiry outcome statistics
  • 6 February 2023
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Transparency
• Regulatory decisions made about the conduct of professional drivers
  • 6 February 2023
  • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
  • Transparency
• Pubs Code Adjudicator meeting with Campaign for Pubs and the British Pub Confederation: meeting minutes
  • 6 February 2023
  • Pubs Code Adjudicator
  • Transparency
• SIA enforcement report
  • 3 February 2023
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Transparency
• IPO customer service standards
  • 2 February 2023
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Transparency

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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 of Health & Social Care
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
• Company Names Tribunal
• Department for International Trade
• 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
• Small Business Commissioner
• Trade Remedies Authority
• Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• 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
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Export Control Joint Unit
• Low Pay Commission
• Natural England
• Subsidy Advice Unit
• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• 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
• 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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