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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. Trading hours for retailers: the law

   Trading hours for retailers, restrictions on Sunday opening and public holiday opening in England, Wales and Scotland

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. Contracts Finder

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5. 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

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Guidance and regulation

1. Digital Economy Bill Part 3: Online Pornography
   • Guidance
   • 12 October 2018
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
2. Alcohol licensing
   • Detailed guide
   • 24 May 2018
   • Home Office
3. Trade mark forms and fees
   • Guidance
   • 14 January 2019
   • Intellectual Property Office
4. Using personal data after Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 6 February 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Information Commissioner's Office, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
5. Non-disclosure agreements
   • Guidance
   • 12 March 2015
   • Intellectual Property Office

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News and communications

25 April 2019 — Speech

Mims Davies speech: Gambling Commission's new strategy

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

1. J Sainsbury PLC / Asda Group Ltd merger inquiry
   • 25 April 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
2. Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc / Onex Corporation / Wildlife Holdings Inc merger inquiry
   • 25 April 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
3. CMA blocks merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda
   • 25 April 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Press release
4. AL-KO Kober Holdings Limited / Bankside Patterson Limited
   • 24 April 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case

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Research and statistics

1. EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EUVTFA): RPC Opinion
   • 2 April 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee and Department for International Trade
   • Research
2. Alcohol and late night refreshment licensing England and Wales 31 March 2018
   • 28 March 2019
   • Home Office
   • National statistics
3. Direct/indirect impacts of regulation research report, April 2015
   • 27 March 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Research
4. UK Space Agency - NQRP summary (2017-2018): RPC Opinion
   • 25 March 2019
   • UK Space Agency and Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Research
5. Offshore automatic enrolment into workplace pensions: RPC Opinion
   • 21 March 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions and Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Pubs Code Consultation: Accounting for duty paid on alcohol and volumes of unsaleable draught products
   • 11 April 2019
   • Pubs Code Adjudicator
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 11 January 2019
2. Online Harms White Paper
   • 8 April 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Home Office
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 02 July 2019
3. River basin planning: working together
   • 28 March 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 22 December 2018
4. CMA's response to the Health and Social Care Committee
   • 17 April 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Policy paper
5. Assessing and scoring environmental permit compliance
   • 2 April 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. PCA and Code Compliance Officers Forum Meeting Notes - December 2018
   • 24 April 2019
   • Pubs Code Adjudicator
   • Transparency
2. Regulatory Policy Committee: minutes January 2019
   • 18 April 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Corporate report
3. PCA arbitration data: January - March 2019
   • 17 April 2019
   • Pubs Code Adjudicator
   • Transparency
4. Enforcement and market surveillance annual report
   • 16 April 2019
   • Office for Product Safety and Standards
   • Corporate report
5. Merger inquiry outcome statistics
   • 15 April 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Transparency

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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. Office for Product Safety & Standards

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

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. Innovate UK
8. Military Aviation Authority
9. Export Control Joint Unit
10. Ofqual
11. UK Space Agency
12. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
13. Low Pay Commission
14. Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
15. Ofsted
16. Social Security Advisory Committee
17. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
18. Council for Science and Technology
19. Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
20. Highways England
21. HM Land Registry
22. Natural England
23. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
24. Single Source Regulations Office
25. UK Hydrographic Office

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