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
   • 14 January 2019
   • Intellectual Property Office
3. Placing manufactured goods on the UK market after Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 10 September 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
4. Prepare to use the UKCA mark after Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 2 February 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
5. Using personal data in your business or organisation if there’s no Brexit deal
   • Detailed guide
   • 6 February 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Information Commissioner's Office, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, and Office for Civil Society

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News and communications

18 September 2019 — Decision

Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders

Intellectual Property Office

1. Advent International / Cobham merger inquiry
   • 18 September 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
2. Government responds to the proposed acquisition of Cobham plc by Advent International
   • 18 September 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • News story
3. Connect Bidco / Inmarsat merger inquiry
   • 17 September 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
4. Prosafe SE / Floatel International Limited merger inquiry
   • 17 September 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case

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Research and statistics

1. Amending allergen provisions for food prepacked: RPC Opinion
   • 6 September 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Research
2. Facts and figures: patent, trade mark, design and hearing data: 2018
   • 6 September 2019
   • Intellectual Property Office
   • Official statistics
3. Food and feed law: legislation review (April - June 2019)
   • 4 September 2019
   • Government Chemist
   • Research
4. Advising on Pension Transfers (CP17/16, PS18/6) 2/2: RPC Opinion
   • 14 August 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee and Financial Conduct Authority
   • Research
5. PIR EU 3rd Directive driving licence RPC Opinion - DVSA
   • 1 August 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Reforming the energy industry codes
   • 9 August 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 16 September 2019
2. Energy Company Obligation (ECO3): improving consumer protection
   • 1 August 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 06 August 2019
3. Modernising consumer markets: green paper
   • 18 July 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 04 July 2018
4. Statutory audit services: initial consultation on the Competition and Markets Authority recommendations
   • 18 July 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 13 September 2019
5. Energy network codes review
   • 22 July 2019
   • Ofgem and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Merger inquiry outcome statistics
   • 11 September 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Transparency
2. RPC Register of Interests, February 2018
   • 9 September 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Transparency
3. RPC Register of Interests, June 2019
   • 9 September 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Transparency
4. RPC Register of Interests, May 2019
   • 9 September 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Transparency
5. RPC Register of Interests, September 2019
   • 9 September 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • 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. Office for Product Safety & Standards
5. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs

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1. Home Office
2. Department for Work & Pensions
3. Pubs Code Adjudicator
4. Groceries 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. HM Revenue & Customs
14. Department of Health & Social Care
15. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
16. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
17. Public Health England
18. Department for International Trade
19. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
20. UK Export Finance
21. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
22. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
23. Company Names Tribunal
24. Crown Commercial Service
25. Department for Education
26. Government Actuary's Department
27. Government Equalities Office
28. Ministry of Defence
29. Companies House
30. Copyright Tribunal
31. The Insolvency Service
32. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
33. Department for Exiting the European Union
34. Marine Management Organisation
35. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
36. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
37. Northern Ireland Office
38. Rural Payments Agency
39. Department for International Development
40. Government Office for Science
41. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
42. HM Passport Office
43. Office for Civil Society
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 of the Public Guardian
57. Race Disparity Unit
58. Stabilisation Unit
59. Coal Authority
60. Tribunal Procedure Committee
61. UK Atomic Energy Authority
62. Veterinary Medicines Directorate

1. Competition and Markets Authority
2. Regulatory Policy Committee
3. Environment Agency
4. British Hallmarking Council
5. Government Chemist
6. Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
7. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
8. Innovate UK
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. Highways England
23. HM Land Registry
24. Natural England
25. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
26. 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