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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.

• 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

• Contracts Finder

  Use Contracts Finder to find out about current contract opportunities with the government and its agencies

• 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

• 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
  • 10 September 2021
  • Security Industry Authority
• Renew your SIA licence
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 October 2021
  • Security Industry Authority
• Using the UKCA marking
  • Detailed guide
  • 24 August 2021
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Alcohol licensing
  • Detailed guide
  • 19 April 2021
  • Home Office
• Trade mark forms and fees
  • Guidance
  • 5 January 2022
  • Intellectual Property Office

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News and communications

• Admiral Taverns / Hampden Pub Estate merger inquiry
  • 18 January 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• The PCA is launching its annual tenant survey
  • 18 January 2022
  • Pubs Code Adjudicator
  • News story
• S&P Global Inc. / IHS Markit Ltd merger inquiry
  • 18 January 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• FNZ / GBST merger inquiry
  • 18 January 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders
  • 18 January 2022
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Decision

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Research and statistics

• Amendments to the PPE at Work Regulations: RPC Opinion
  • 11 January 2022
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Research
• Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations 2021: RPC Opinion
  • 11 January 2022
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Research
• SIA licence holders
  • 4 January 2022
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Statistical data set
• SIA approved contractors
  • 4 January 2022
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Statistical data set
• SIA licence applications
  • 4 January 2022
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

• UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime
  • 18 January 2022
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 31 August 2021
• Repeal of section 52 CDPA and related amendments: Call for views
  • 7 January 2022
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 31 August 2021
• Options to amend the Pubs Code
  • 30 December 2021
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 05 September 2021
• Interim measures in merger cases
  • 21 December 2021
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 05 May 2021
• The future of insolvency regulation
  • 21 December 2021
  • The Insolvency Service
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 25 March 2022

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Breaches of the CMA’s markets and mergers remedies
  • 18 January 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Corporate report
• Regulatory Policy Committee: minutes November 2021
  • 18 January 2022
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Transparency
• RPC Gifts and Hospitality Register, January 2022
  • 18 January 2022
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Transparency
• Regulatory decisions made about the conduct of professional drivers
  • 17 January 2022
  • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
  • Transparency
• Merger inquiry outcome statistics
  • 14 January 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Intellectual Property Office
• Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Office for Product Safety & Standards
• Pubs Code Adjudicator

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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
• Cabinet Office
• Department for Transport
• HM Revenue & Customs
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Department of Health & Social Care
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
• Company Names Tribunal
• Government Digital Service
• Government Equalities Office
• Department for International Trade
• The Insolvency Service
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
• Companies House
• Copyright Tribunal
• Government Actuary's Department
• UK Export Finance
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Crown Commercial Service
• Department for Education
• Ministry of Defence
• Small Business Commissioner
• Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
• Coal Authority
• Marine Management Organisation
• Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Northern Ireland Office
• Rural Payments Agency
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Attorney General's Office
• Government Office for Science
• Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
• HM Passport Office
• 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 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
• Innovate UK
• Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
• Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Ofqual
• Sellafield Ltd
• Office for the Internal Market
• Military Aviation Authority
• Low Pay Commission
• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Natural England
• Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
• Ofsted
• Social Security Advisory Committee
• UK Space Agency
• Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
• Council for Science and Technology
• Dounreay
• Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
• Employment Tribunal
• HM Land Registry
• Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
• Magnox Ltd
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Office for Life Sciences
• Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
• Radioactive Waste Management
• UK Hydrographic Office

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