Business regulation
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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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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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
Guidance and regulation
- Placing manufactured goods on the market in Great Britain from 1 January 2021
- CE marking
- Alcohol licensing
- Trade mark forms and fees
- Using personal data in your business or other organisation after the transition period
News and communications
- Ofwat Price Determinations
- Decision for Spencer Smith & Emily Smith (OF2020451)
- Decision for SPS Groundworks & Building Ltd (OF2029067)
- Written decision for Baldwin Skip Hire Ltd (OF1036215), Baldwin Skip Hire 2020 (OF2031164), and former transport managers
Research and statistics
- The UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement: RPC opinion
- Simplified energy and carbon reporting framework: RPC opinion
- The use of emerging technologies for regulation
- 3D printing of spare parts for consumer domestic appliances: safety and legal implications
- Safety of domestic virtual reality systems
Policy papers and consultations
- Review of the IP enforcement framework: Call for Evidence
- 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
- Reducing bureaucratic burden: higher education
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Regulatory decisions made about the conduct of professional drivers
- Organisational structure of the Security Industry Authority
- PCA arbitration data July - September 2020
- Business impact target (BIT): report 2017 to 2019
- Energy Act 2013 (Part 3): annual report, 2019 to 2020
Organisations
- Competition and Markets Authority
- Regulatory Policy Committee
- Environment Agency
- Security Industry Authority
- 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