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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

• 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

• 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

• Apply for an SIA licence
  • Detailed guide
  • 25 May 2021
  • Security Industry Authority
• Using the UKCA marking
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 June 2021
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Renew your SIA licence
  • Detailed guide
  • 10 December 2020
  • Security Industry Authority
• Alcohol licensing
  • Detailed guide
  • 19 April 2021
  • Home Office
• Trade mark forms and fees
  • Guidance
  • 1 April 2021
  • Intellectual Property Office

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News and communications

• JD Sports Fashion plc / Footasylum plc merger inquiry
  • 30 July 2021
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Investigation into Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ browser changes
  • 30 July 2021
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Facebook, Inc./ Kustomer, Inc.
  • 30 July 2021
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• SK hynix / Intel's NAND and SSD business merger inquiry
  • 30 July 2021
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• IP at the heart of new innovation strategy
  • 29 July 2021
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks, and designs: June 2021
  • 29 July 2021
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Official statistics
• Facts and Figures: patents, trade marks and designs data 2020
  • 27 July 2021
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Official statistics
• Electric vehicle charging market study: final report
  • 23 July 2021
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Research
• Licensing of gamebirds for release: RPC Opinion
  • 22 July 2021
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Research
• Medical Devices (Coronavirus Test) Regulations 2021: RPC Opinion
  • 21 July 2021
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Energy retail: opt-in and testing opt-out switching
  • 23 July 2021
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 15 October 2021
• Reforming the framework for better regulation
  • 22 July 2021
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 01 October 2021
• National Security and Investment Act 2021: statement on the use of the power to call in acquisitions
  • 20 July 2021
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 30 August 2021
• Collective rights management in the UK
  • 23 July 2021
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Policy paper
• Standards for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: action plan
  • 22 July 2021
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Office for Product Safety and Standards
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• SIA CCTV licence holders in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset
  • 29 July 2021
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Foi release
• PCA arbitration data April - June 2021
  • 28 July 2021
  • Pubs Code Adjudicator
  • Transparency
• Displaying your SIA licence when working in an amusement arcade
  • 27 July 2021
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Foi release
• Questions about a press release the SIA issued on 16 June 2021
  • 26 July 2021
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Foi release
• Name of the police officer who gave the SIA information about me
  • 26 July 2021
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Foi release

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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
• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Department for Transport
• Cabinet Office
• HM Revenue & Customs
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Department of Health & Social Care
• Company Names Tribunal
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
• Government Digital Service
• Department for International Trade
• Government Equalities Office
• The Insolvency Service
• Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
• Companies House
• Government Actuary's Department
• UK Export Finance
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Copyright Tribunal
• Crown Commercial Service
• Department for Education
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Ministry of Defence
• Small Business Commissioner
• 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
• Government Office for Science
• Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
• HM Passport Office
• Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Attorney General's Office
• Central Arbitration Committee
• CFRA
• Civil Procedure Rule Committee
• Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Immigration Enforcement
• Office of the Public Guardian
• Public Health England
• 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
• 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
• Dounreay
• Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
• Employment Tribunal
• Highways England
• 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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