Business regulation

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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

• Contracts Finder

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

• 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

• Accepting returns and giving refunds: the law

  When you do and do not have to offer a refund, repair or replacement, unconditional refunds for online purchases, and penalties for deceiving customers

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Guidance and regulation

• Apply for an SIA licence
  • Detailed guide
  • 10 September 2021
  • Security Industry Authority
• Register an overseas entity and tell us about its beneficial owners
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 August 2022
  • Companies House
• Using the UKCA marking
  • Detailed guide
  • 10 August 2022
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Alcohol licensing
  • Detailed guide
  • 19 April 2021
  • Home Office
• Renew your SIA licence
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 October 2021
  • Security Industry Authority

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News and communications

• OPSS Issues Grill Safety Warning
  • 15 August 2022
  • Office for Product Safety and Standards
  • News story
• Sika AG / MBCC Group merger inquiry
  • 15 August 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Dye & Durham (UK) Limited / TM Group (UK) Limited merger inquiry
  • 15 August 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• NortonLifeLock Inc. / Avast plc merger inquiry
  • 15 August 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders
  • 15 August 2022
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Decision

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Research and statistics

• The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 10) Regulations 2022: RPC Opinion
  • 11 August 2022
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Research
• The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022: RPC Opinion
  • 9 August 2022
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Research
• The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2022: RPC Opinion
  • 4 August 2022
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Research
• Mobile ecosystems market study final report
  • 4 August 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Research
• CMA consumer research into purchasing behaviour in the UK smartphone market
  • 4 August 2022
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Implementation of the Network and Information Systems Regulations in the energy sector: amendments to guidance
  • 9 August 2022
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 29 November 2021
• Standard Essential Patents and Innovation: Call for views
  • 5 August 2022
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 01 March 2022
• Land rights and consents for electricity network infrastructure: call for evidence
  • 4 August 2022
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 15 September 2022
• Competition in onshore electricity networks
  • 4 August 2022
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 26 October 2021
• Non-hazardous and inert waste: appropriate measures for permitted facilities
  • 1 August 2022
  • Environment Agency
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 18 November 2020

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• IPO prompt supplier payments
  • 15 August 2022
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Transparency
• Regulatory Policy Committee: minutes May 2022
  • 15 August 2022
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Transparency
• IPO customer service standards
  • 11 August 2022
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Transparency
• IPO payments: 2022
  • 10 August 2022
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Transparency
• SIA Board governance framework
  • 10 August 2022
  • Security Industry Authority
  • Transparency

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Organisations

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

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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
• Department for Transport
• Cabinet Office
• HM Revenue & Customs
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Department of Health & Social Care
• Department for International Trade
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
• Company Names Tribunal
• Government Digital Service
• Government Equalities Office
• Companies House
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• The Insolvency Service
• Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
• Copyright Tribunal
• Government Actuary's Department
• Ministry of Defence
• UK Export Finance
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Crown Commercial Service
• Department for Education
• Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• 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
• Attorney General's Office
• Government Office for Science
• Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
• HM Passport Office
• Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
• Trade Remedies Authority
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Central Arbitration Committee
• CFRA
• Civil Procedure Rule Committee
• Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Immigration Enforcement
• Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
• 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
• Office for the Internal Market
• Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
• Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Sellafield Ltd
• Ofqual
• Military Aviation Authority
• Low Pay Commission
• Natural England
• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Dounreay
• Magnox Ltd
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
• Ofsted
• Social Security Advisory Committee
• Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
• Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
• Council for Science and Technology
• Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
• Employment Tribunal
• HM Land Registry
• Nuclear Waste Services
• Office for Life Sciences
• Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
• UK Hydrographic Office
• UK Space Agency

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