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A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Guidance on copyright licences and how copyright affects schools.
Find out if you need a licence to show films - public screenings, using film in schools, choosing a licence, penalties for breaching copyright
We’re the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), holding more than 50 million driver records and more than 40 million vehicle records. We collect over £7 billion a year in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED). DVLA is an executive agency, sponsored...
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.
Information on impact assessment requirements for marine licence applications.
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
Information on the different types of alcohol licences available and guidance on how to apply for them.
Information about controlled drugs licences for companies that possess, manufacture, produce or supply controlled drugs in England, Wales or Scotland.
An accelerated licensing process may apply to some applications for dredging activity.
Overview of the vehicle operator licensing system.
The way you apply to licence biological products has changed
You can use a SIEL to make shipments of specified military or dual-use items to a named consignee and/or end user.
Find out which licence you might need to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat, how to apply and when you might need to pay.
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