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How to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921.
Find UK trade data from HMRC. Look up data about imports, exports, commodities and traders.
The official report of all Parliamentary debates. Find Members, their contributions, debates, petitions and divisions from published Hansard reports dating back over 200 years.
Blogs where government organisations talk about their work and share information and ideas.
The Royal Mint (RM) is the world’s leading export mint, making coins and medals for an average of 60 countries every year. However, its first responsibility is to make and distribute United Kingdom coins as well as to supply blanks...
Free and impartial help with money and pensions.
Weekend full of fun activities for the family. Includes unique opportunity to see the 200-year-old-plus Nereis Britannica by Cornish botanist John Stackhouse
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
Website of the Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the Greater London Authority
VisitBritain (VB) is the national tourism agency, responsible for marketing Britain worldwide and developing Britain’s visitor economy. It works with UK Trade & Investment as well as airlines, travel operators, global brands and the official tourism bodies for London, England,...
We help people, businesses and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. CMA is a non-ministerial department.
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is a British public service broadcaster. Its main responsibility is to provide impartial public service broadcasting in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. BBC is a public corporation of the Department for Culture,...
Current VAT rates - standard 20% and rates for reduced rate and zero-rated items
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.
How to apply VAT rules to supplies, imports and export of gold and investment gold.
The Tate is an institution that holds the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art. The Tate has a network of four art museums: Tate Britain (London), Tate Liverpool, Tate...
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
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