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If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
All marketing and advertising must be: an accurate description of the…
Advertising to consumers The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading…
There are 2 advertising codes of practice that describe how businesses…
You must describe your product accurately. This means if you make a claim…
You must check if customers want to be contacted by fax, phone, post or…
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
Once your business is established and you’re making a profit on the…
Growing your business, whether through increased sales or improved…
How you go about increasing sales depends on your circumstances and how…
One way of finding new customers for your products and services is by…
If you’re looking to grow your business by improving your products and…
If you’re planning to develop new products and services, you should test…
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Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
Business plans - download free templates and get help writing a business plan
The seeds which must be certified before you can market them, how to get them certified and how to get a licence for your seed business.
Data protection rules for businesses in recruiting staff, keeping staff records and using CCTV
How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.
Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
Form for a business to register seed marketing operations.
Marketing standards for veal and beef importers, exporters, producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
The CMA is consulting on draft consumer law compliance advice for businesses marketing green heating and insulation products to consumers.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Businessman applied for two Bounce Back Loans and failed to disclose existence of first loan to liquidators
Marketing standards for poultry meat producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
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