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A collection of guidance about how to protect and enforce your intellectual property. Including information on infringement, counterfeiting and piracy.
Find out about non-compliant umbrella companies using employment agencies to sell their tax avoidance schemes.
Sign up for alerts about applications for UK trade marks or international registrations
Email your MP, MSP, MS, MLA, councillors or London Assembly Members.
Includes registering, protecting and applying for designs and patents
The Valuation Office Agency's (VOA) technical manual for the rating of business (non-domestic) property.
The Competition and Market Authority (CMA)'s work aims to tackle potentially harmful online selling practices.
Intellectual property research publications commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) covering patents.
The Certification Officer (CO) and her team ensure that trade unions and employers’ associations carry out their statutory duties. Certification Officer works with the Department for Business and Trade .
How to write up and share your findings
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
This is advice for UK sponsors of workers and temporary workers affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
Guidance and good practice for publishers on GOV.UK, including how to use publishing applications, when content belongs on GOV.UK and how to request support.
Getting a work reference from an employer either while in work or when applying for a new job – and what you can do if you think it's unfair.
Ofcom is the regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries. It regulates the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate. Ofcom works with the Department for Science,...
Self Assessment, PAYE and Income Tax subject headings for agents' letters to HM Revenue and Customs on behalf of clients.
Employers can use the 'Find a job’ service to advertise jobs online
Find out how to identify schemes that wrongly claim to increase your take-home pay if you're a contractor or agency worker.
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