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Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
Follow this guidance when you want to get spend approval for commercial activities costing £20 million or more excluding VAT.
Sets out process and expectations on pre-application discussions.
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Directory of current ICH Guidelines which have been implemented by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Follow this guidance when you want to get spend approval for digital and technology activities.
Explains how conditions attached to a planning permission should be used and discharged effectively
Directives, regulations, policies and guidance relating to the procurement of supplies, services and works for the public sector.
Responding to suspected breaches of planning control.
Find out if you need to apply for an approval check, how to apply and how HMRC will carry out the checks as part of the business registration process.
Guidance for organisations involved in any aspect of the pharmaceutical lifecycle or GLP studies regulated by MHRA, covering the approval of paper documents when working from home
This guidance provides information about permission in principle - a new planning consent route.
Find out what you need to do to apply for temporary approval if your approval has been rejected or revoked in one of the application schemes.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
Follow this guidance to request spend approval when buying or extending facilities management contracts, regardless of their cost.
Sets out process and expectations on planning performance and decision making.
This policy summary outlines the objectives, benefits, scope, and the responsibilities of your organisation when using the Cabinet Office spend controls.
How clients can submit and manage a building control application to the Building Safety Regulator for higher-risk building work or building work to an existing higher-risk building.
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