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It’s important that you keep up-to-date records of the income and expenditure connected with your company.
If you're an energy producer, supplier or customer, check what records and accounts to keep to help you complete returns and claim any reliefs or exemptions.
The council advises the Lord Chancellor on issues around public records over 30 years old, including public access to records when they’re transferred to the National Archives. The council also advises on requests by government departments to keep hold of...
A form allowing High Activity Sealed Source (HASS) transactions to be reported by an operator to the Environment Agency.
This roadmap lays out the practical steps to reform to encourage greater adoption and use of electronic transferable records. It has been published under the UK’s G7 Presidency.
Government response to the House of Commons Justice Committee’s inquiry into the disclosure of youth criminal records.
This report by Sir Alex Allan covers his review into the position across government on the annual release of papers.
The case discussed in this brief aims to improve the availability of high-quality, timely, and disaggregated reliable data
Advice on what records you need to keep for tax purposes and how long you need to keep them.
This schedule has been updated according to Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments and current business practices.
Sir Alex Allan reviewed the government’s strategy for managing its digital records and archives.
The Northern Ireland Office participated in The National Archives' pilot monitoring scheme on the annual release of public records.
Sections (26.01 to 26.12) last updated: September 2017.
From 2013 government papers will be progressively released to the public after 20 years. Previously, papers were released after 30 years.
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