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Find out about Import VAT and Customs Duty when you send gifts into the UK.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Use the case studies to help you decide when your goods may (or may not) go beyond insufficient production.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods received by post or courier - paying, collecting your goods, getting a refund and documents.
Requirements for solid wood packaging used to import or export goods
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Find out when you can zero rate books and other forms of printed matter.
Product Safety Report for baby sleep bags presenting a serious risk of suffocation, overheating and death.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
This Christmas, the Environment Agency is sharing 24 simple steps that we can all take to make more sustainable choices.
As you start to plan your festivities and you purchase your Christmas food and gifts. There are some simple steps we can take to make Christmas more sustainable
Downing Street transformed into a festive street market to showcase the best of British businesses from across the UK
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is to benefit by £35,868.12 through an Enforcement Undertaking accepted by the Environment Agency.
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