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The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Award-winning Hampshire-based ship outfitter secures government-backed funding from Lloyds Bank as it meets growing post-pandemic demand.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
Decision for applicant Frederica Pulsford against registration number 14105183, applicant successful.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is pleased to confirm the reappointment of two current Non- Executive Directors (NEDs) for a further three years.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
How principal designers, principal contractors and principal accountable persons must set up and maintain a system to report building safety incidents and risks.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Find registered designs in the UK
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Get endorsement and approval to apply for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a leader in arts and culture - architecture, fashion, film, television.
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