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Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
You must use metric measurements (grams, kilograms, millilitres or litres)…
Some goods must be sold in fixed sizes known as ‘specified quantities’.…
Packaged goods are products that are all of these: sold sealed between 5g…
Equipment for packaged goods The equipment you use to weigh or measure…
You must put the weight or volume of your packaged goods on the label. The…
How to use data to improve your service: measuring, reporting, analytics tools and techniques.
What to expect when the Valuation Office Agency visit and measure non-domestic property.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
This guidance aims to support UK organisations in reducing their contribution to climate change.
Information on Biosecurity Measures Plans, their importance, and why they are a requirement of Authorisation. Use this page to access standardised BMP modules.
How to use performance data to improve your service: getting started, what to measure, using data.
Find the measurement unit codes for Data Elements 2/3 and 4/4 when making a declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 20).
Resources for business.
How to use a patient-reported outcomes and experiences study to evaluate your digital health product.
The National Measurement Office regulated the Weights and Measures Act and has now changed its name. This organisation has a new website address under the new name of the National Measurement and Regulation Office.
How to measure digital take-up: calculations, channel shift, reporting.
Guidance for businesses.
Information for businesses.
A countervailing measure on continuous glass fibre products from Egypt has been varied to remove mats made of glass fibre filaments.
This is a release of official statistics in development and a statistical consultation on developing new statistics based on the Social Metrics Commission approach to poverty measurement. The consultation ran from 18 January to 11 April 2024, and has now...
Helping public health practitioners conducting evaluations – using outcome evaluations to find out if an intervention works.
How commissioners and other health professionals can measure, understand and improve the mental wellbeing of children and young people
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