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Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform allows people to search user generated content.
A review of consumers’ online search behaviour and how this affects competition in online markets.
Findings from interviews with 60 retailers on how they compete online.
Form OS1: official search with priority by a purchaser against the whole of a registered title or pending first registration application.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Use this form to request a search on a patent application.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Stop and search rates for different ethnic groups in England and Wales.
A research paper from the CMA
How to find export opportunities and overseas customers for your business on great.gov.uk: get help selling online overseas, get help from a trade specialist.
Form OS2: official search with priority by a purchaser against part of the land in a registered title or pending first registration application.
This page brings together research commissioned by DCMS related to onlines harms. It informs government policy to prevent harm related to online activities. It also contains research by the UK Council for Internet Safety.
The Competition and Market Authority (CMA)'s work aims to tackle potentially harmful online selling practices.
Find out how internet scams work and what to be aware of - misleading websites, report website fraud, suspicious communication and phishing
Section last updated January 2024.
The library catalogue allows you to search all the titles in a public library - many councils offer online access to their library catalogue
What the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
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