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CMA review indicates that some independent and smaller grocery retailers are failing to display clear and accurate prices.
Find out when you need to agree a bespoke VAT retail scheme with HMRC.
Comply with good manufacturing practice (GMP) and good distribution practice (GDP), and prepare for an inspection.
The Communities and Local Government Select Committee Report on retail markets recognised the need to share good practice, and recommended that…
Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
Accounting for VAT using retail schemes if you're a VAT-registered business and you cannot account for VAT using normal accounting.
Local plan examinations and the planning issues they deal with can be complex. This is intended as a short guide for those who might be participating in a local plan examination for the first time. It does not aim to...
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
Find out which supplies of children’s clothing or footwear are zero-rated for VAT.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2024/25 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.
What you need to know about and do to comply with the law and keep consumers safe.
Provides guidance on planning for retail and other town centre uses.
How to apply for approval for a suitably qualified person (SQP) retailer premises to sell or supply animal medicines.
The rules about product labelling - including special rules for retailers and manufacturers in different business sectors (like food, jewellery and toys)
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application.
Guidance on prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches we are taking on good distribution practices.
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