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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse on your platform.
Competent authorities must help to protect wild bird habitats on land and at sea, and avoid pollution to protect wild bird populations.
The UK is a world leader and innovator in cultural heritage protection and has taken concrete steps to safeguard some of humanity’s most valued cultural heritage.
The Online Safety Bill is a new set of laws to protect children and adults online. It will make social media companies more responsible for their users’ safety on their platforms.
Apply for protection against infringements of intellectual property rights on imports into and exports out of the UK.
This guidance provides leaseholders with a plain English explanation of the implications of the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022.
If you manage an online platform that allows user generated content, these 7 steps will help you keep your business and your users safe.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
To protect your patent outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to live stream, or view live streams by others.
The Blue Belt Programme supports the UK Overseas Territories with the protection and sustainable management of their marine environments.
Keep systems and data safe with the appropriate level of security.
Find out how land managers can look after newly planted trees in areas where there’s been restocking due to pests and disease.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
This is the official one-stop shop for businesses on child online safety.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in India.
HM Armed Forces protects the UK from state based and terrorist threats.
How to apply for and check protections from the reductions in lifetime allowance.
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