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You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
How to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921.
Find out what records you must keep and how to keep them if you're registered for VAT.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
Describes how the General Register Office can help you research your family tree and family history.
Using metadata to make it easier to catalogue, validate, reuse and share your data.
Get details of your employment history from HMRC if you need to make a claim for compensation.
What cattle keepers must record and report when they move cattle, bison or buffalo and the deadlines.
The types of events recorded in England, Wales and overseas, which are held by the General Register Office.
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
This factsheet provides a brief overview of manual DBS certificates, and how they differ from automated certificates.
Information about Price Paid Data and how you can get it.
Explore the local archives to help your research into family and local history at your local council
Find out how you can apply to change the commons registers to record a historic event.
Use this form if you need confirmation of your employment history to make a claim for compensation.
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