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What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
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…
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Find out about the simplified rates of customs and excise duty used when you declare your personal goods online.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
How the Valuation Office Agency calculates your rateable value for business rates.
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Use these rates and thresholds when you operate your payroll or provide expenses and benefits to your employees.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
This guidance explains what the Community Infrastructure Levy is and how it operates.
How data on landings statistics are collected and processed by fisheries administrations in the UK.
This series brings together all documents relating to Mid-sized businesses
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.
Guidance about how HMRC supports large businesses to help them pay the right amount of tax.
Find out which supplies of children’s clothing or footwear are zero-rated for VAT.
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
This series brings together all documents relating to Mid-sized businesses: international comparisons
This guide provides information about being arrested in Turkey and what conditions are like in prison there.
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