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The UK government encourages businesses to be socially and environmentally responsible and help defeat modern slavery in their supply chains.
Find information about potential barriers to exporting goods, providing services or investing in foreign countries
How UK persons’ trading interests are protected and when authorisations must be obtained to trade with countries subject to specific extraterritorial laws.
Foresight project exploring how computer generated trading in financial markets will change between now and 2022.
The Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) cuts tariffs, removes conditions and simplifies trading rules for 65 developing countries.
Find a Trading Standards office to complain about illegal sales activity or to get business advice about trading legally
When charities can trade, tax rules and when to trade through a separate company.
This guidance explains what rules of origin (RoOs) are and the changes under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
Find out how to pay less tax as a charity and when to set up a subsidiary trading company.
How to identify and report harmful trade practices that affect your business when exporting, importing or operating domestically.
How to trade with other countries if there is no UK trade agreement.
Get a preferential rate on goods you import to the UK from a Developing Countries Trading Scheme country.
Trading hours for retailers, restrictions on Sunday opening and public holiday opening in England, Wales and Scotland
Webinars giving an overview of the new rules that have come into place since leaving the EU customs union and the EU Single Market.
What import and export restrictions apply due to sanctions for UK companies when trading with Russia.
If you run an EU-based business, check what your business needs to know to continue trading with the UK.
This guidance outlines the requirements for claiming preferential tariffs under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
The Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) was responsible for protecting consumer interests throughout the UK. Its responsibilities have been passed to a number of different organisations. View the closed OFT site in the UK Government Web Archive ....
How you import from and export to Israel.
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