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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.
Now the National Measurement Office.
Resources for business.
The National Measurement Office regulated the Weights and Measures Act and has now changed its name. This organisation has a new website address under the new name of the National Measurement and Regulation Office.
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
Annual guidance that advises local providers of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) on how to implement it.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
What to expect when the Valuation Office Agency visit and measure non-domestic property.
References to normative documents for measuring instruments in support of the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016.
How OPSS contributes to international legal metrology and who to contact.
The aim of the National Measurement and Regulation Office (NMRO) is to simplify technical regulation for the benefit of British business.
Statistics on primary school children who are overweight, measured in reception and year 6 and presented for different ethnic groups.
Information for businesses.
What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls: funding opportunity. Aims to build knowledge on what works to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG).
This series brings together all documents providing updates on standards and technical documents issued by CEN.
How different types of fishing gear must be marked, what you must do if you lose your fishing gear, how to report lost fishing gear.
Weights and Measures Act 1985 and subsequent Deregulation Order 1999 (as amended).
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