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Guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (revised 2009).
Details of the exceptions to copyright that allow limited use of copyright works without the permission of the copyright owner.
A CV is a summary of your skills, achievements and experience that you use to apply for jobs. Check advice on what to include and how to make it stand out.
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer
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.
Rules covering how entertainment and modelling agencies work; charging fees and refunds for for finding work
How to get permission to copy a creative work for which the right holder(s) cannot be found ie an orphan work.
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
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Organising a march, rally or demonstration - when you do and do not have to contact the police before the event
How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.
Business plans - download free templates and get help writing a business plan
Disciplinary rules and procedures to deal with poor performance and conduct.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
This note applies from 1 April 2024
This guide is intended for authors of reports commissioned by Home Office Science (HOS), research managers, editors and proofreaders. It gives…
Probation is when you serve a court sentence in the community, and can include unpaid work or being supervised after coming out of prison
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