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Who can apply for an occasional licence in Scotland; how many licences you can get, who to apply to, costs and penalties
A UK vision to unleash the full potential of clinical research delivery to tackle health inequalities, bolster economic recovery and to improve the lives of people across the UK.
You need a licence to carry out work that would demolish, damage, remove, repair, alter or add to a scheduled monument, or to carry out any flooding or tipping operations on land in, on, or under a monument
You need to register with the relevant local council to get a tattoo, piercing and electrolysis licence in Scotland.
You need to register with the Care Quality Commission or Healthcare Inspectorate to run an independent health care service (eg private hospital or clinic) in England and Wales
Contact your council if you want to register as a second hand dealer in Scotland - exemptions, restrictions, fines and penalties
This statement sets the direction of UK fisheries management.
Details of the plan to protect plant biosecurity in Great Britain.
The process for renewal of type 1 transporter authorisations has changed.
A note of the meetings held by the Inter-Ministerial Group for Justice.
Regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for unloading petrol at service stations.
Register with Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) Care Inspectorate if you want to run a day nursery in Scotland.
Send information about your ferret or other mustelinae to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) if you're in England and Wales.
Get a public entertainment licence for your site if it's used for public entertainment.
Get a permit to place a skip on a public road - local authority Scotland, road occupation, skip licence
The new control will strengthen the requirements for bringing pork and pork products into Great Britain from the European Union and EFTA states.
Contact your council for a licence to deal scrap metal from regular premises in Scotland
Industries and wider organisations asked for views on proposed changes to the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to support progress to net zero.
You must register with the Care Quality Commission to run a nursing home in England.
You need to register with the Care Inspectorate to operate care at home services.
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