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  • Packaged goods: weights and measures regulations

    What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.

    • From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
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  • National regulation: gas and electricity meters

    Ensuring that meters register the correct quantity of gas and electricity consumed.

    • From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
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  • Apply for ACS approval

    What we check and how you apply for approval.

    • From: Security Industry Authority
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  • Product safety advice for businesses

    What you need to know about and do to comply with the law and keep consumers safe.

    • From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
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  • Standards of behaviour for security operatives

    Find out how an SIA licence holder is expected to behave.

    • From: Security Industry Authority
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  • Licensing bodies and collective management organisations

    Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.

    • From: Intellectual Property Office
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  • Climate-related financial disclosures for companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs)

    Guidance to help companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) understand how to meet new mandatory climate-related financial disclosure requirements.

    • From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
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  • Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations - traders: OFT1008

    This guidance is principally intended to help traders to comply with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs).

    • From: Competition and Markets Authority
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  • Regulations: consumer connectable product security

    Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors on the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 and Regulations 2023.

    • From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and 1 others
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  • Protecting your trade mark abroad

    To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.

    • From: Intellectual Property Office
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  • Green claims code: making environmental claims

    Guidance for businesses making environmental claims in the UK

    • From: Competition and Markets Authority
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  • Mergers - the CMA’s jurisdiction and procedure: CMA2

    Guidance for businesses and their advisers on CMA's procedures for operating the merger control regime under the Enterprise Act 2002.

    • From: Competition and Markets Authority
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  • Merger Assessment Guidelines (CMA129)

    Guidelines for businesses and their advisors on the CMA’s substantive approach to assessing mergers.

    • From: Competition and Markets Authority
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  • Copyright Act

    The principal legislation on copyright can be found in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

    • From: Intellectual Property Office
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  • Trade mark series applications

    Around 40% of series applications don’t meet the requirements. We recommend you read this guide if you are considering making a series application.

    • From: Intellectual Property Office
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  • Apply to remove an overseas entity from the register

    How to remove an overseas entity's registration from the Register of Overseas Entities.

    • From: Companies House
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  • Manual of trade marks practice

    The manual of trade marks practice sets out guidance on the Intellectual Property Office work practices.

    • From: Intellectual Property Office
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  • Use our business services

    Learn about the services we offer to businesses that enable you to check SIA licences, submit licence applications and pay the licence application fee.

    • From: Security Industry Authority
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  • Implementation of medical devices future regime

    A roadmap outlining the intended timelines for delivering a future regulatory framework for medical devices and an intended policy on international recognition.

    • From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
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  • Regulations: batteries and accumulators

    Guidance for manufacturers on placing batteries and accumulators on the market.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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