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How Standard Shipping Notes, Dangerous Goods Notes and Export Cargo Shipping Instructions work, and where you can get them from.
A resource collection to help research institutions and businesses to identify, protect, manage and use their intellectual property and wider knowledge assets.
Licence allowing the export of information security items.
Licence for the export of military goods to a government or a NATO organisation in any of the destinations or countries listed in the OGEL.
How the UK’s Trade Remedies Authority investigates whether trade remedy measures are needed to counteract unfair import practices.
This guidance for charities explains the automatic disqualification rules.
What you need to know if you were a director of a company that became insolvent and you want to start another one.
This guide provides a list of UK Sanctions List (UKSL) fields and mappings to compare with the list of fields on the OFSI Consolidated List (closed 28 January 2026).
How Business e-services customers can register the death of a joint proprietor through the portal.
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
Guidance on how to make a whistleblower report to the Competition and Markets Authority.
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and specified generator regulations.
The Manual of Patent Practice explains the Intellectual Property Office's practice under the Patents Act 1977.
Find the tax type codes which identify the kinds of duty or tax to be paid or secured (Appendix 8).
Find out how to reclaim Excise Duty on fuel used in making marine voyages if you're entitled to claim.
Check what security features you’ll need put on tobacco product packaging.
How to make an early payment to increase your available balance if you're close to exceeding your monthly duty deferment limit.
How businesses should comply with consumer protection law on consumer reviews.
Licence for the export of certain dual-use items to Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, including Liechtenstein and the USA.
How to manage the food hygiene and safety procedures in your food business.
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