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If you run an EU-based business, check what your business needs to know to continue trading with the UK.
Find out about changes to the Business Investment Relief rules from 6 April 2017.
All outside appointments or employment taken up by former Department for Business and Trade (DBT) staff at senior Civil Service levels SCS1 and SCS2.
All private sector businesses that want to do building control work in England and Wales under the Building Act 1984 (as amended) must apply to register with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
How to identify and report harmful trade practices that affect your business when exporting, importing or operating domestically.
This collection includes the Business Case publications for DBT's major projects.
The Department for International Trade (DIT) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have merged to form the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).
When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help
Crime and fraud issues in international trade: theft of goods, money laundering, cyber crime, employee fraud, infringement of intellectual property.
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