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A buyer's guide for mobile devices, which outlines 7 areas that consumers should check for when choosing or using their mobile device.

• Updated: 7 April 2016

Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities

• Setting up

  In a partnership, you and your partner (or partners) personally share…

• Naming your partnership

  You can trade under your own names, or you can choose another name for…

• Register the partnership

  You must register your partnership for Self Assessment with HM Revenue and…

Joining a union and getting recognition for collective bargaining and agreements - legal rules about membership, union reps and your rights

• Joining a trade union

  A trade union is an organisation with members who are usually workers or…

• Trade union membership: your employment rights

  You have the right to: choose to join or not join a union decide to leave…

• Role of your trade union rep

  A trade union representative (‘rep’) is a union member who represents and…

• Union negotiations with your employer

  When an employer and a union agree to negotiate on pay, terms and…

Find out how the government chooses open standards, and how you can suggest open standards, to improve services for users.

• Updated: 30 July 2020

• Updated: 1 January 2008

Working time directive and maximum weekly working hours including how to calculate your weekly working hours and working time limits if you're a young worker.

How to approach sampling ambient air and the sampling and analytical techniques to use.

• Updated: 10 September 2024

How to get help researching export markets and sign up for seminars on exporting.

Get help choosing an agent to manage your business rates, researching agents and understanding your contract.

• Updated: 23 December 2025

Deciding what you need technology to do, avoiding lock-in, sharing software and choosing open source.

• Updated: 15 October 2024