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You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol.
You can register your trade mark to protect your brand, for example the…
Before you apply for a trade mark you need to: decide which general…
To apply you’ll need: details of what you want to register, for example…
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application and…
Your trade mark will be registered around 10 weeks (2 months, plus 2…
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Guidance on the use of the sensitive words accreditation, accredit, accredited and accrediting, in a company, Limited Liability Partnership or business name.
Who in the pharmaceutical industry can be a Marketing Authorisation Holder, named distributor or local representative and how to make changes to these.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
How to set up a public service mutual and 'spin out' of a public service organisation.
Find out about Managed Service Companies and Managed Service Company Providers, including how to identify them and their role in tax avoidance schemes.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
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