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If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
All marketing and advertising must be: an accurate description of the…
Advertising to consumers The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading…
There are 2 advertising codes of practice that describe how businesses…
You must describe your product accurately. This means if you make a claim…
You must check if customers want to be contacted by fax, phone, post or…
Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes.
Copyright protects your work and stops others from using it without your…
Copyright protection starts as soon as a work is created. Once your…
You can license the use of your work if you own the copyright. You can…
You’re responsible for defending your copyright material against…
Information for entertainers and musicians, from non-visa national countries, such as EU Member States and the US, visiting the UK for performance and work.
Details of the exceptions to copyright that allow limited use of copyright works without the permission of the copyright owner.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol.
Find out when you can zero rate VAT for advertisements and goods used for the collection of donations.
Learn how to publish accessible documents to meet the needs of all users under the accessibility regulations.
Find out about the VAT place of supply rules if your business sells digital services to private consumers.
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