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What your business must do to prevent air pollution - local emissions controls, Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs), eliminating dark smoke, permits for boilers

• Local controls

  Your local council can introduce extra controls on emissions if there are…

• Dark smoke

  The darker the smoke, the more polluting it tends to be. Smoke darker than…

• Boilers and furnaces

  You need a permit for most generators, furnaces and boilers. Get a permit…

Safety leaflet on topical corticosteroids and withdrawal reactions to help patients and their carers to use these medicines safely.

• Updated: 29 May 2024

Product recall for Eshaan 4 in 1 Aroma Diffuser presenting a risk of electric shock.

• Updated: 21 April 2022

Check the tariff classification for carbonated dark red alcoholic beverage with blackcurrant flavour and aroma, containing 14.5% of alcohol by volume.

• Updated: 22 July 2025

Check the tariff classification for hair colour swatch books/catalogue.

• Updated: 23 August 2024

Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.

• Updated: 1 November 2019

Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.

• Updated: 3 March 2021

Details of the medals awarded to serving members of the armed forces, veterans and MOD employees; and who can receive them.

• Updated: 19 March 2025

Traditional term for wine

• Updated: 4 January 2021

For 2026, the UK has a quota allocation of 553 tonnes for the North Atlantic albacore (Thunnus alalunga) stock (ALB/AN05N), which may be taken in UK or EU waters. The 553 tonnes includes an amount set aside for bycatch by...

• Updated: 2 February 2026