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It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of: age…
Discrimination can come in one of the following forms: direct…
The law protects you against discrimination at work, including: dismissal…
If you think you’ve been unfairly discriminated against you can: complain…
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
How to apply to protect a wine name or aromatised wine name under the UK GI schemes and how to use a traditional term to describe a wine product.
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
Read this to understand the relationship between all the parties involved in the management and protection of .gov.uk domain names.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of wine and aromatised wine in the UK.
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