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Tax and reporting rules for employers providing cash awards for exam success
As an employer awarding examination grants to your employees, you have…
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
A UK patent may help if you want to take legal action against someone who…
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How vets in England and Wales can submit carcases to APHA for a post-mortem examination.
Guidance on the examination stage for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
The pre-examination checklists are to help local planning authorities ensure their plan is “ready for examination” as referred to in section 20 of the 2004 Act.
The Local Plan examination process and the role the Planning Inspectorate plays.
Information on the programme, including commissioning, quality assurance, education and training.
Ofqual's service for reviewing the decisions made by exam boards on appeals against GCSE, AS, A level and some vocational or technical qualifications results.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
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