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Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
Every school must publish a behaviour policy. It should be available on…
Headteachers can exclude your child if they misbehave in or outside…
You’ll get a letter from the school telling you what to do if you disagree…
The school may search your child if they think your child has any banned…
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform allows people to search user generated content.
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…
Only apply for a patent if: you’ve checked your invention does not already…
A patent application must include: a description of your invention that…
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Before your patent can be granted the Intellectual Property Office (IPO)…
If your patent is granted: your application will be published in its final…
This SEO guide provides advice for data publishers to improve the findability of their metadata through search engines.
How Business e-services customers can apply for an official search of whole with priority through the portal.
Find woodland agreements, felling licences and other designations or features on any chosen area of land in England.
Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents
Guidance on promoting the findability of metadata.
This toolkit is for Innovation Passport holders following the Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP) and provides activities to support the design and development of medicines.
Find HMRC-recognised payroll software to manage your Real Time Information (RTI) PAYE payments and deductions.
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