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How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
New rules to crack down on illegal ads, influencer scams and protect children online
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to ensure that content on your service is appropriate for children.
A research paper from the CMA
What you need to do now that the eCommerce Directive no longer applies to the UK.
This page provides a guide for those interested in key upcoming digital regulatory activity being explored, developed or implemented by government. It covers a range of governance activities, from legislative change to the development of co-regulatory and self-regulatory frameworks.
Find a supplier who can provide a digital outcome, such as a digital service, strategic delivery programme or an accessibility audit.
This is a study for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport on online advertising issues and self-regulatory initiatives.
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
Guidance on the decentralised and mutual recognition reliance procedure (MRDCRP) for marketing authorisation applications including information on how to apply.
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