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Information on mass, length and volume calibration for local authorities.

• Updated: 14 March 2025

For manufacturers of long-term samplers and test laboratories who carry out testing of equipment.

• Updated: 25 July 2025

Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products

• Units of measurement

  You must use metric measurements (grams, kilograms, millilitres or litres)…

• Specified quantities

  Some goods must be sold in fixed sizes known as ‘specified quantities’.…

• Packaged goods

  Packaged goods are products that are all of these: sold sealed between 5g…

• Equipment and records

  Equipment for packaged goods The equipment you use to weigh or measure…

• Labelling packaged goods

  You must put the weight or volume of your packaged goods on the label. The…

Guidelines for the monitoring of volume individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) and protected trust deed (PTD) providers

• Updated: 21 August 2023

This page outlines the requirements and construction standards for fishing vessels

• Updated: 30 October 2023

This guide provides a list of UK Sanctions List (UKSL) fields and mappings to compare with the list of fields on the OFSI Consolidated List (closed 28 January 2026).

• Updated: 22 December 2025

Ensuring you get what you pay for.

• Updated: 5 March 2024

This series brings together all documents relating to Spending information for DCLG's arms-length bodies

• Updated: 30 September 2010

This series brings together all documents relating to Arms Length Bodies’ statistics

• Updated: 22 February 2013

Resources for local regulators.

• Updated: 9 April 2025