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The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations

• Food safety

  If your business deals in food you must: make sure food is safe to eat…

• Food hygiene

  Part of complying with food safety is managing food hygiene. Hazard…

• Food inspections

  You can be inspected by your local council at any point in the food…

• Report a food safety incident

  You must tell the Food Standards Agency (FSA) if you think any food your…

Overview of case details, documents, key dates and how to make a representation.

• Updated: 21 January 2026

How to join or contact a Local Access Forum in England.

• Updated: 12 March 2025

A guide to organising a street party - telling your council, closing roads, getting insurance and licences

Decide which activities are business or non-business for VAT purposes if you're a local authority or other public body.

• Updated: 9 June 2025

Check if you can get a reduction in your business rates bill with business rates relief and find out how to apply.

Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16

Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties - who has to pay, how your rates are calculated, getting a revaluation, what to do if your premises change.

Lyons Inquiry into Local Government explored the future role, function and funding of local government - Place-shaping: a shared ambition for the future of local government.

• Updated: 15 April 2021

Information for local authorities and others who are working with British National (Overseas) [BN(O)] visa holders arriving from Hong Kong via the UK government’s BN(O) route.

• Updated: 4 December 2025