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Who can sign (countersign) passport photos and application forms and what they need to do

• When you must get a signature and who can sign

  Some paper passport applications and photos must be signed by someone else…

• Accepted occupations for countersignatories

  Your countersignatory must either: work in (or be retired from) a…

The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers

Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.

• Updated: 23 April 2024

Find out about the penalties that can be applied if you do not follow the UK tobacco track and trace rules.

• Updated: 18 July 2023

Guidance for Trading Standards officers on how to enforce the hallmarking law.

• Updated: 10 March 2025

Information about seafarer working and living rights - working conditions, conditions of employment, safe working practices, living conditions, dangerous cargo, health and medical care, maritime labour convention, human element

Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.

• Updated: 28 July 2025

Invoicing and taking payment from customers, what invoices must include, VAT invoices, sole trader invoices, limited company invoices, payment options, charging for late payment, chargebacks

If the UKCA marking applies to products you manufacture or supply, you will have specific obligations and responsibilities for compliance, depending on your role.

• Updated: 17 May 2024

Find a Trading Standards office to complain about illegal sales activity or to get business advice about trading legally