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How to apply for a full or partial completion certificate after building work on a higher-risk building has been completed.

• Updated: 27 March 2025

What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.

• Overview

  There are rules for bringing plants or ‘plant-based products’ (like wood)…

• Plants and plant-based products from the EU, Switzerland and Liechtenstein

  If you’re bringing in plants or plant-based products from the EU,…

• Plants and plant-based products from outside the EU

  If you’re bringing plants and plant-based products (like wood) from…

• Getting a phytosanitary certificate

  A ‘phytosanitary’ (plant health) certificate proves your plants: have been…

• Bringing in endangered species

  You’ll need to apply for a permit or certificate if you’re bringing any…

• Get help

  If you need advice on bringing plants or plant-based products into Great…

How VAT works, what VAT is charged on, VAT thresholds and VAT schemes.

• Overview

  VAT (Value Added Tax) is a tax added to most products and services sold by…

• What VAT is charged on

  VAT is charged on things like: goods and services (a service is anything…

• How much VAT you must charge

  There are 3 different rates of VAT that can be added to products. Which…

• VAT thresholds

  You need to register for VAT if you go over the registration threshold (or…

• VAT schemes

  VAT schemes are designed to simplify the way some VAT-registered…

Acting as an attorney - duties, including finding an enduring power of attorney, registering an EPA, starting to act, making gifts and stopping being an attorney

Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - training, work trials, starting your own business, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support

Find out about the symptoms of COVID-19, what to do if you or your child has them and when to get medical help.

• Updated: 18 September 2020

How legal industrial action is organised, picketing and the law and what your employment rights when you are on strike

Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave remarks during a visit to Hastings.

• Updated: 5 February 2026

By Julia Vitarello

• Updated: 2 February 2026

Information about moving to, living or retiring in the USA – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.

• Updated: 11 December 2025