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From Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
  • Further details on the measures included within the Employment Rights Act 2025.

  • Assess your goods, software and technology to determine whether or not they are controlled and require a licence to export.

  • Find out if you need to use the UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking on products you manufacture or handle.

  • Guidance on the statutory reporting duty for companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs).

  • Information on the UK government’s framework to create UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS) by assessing and endorsing the global corporate reporting baseline of IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards.

  • Transitional and saving arrangements for the trade union measures of the Employment Rights Act 2025 coming into force on 18 February 2026: for employers, unions and workers.

  • How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.

  • Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.

  • Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Spain and how to get one if you do.

  • How to check the tariff rates that apply to goods you import.

  • How to calculate the average hourly rate, and the number of hours worked over a specific period so that you pay the correct wage. Includes example calculations.

  • The UK's regulatory framework for strategic export controls and the circumstances where you might need an export licence.

  • Courses, seminars, workshops and webinars to help exporters understand their obligations under export control legislation.

  • Temporary duty suspensions and autonomous tariff quotas (ATQs) for importing goods into the UK.

  • An explanation of the types of work and the working hours for which you must pay the minimum wage.

  • A guide for businesses and organisations that need to understand more about what sanctions are and how they work.

  • Guidance for public authorities on their legal obligations when awarding subsidies.

  • Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.

  • A free-to-access short online programme to help you start a business or become self-employed in England.

  • How to submit open licence returns on the SPIRE export licensing system.