Guidance and regulation

Find out about changes to the rules and extra checks you’ll need to make to see if you can still claim.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 10 February 2020

When applying to register a trade mark, you must use the classification system to specify the goods and/or services you'll be using it on.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 21 December 2021

When we search for earlier trade marks we only look in classes containing the same or similar goods or services to your application.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 26 July 2019

Learn more about the circumstances that can lead to a licence holder losing their licence, either permanently or temporarily.

• From: Security Industry Authority
• Updated: 15 March 2023

This document sets out the rules the SIA uses to make licensing decisions.

• From: Security Industry Authority
• Updated: 29 July 2022

Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors (including retailers).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 11 December 2023

Where to get training and advice on counter-terrorism if you work in the private security industry.

• From: Security Industry Authority
• Updated: 5 February 2024

How to submit a cosmetic product notification to the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS).

• From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
• Updated: 31 December 2020

Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 20 September 2022

All export declarations are due to move from the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system to the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS) by 4 June 2024.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 21 May 2024

Check what you need to do to sell cosmetic products in Great Britain.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 4 October 2021

How to object and challenge someone else's trade mark and details of any legal costs involved.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 5 October 2015

Guidance to help you understand when and how to apply for an SIA licence.

• From: Security Industry Authority
• Updated: 9 May 2023

Tell the CMA about competition and consumer issues.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 14 January 2016

How to read your gas meter and convert this reading to kilowatt hours.

• From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
• Updated: 10 June 2014

In order to better understand the process of applying for a trade mark, we recommend you view the trade mark timeline.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 22 February 2022

How to apply to the Court of Protection to challenge an order restricting someone's freedom or get a deprivation of liberty authorised.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Updated: 1 May 2024

Find the latest Climate Change Levy and Carbon Price Support rates for energy providers.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 6 April 2024

How to file an update statement for an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers.

• From: Companies House
• Updated: 1 May 2024

A roadmap outlining the intended timelines for delivering a future regulatory framework for medical devices and an intended policy on international recognition.

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Updated: 21 May 2024