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Official Statistics: Number of exporting registered businesses in the UK, 2016 to 2024
This release provides an estimate of the number and proportion of exporting registered businesses and the number and proportion of exporting registered small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK b…
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Transparency data: Post Office Capture financial redress data for 2026
Data for 2026 on redress for postmasters impacted by the Post Office Capture software.
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Transparency data: Post Office Horizon financial redress and legal costs data for 2026
Data for 2026 on redress for postmasters impacted by the Post Office Horizon scandal.
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Official Statistics: National survey of registered businesses’ exporting behaviours, attitudes and needs 2025
Data from fieldwork completed across 2025. The publication will consist of data tables, a written analytical report and a technical report. The data provides insights on UK registered businesses' beh…
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Transparency data: Companies House prompt payment data April 2026 to March 2027
Companies House prompt payment data April 2025 to March 2026
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Corporate report: Companies House Welsh language report 2025 to 2026
The annual Welsh language monitoring report from Companies House.
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Official Statistics: Trade and investment core statistics book
A monthly snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment position, summarising trade statistics produced by ONS, HMRC, DBT and others.
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DRIVE35 Funding Programme: Innovation
DRIVE35’s 'Innovation' pillar comprises 3 competition strands to support  research and development projects in the UK automotive sector: Collaborate, Demonstrate and Mobilise.
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Policy paper: British Sign Language (BSL) 5-year plan: Department for Business and Trade
This plan sets out how the Department for Business and Trade plans to improve the use of BSL in its communications in the next 5 years.
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Research: Precarious Work and Economically Inactive Survey: technical report
This research examines the impacts of working in precarious employment.
gov.uk · DBT
Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts
We are seeking views on reforms relating to zero hours and similar contracts, to implement measures in the Employment Rights Act 2025 to end one-sided flexibility.
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Official Statistics: UK trade in numbers
A snapshot of the UK’s latest trade and investment position, summarising statistics produced by ONS, DBT, and UNCTAD.
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CIC Accounts User Feedback
Companies House want to hear your experiences of using the Package Accounts Upload Service
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Apply to protect your details on the Companies House register
For company directors, LLP members or people with significant control (PSCs) who are at serious risk and want to protect their personal information from the public.
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Fit and proper criteria for Authorised Corporate Service Providers
How the registrar will assess whether an applicant, or existing Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP), is fit and proper to carry out the functions of an ACSP.
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Portsmouth PatLib Centre
Intellectual Property support and guidance for Portsmouth businesses.
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DRIVE35 Funding Programme: Transformation
DRIVE35’s capital-only ‘Transformation’ pillar comprises the DRIVE35 Automotive Transformation Fund.
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DRIVE35 Funding Programme: Scale-Up
DRIVE35's research and development 'Scale-Up' pillar comprises the DRIVE35 Scale-Up Feasibility Studies competition and the DRIVE35 Scale-Up Fund.
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Notice: Trade remedies notices: S-PVC from China, Mexico and South Korea
Trade remedies notices published by the Secretary of State relating to imports of Suspension Polyvinyl Chloride (S-PVC) originating from China, Mexico and South Korea.
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