Business rates
1. Overview Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties (including commercial), eg: shops offices pubs warehouses factories You’ll probably have to pay business rates if you use a...
View ArticleRegister a house in multiple occupation (Northern Ireland)
Overview To let out your property as a house in multiple occupation (HMO) you must first register it with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE). A house in multiple occupation is a property...
View ArticleRegister as a waste carrier, broker or dealer (England)
Overview You must register if you transport waste as part of your business. You must also register if you buy, sell or dispose of waste, or arrange for someone else to do so. You can be fined up to...
View ArticleRoad occupation licence (Scotland)
Overview Contact the council for a road occupation licence if you want to put building materials, scaffolding, cranes, hoists, huts or anything else in the road in Scotland. You must make sure the...
View ArticleRoad occupation licence for building work (England and Wales)
Overview Contact the council for a road occupation licence if you want to dig up the road, or put anything in it in connection with building work in England or Wales. You must make sure any hole or...
View ArticleScrap metal dealer licence (England and Wales)
Overview You must hold either a site or mobile collector’s licence, issued by the council, if you’re a scrap metal dealer in England and Wales. Restrictions You must not receive scrap metal from a...
View ArticleSkip licence (England and Wales)
Overview Contact your local council for a skip licence if you want to put a skip on a public road. In most areas, skip hire companies are responsible for getting skip licences, also sometimes called...
View ArticleSkip licence (Scotland)
Overview Contact your council to apply for a skip permit or licence to place a skip on a public road or footpath in Scotland. You need a permit if you: operate a skip hire business plan to use a skip...
View ArticleSlaughterman licence (Northern Ireland)
Overview You must be licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) to operate as a slaughterman in Northern Ireland. This applies to anyone who: stuns, slaughters or kills...
View ArticleStreet collection licence (England & Wales)
Overview If you want to collect money or sell items on the street for charity, you might need a street collection licence, depending on your local council. Restrictions It’s not just ‘streets’ that are...
View ArticleBusiness and commercial waste
1. Overview You must deal responsibly with any waste your business produces in England. This is known as your ‘duty of care’. Business waste includes any waste that comes from: any commercial activity...
View ArticleBusiness support helplines
Get business support and advice over the phone. Help on starting and running a business Business Support Helpline Telephone: 0300 456 3565 Textphone: 0208 742 8620 Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm...
View ArticleApply for a marine licence
Register and apply for a marine licence to do work that will disturb the seabed, eg construction work, laying cables and pipes, dredging, disposing of waste and working with explosives. Apply for a...
View ArticleCheck the public register of marine licence applications and decisions
View applications for marine licences and the decisions made. Search by area or licence type and download copies of applications.
View ArticleContact your local Marine Management Organisation office
You can write to, email or call your local Marine Management Organisation (MMO) office.
View ArticleEmergency and life-saving equipment on ships
1. Overview All ships must carry certain emergency and life-saving equipment. This equipment must meet minimum standards and must be properlytested and serviced. There are different requirements...
View ArticleSeafarer medical certificates
1. Overview You must have an ENG 1 or an ML5 seafarer medical fitness certificate to work at sea. Get an ENG 1 certificate You need an ENG 1 certificate if you’re any of the following: a seafarer in...
View ArticleGet a seaman’s discharge book or British seaman’s card
You need a seaman’s discharge book if you’re a British seafarer, or are working on a UK-registered ship or yacht. How to apply Download an application form for a British seaman’s card or discharge...
View ArticleGet approval as an independent lifeboat servicing and testing organisation...
Apply to a UK recognised organisation (classification society) to get approval as an independent lifeboat servicing and testing organisation (ILSTO). The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) no longer...
View ArticleMaritime reporting
Anyone in charge of a ship must report any accidents or incidents. This includes any: collisions breakdown damage or structural failure pollution This applies to all: operators charterers shipping...
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