Growth
Consultation outcome: Smarter regulation: deregulating the commercial agents regulations
Smarter Regulation: The Case for Deregulating the Commercial Agents Regulations In an era marked by rapid economic transformation and evolving…
Speech: Business Secretary sets out ambition for further, faster growth
Accelerating Ambitions: Business Secretary’s Vision for Growth On February 13, 2025, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds addressed a gathering at Samsung…
Press release: Government sets out plans for âe-invoicingâ overhaul to cut paperwork
**Transforming Business Efficiency: Government Sets Out Plans for E-Invoicing Overhaul** In an era where digital transformation is reshaping the landscape…
Speech: Business Secretary sets out ambition for further, faster growth
### Driving Ambition: Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds Envisions Rapid Economic Growth On February 13, 2025, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds delivered…
Official Statistics: Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods, 2022
**Title: Understanding the Utilisation of Tariff Preferences in UK Trade: Insights from 2022** In the evolving landscape of international trade,…
Open consultation: Promoting electronic invoicing across UK businesses and the public sector
### Promoting Electronic Invoicing: A Step Towards Efficiency in UK Businesses and Public Sector In an increasingly digital world, the…
Guidance: Regulations: Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit sharing (ABS)
**Title: Understanding the Nagoya Protocol: Guidance for Research and Development on Genetic Resources** The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit…
Decision: UK-Kenya EPA Committee of Senior Officials â decision No. 1/2022, 6 July 2022
**Title: The Significance of Decision No. 1/2022 by the UK-Kenya EPA Committee of Senior Officials** On July 6, 2022, the…
Policy paper: Interministerial Group for Business and Industry: terms of reference (2025)
**Title: Strengthening Business and Industry: The Role of the Interministerial Group for Business and Industry in 2025** In an ever-evolving…
Private Branch Exchange (PBX) best practice
Protecting your organisationâs telephony systems from cyber attacks and telecoms fraud.
Mapping your supply chain
How organisations can map their supply chain dependencies, so that risks in the supply chain can be better understood and…
Guidance: Report a suspected breach of trade sanctions
**Title: Reporting Suspected Breaches of Trade Sanctions: Your Guide to Compliance** In an increasingly interconnected global economy, trade sanctions serve…
Check your email security, and protect your customers
Free online tool from the NCSC prevents cyber criminals using your email to conduct cyber attacks.
Cyber Security Toolkit for Boards: updated briefing pack released
New presentation includes voiceover and insights on ransomware attack on the British Library.
‘NCSC Cyber Series’ podcast now available
Listen to all five episodes now, covering a wide range of cyber security topics.
Making Principles Based Assurance a reality
An update on the work to make Principles Based Assurance (PBA) usable in practice.
Transparency data: DBT: workforce management information December 2024
### Transparency Data: December 2024 Workforce Management Insights As we transition into the latter part of the year 2024, it…
Transparency data: COVID-19 loan guarantee schemes repayment data: September 2024
**Title: Analyzing the Performance of COVID-19 Loan Guarantee Schemes: Transparency Data as of September 2024** As we move into the…
International treaty: Agreement between the Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) and the UK on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications
# Strengthening Professional Ties: The Switzerland-UK Agreement on Recognition of Professional Qualifications In an era of increasing globalization, the recognition…
Guidance: Trade with Switzerland
**Title: Navigating Trade with Switzerland: A Guide to Importing and Exporting** Switzerland, known for its stable economy, political neutrality, and…
Guidance: Import controls
**Navigating Import Controls: A Comprehensive Guide to Compliance** In an increasingly interconnected global marketplace, the movement of goods across borders…
Notice: Notice to Importers 2953: Russia import sanctions
### Title: Understanding Notice to Importers 2953: Russia Import Sanctions In a rapidly evolving international landscape, it is essential for…
News story: Statement on the Japan – UK Women’s Economic Empowerment Seminar
**Title: Unlocking Opportunities: Japan-UK Womenâs Economic Empowerment Seminar** In a significant move towards bolstering international trade relations, Japan recently hosted…
Transparency data: Post Office Horizon financial redress data for 2025
**Title: Transparency in Redress: Post Office Horizon Financial Restitution Data for 2025** The ongoing repercussions of the Post Office Horizon…
Guidance: UK trade agreements in effect
**Navigating the Landscape of Current UK Trade Agreements** In today’s interconnected global economy, trade agreements play a pivotal role in…
Notice: Interministerial Group for Business and Industry: communiquĂŠs
**Title: Insights from the Interministerial Group for Business and Industry: Recent Meeting Highlights** The landscape of business and industry is…
Guidance: Standard individual export licences (SIELs)
**Understanding Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs): A Key Element in Export Compliance** In today’s global economy, the export of military…
Open consultation: UK Internal Market Act 2020: review and consultation
**Title: Navigating the UK Internal Market Act 2020: Invitation for Consultation on Improvement** The UK Internal Market Act 2020 marks…
Notice: Trade remedies notices: anti-dumping duty on electric bicycles from China
### Addressing Trade Remedies: The Anti-Dumping Duty on Electric Bicycles from China In recent developments within international trade, the Secretary…
Notice: Trade remedies notices: countervailing duty on electric bicycles from China
# Trade Remedies Notices: Countervailing Duty on Electric Bicycles from China In recent developments concerning international trade, the Secretary of…
Guidance: Impact assessment and options assessment calculator
**Title: Enhancing Decision-Making: The Importance of Impact and Options Assessment Calculators for Policy Officials** In the realm of public policy,…
Guidance: Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS): legal cost framework
**Understanding the Legal Cost Framework of the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS)** In recent years, the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme…
Network security fundamentals
How to design, use, and maintain secure networks.
Press release: Government opens record industry conference to kickstart SME exports
### Government Opens Record Industry Conference to Kickstart SME Exports In a significant move to bolster the export potential of…
Guidance: Apply for an export certificate
**Navigating the Path to Global Trade: The Importance of Obtaining an Export Certificate** In an increasingly interconnected world, businesses are…
Notice: Notice to exporters: impact of the UKâs accession to the CPTPP on Certificates of Free Sale for cosmetic products
**Understanding the Impact of the UKâs Accession to the CPTPP on Certificates of Free Sale for Cosmetic Products** The international…
Research: Methodologies for valuing market access barriers
# Valuing Market Access Barriers: Analytical Methodologies for Insightful Insights In a global economy characterized by increasing interconnectedness, understanding the…
Guidance: Employment Tribunal data research privacy notice
**Understanding Employment Tribunal Data: A Privacy Notice for You** In an increasingly data-driven world, understanding how personal information is collected,…
Press release: Birmingham scores transformative investment into new Sports Quarter
**Birmingham Secures Transformative Investment for New Sports Quarter** Birmingham has taken a significant step towards enhancing its sporting landscape with…
Secure sanitisation and disposal of storage media
How to ensure data cannot be recovered from electronic storage media.
Accredited official statistics: Building materials and components statistics: January 2025
### Insights into Building Materials and Components: January 2025 Official Statistics As we progress into January 2025, the construction sector…
Press release: Birmingham scores transformative investment into new Sports Quarter
### Birmingham Scores Transformative Investment into New Sports Quarter In a groundbreaking development for the city of Birmingham, the US-based…
Transparency data: DBT: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, July to September 2024
**Analyzing Ministerial Gifts and Activities: Transparency Data from July to September 2024** In an era where transparency and accountability in…
Transparency data: DBT: special advisersâ gifts, hospitality and meetings, July to September 2024
### Transparency in Governance: Insights from the Recent Data on Special Advisers’ Gifts and Hospitality In the pursuit of an…
Transparency data: GLO compensation scheme: financial redress reports for 2025
### Title: Financial Redress Reports for Postmasters: A Look Ahead to 2025 In recent years, the Post Office Horizon scandal…
Guidance on digital forensics and protective monitoring specifications for producers of network devices and appliances
Outlining the expectations for the minimum requirement for forensic visibility, to help network defenders secure organisational networks both before and…
Transparency data: UK Sustainability Disclosures Policy and Implementation Committee (PIC) meeting minutes for 2025
**Title: Insights from the 2025 Meeting of the UK Sustainability Disclosures Policy and Implementation Committee** The pursuit of sustainability in…
Press release: April pay rise set to boost pockets of over 3 million workers
**Title: April Pay Rise Set to Boost the Earnings of Over 3 Million Workers** As the first quarter of the…
Business communications – SMS and telephone best practice
How to ensure your organisation’s SMS and telephone messages are effective and trustworthy.
Guidance: Designated standards: machinery
### Understanding Designated Standards for Machinery: A Comprehensive Overview In the ever-evolving landscape of industrial manufacturing, adherence to designated standards…
Guidance: Using harmonised standards for placing CE marked products on the GB market
# Guidance on Using Harmonised Standards for Placing CE Marked Products on the GB Market Navigating the complexities of compliance…
Guidance: Placing products on the GB market: recognition of EU requirements
# Navigating Product Placement in the Great Britain Market: Understanding EU Requirements In an increasingly globalized trade environment, businesses aiming…
Guidance: Current approaches to product marking
**Navigating Current Approaches to Product Marking in Todayâs Market** In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, the importance of effective product…
Policy paper: UK support to Ukraine: factsheet
### UK Support to Ukraine: A Comprehensive Overview In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022,…
Penetration testing
How to get the most from penetration testing
Guidance: Overseas business risk for Serbia
**Navigating Overseas Business Risk: Understanding the Security and Political Landscape in Serbia** As UK businesses explore opportunities in international markets,…
Press release: UK fire engines chosen to modernise Iraq fleet
### Modernizing Iraq’s Fire Services: A Major Investment in British-Made Fire Engines In a significant step towards enhancing fire safety…
Decision: UK-Japan CEPA documents
### Navigating the UK-Japan CEPA: Key Documents and Decisions The ratification and implementation of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement…
Guidance: Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS): assessment framework
**Navigating the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme: Understanding the Assessment Framework** The Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS) stands as a beacon…
Official Statistics: Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with J to L)
**Title: Analyzing UK Trade and Investment: Partners J to L** In the realm of global commerce, the United Kingdom boasts…
Official Statistics: Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with T to V)
**Title: An Overview of UK Trade and Investment Partners: T to V** In todayâs interconnected world, understanding global trade and…
Guidance: European Structural and Investment Funds: useful resources
### Essential Resources for Navigating European Structural and Investment Funds European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) play a critical role…
Transparency data: DBT: senior officialsâ business expenses, hospitality, and meetings, July to September 2024
### Transparency in Government: Analyzing Senior Officialsâ Business Expenses and Hospitality (July to September 2024) In an era where transparency…
Corporate report: British Hallmarking Council framework document (November 2024)
**Understanding the British Hallmarking Council Framework: A Central Document for Assurance and Integrity** As the landscape of precious metals trading…
Corporate report: Department for Business and Trade annual report and accounts for 2023 to 2024
**Navigating the Future: A Comprehensive Review of the Department for Business and Trade Annual Report 2023-2024** In an ever-evolving economic…
Press release: UK Trade Minister visited South Africa and Botswana to strengthen trade ties
**Strengthening Trade Ties: UK Trade Minister’s Visit to South Africa and Botswana** In a significant move to enhance international trade…
Preserving integrity in the age of generative AI
New âContent Credentialsâ guidance from the NSA seeks to counter the erosion of trust.
Statutory guidance: UK subsidy control regime: statutory guidance
**Navigating the UK Subsidy Control Regime: A Guide for Public Authorities** In recent years, the landscape of subsidy control in…
Transparency data: DBT: workforce management information October 2024
**Title: Enhancing Workforce Management Through Transparency: A Look at DBTâs October 2024 Workforce Data** In todayâs rapidly evolving business environment,…
Transparency data: DBT: workforce management information September 2024
**Title: Analyzing Workforce Management: DBT Transparency Data for September 2024** In an era where data-driven decision-making is fundamental to the…
Transparency data: DBT: workforce management information August 2024
**Understanding Workforce Management: Insights from DBT Transparency Data â August 2024** As we delve deeper into the intricacies of workforce…
Official Statistics: UK security export statistics 2023
The State of UK Security Exports: A 2023 Overview In 2023, the UK security industry continues to play a pivotal…
Get UK customs clearance when importing goods into the UK: step by step
### Navigating UK Customs Clearance: A Step-by-Step Guide for Importing Goods Importing goods into the UK can be a complex…
Get UK customs clearance when exporting goods: step by step
# Navigating UK Customs Clearance: A Step-by-Step Guide for Exporting Goods When embarking on the journey of exporting goods from…
Press release: New ‘global growth team’ appointed by Trade Secretary
**Title: Strengthening Global Ties: The Launch of the New UK Global Growth Team** In a significant development for the UKâs…
A method to assess ‘forgivable’ vs ‘unforgivable’ vulnerabilities
Research from the NCSC designed to eradicate vulnerability classes and make the top-level mitigations easier to implement.
Eradicating trivial vulnerabilities, at scale
A new NCSC research paper aims to reduce the presence of âunforgivableâ vulnerabilities.
Policy paper: UK and Colorado trade and economic co-operation memorandum of understanding
**Strengthening Strategic Ties: The UK-Colorado Trade and Economic Cooperation MOU** On January 27, 2025, a significant milestone in international relations…
Form: Contracts for Difference, renewables obligation and small scale feed-in tariffs: apply for an exemption or compensation
**Navigating Exemption and Compensation for Indirect Costs in Renewable Energy Initiatives** In the ever-evolving landscape of renewable energy financing, understanding…
Guidance: Employment Tribunal data research privacy notice
**Understanding the Privacy of Employment Tribunal Data: A Comprehensive Overview** In today’s data-driven world, the protection of personal information is…
Guidance: Standardisation
**Understanding Standardisation: A Key to Consistency and Quality** In todayâs fast-paced and interconnected world, the concept of standardisation has gained…
Guidance: Report a suspected breach of trade sanctions
### Reporting Suspected Breaches of Trade Sanctions: A Proactive Approach In today’s globalized economy, trade sanctions serve as a critical…
Research: Building materials and components: methodology
**Title: Methodological Insights into the Collection of Building Materials and Components Statistics** In the rapidly evolving field of construction, accurate…
Press release: UK Government launches UK Internal Market Act consultation
**Title: UK Government Launches Consultation on the UK Internal Market Act: A Step Towards Collaborative Governance** In a significant development…
Open consultation: UK Internal Market Act 2020: review and consultation
**Title: Enhancing the UK Internal Market Act 2020: An Open Consultation Review** In an ever-evolving political landscape, the UK Internal…
Guidance: Keep Britain Working: Terms of Reference
### Keep Britain Working: Understanding the Role of Employers in Health and Disability In recent years, the conversation around health…
Guidance: Doing business in Ethiopia: guidance on exporting and business risks
**Title: Navigating the Ethiopian Market: A Comprehensive Guide for British Businesses** As global markets continue to evolve, Ethiopia has emerged…
Research: Retained EU law and assimilated law dashboard
**Understanding the Retained EU Law and Assimilated Law Dashboard** In the wake of Brexit, the United Kingdom underwent a significant…
Research: Retained EU Law (REUL) and Assimilated Law Parliamentary Reports
**Title: Understanding Retained EU Law and Assimilated Law: Key Insights from Recent Parliamentary Reports** In the wake of the United…
Official Statistics: Trade and investment core statistics book
**Title: Understanding the Monthly Trade and Investment Landscape: A Comprehensive Overview** In the ever-evolving landscape of global economics, understanding trade…
Official Statistics: UK trade in numbers
**Title: Analyzing the UKâs Trade Landscape: A Statistical Overview** In a rapidly evolving global economy, understanding the intricacies of trade…
ACD 2.0 exploration into attack surface management completed
We thank participants and look forward to sharing what we’ve learned
New UK Regulations on Cryptoasset Investments: What You Need to Know
The UKâs financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has expanded its financial promotions regime to provide enhanced protections for…
Notice: Trade remedies notices: revocation of the safeguard measure on category 2 steel products
### Important Update: Revocation of Safeguard Measure on Category 2 Steel Products In a significant move aimed at reshaping the…
Consultation outcome: Smarter Regulation: Fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture
**Title: Ensuring Safety: A Smarter Approach to the Regulation of Domestic Upholstered Furniture** In recent years, the importance of fire…
Guidance: UK Trade Tariff: duty suspensions and autonomous tariff quotas
**Navigating the UK Trade Tariff: Duty Suspensions and Autonomous Tariff Quotas** In the ever-evolving landscape of international trade, understanding the…
Guidance: Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS): privacy notice
**Understanding the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS): Privacy Notice and Data Protection** The Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS) provides a…
Press release: Parents to receive day one right to neonatal care leave and pay
**Title: New Rights for Parents: Day One Neonatal Care Leave and Pay Announced** In a significant move aimed at supporting…
Press release: UK firms boosted by new qualifications agreement with Switzerland
**Title: New Qualifications Agreement between the UK and Switzerland Benefits Professionals** In a significant development for UK-qualified professionals, a new…
Key Highlights from the 2025 UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue: Green Finance and Beyond âŚ
The 11th UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) recently took place in Beijing, marking a significant milestone in the bilateral…
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