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Your legal responsibilities for invasive plants and noxious weeds
What your business needs to do if you have invasive plants or noxious weeds on your business property.
Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed and other invasive plants
Environmental guidance on invasive non-native plants, the problems they can cause and what you need to do.
Energy Performance Certificates when renting business premises
Landlords must provide Energy Performance Certificates for buildings that they let – an overview of responsibilities.
Energy Performance Certificates for newly built business premises
An overview of responsibilities for builders to provide an Energy Performance Certificate to the new building's owner.
Energy Performance Certificates when selling business premises
Sellers of business premises must provide a free Energy Performance Certificate to all genuine prospective buyers.
Industrial and automotive battery producer responsibilities
When you must take back waste industrial and automotive batteries, keep records and register as a producer.
Portable battery producer responsibilities
When and how your business must register as a producer of portable batteries, and what records you need to keep.
Battery labelling and substance restrictions
Restrictions on the use of certain substances and how you must label batteries you intend to place on the market.
Types of battery
How to tell whether your business is placing portable, industrial or automotive batteries on the market.
Batteries business regulations
Rules for businesses classed as producers, distributors, treatment operators, recyclers or exporters of waste batteries.
Batteries responsibilities for business
Controls on placing new batteries on the market and separate collection, treatment and recycling of waste batteries.
Disposing of invasive plants and contaminated soil off site
How your business can legally and safely dispose of invasive plants and contaminated soil at a waste site.
Reduce the energy used by office equipment
Some simple energy efficiency simple steps that can significantly reduce energy use within your business.
Office equipment energy efficiency
How your business can reduce energy consumption and costs by using office equipment more efficiently.
Sign up for the Trader Support Service to move goods into and out of Northern Ireland
Free training and support for businesses for customs processes when moving goods into and out of Northern Ireland.
Get proof of origin for your goods
Prove the origin of your goods if you’re trading with a country that has a trade agreement with the UK, or is covered by the Developing Countries Trading Scheme.
Debt finance for music businesses
How to raise money for your music project through debt finance, including bank loans, credit cards, overdrafts, etc.
Check your goods meet the rules of origin
Rules to establish the country of origin of imported and exported goods and to help identify those which qualify for lower or nil Customs Duty.
Trading under WTO rules
How to trade with other countries if there is no UK trade agreement.
UK trade agreements with non-EU countries
Trade agreements with non-EU countries.