Journeys
Step-by-step Business Journeys
Follow our guided journeys to help you through major business milestones and changes.
Start a business 1
Planning and launching a new business venture
Starting a waste business
Complete compliance guide for waste transfer stations, treatment facilities, skip hire, and recycling centres. Covers environmental permits, waste carrier registration, and ongoing obligations.
Start journey →Comply with regulations 2
Meeting legal, safety, environmental, and sector-specific requirements
Responding to environmental enforcement
What to do if you receive an enforcement notice or warning letter from an environmental regulator. Covers types of enforcement action, immediate steps, appeal rights, and demonstrating improvement.
Start journey →Water Framework Directive compliance for businesses
Complete compliance pathway for businesses whose activities may affect water body status — from understanding the WFD framework through identifying which licences, permits, or consents you need, to applying, monitoring, and reporting. Covers England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
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