Step-by-step business journeys

Placing a medical device on the GB market

End-to-end learning path for manufacturers bringing a medical device to the Great Britain market for the first time. Covers pre-market steps (classification, conformity assessment, marking, registration) and post-market obligations (surveillance, vigilance reporting).

Selling medical devices in both GB and Northern Ireland

How to achieve dual-market access for medical devices across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Covers the different regulatory frameworks, marking options, conformity assessment routes, and representative requirements for cross-border compliance.

Medical device compliance quick check

Quick compliance verification for experienced medical device manufacturers. Check your device classification, registration status, marking validity, PMS system, and vigilance reporting readiness.

Set up a non-metallic mineral products manufacturing business

Learning path for new manufacturers of glass, ceramics, cement, lime, plaster, concrete products and cut stone. Work out which rules apply, put a safe factory and your respirable-silica controls in place, meet the conformity rules for construction and consumer products you sell, handle your environmental permit and UK Emissions Trading Scheme duties if you run a kiln or furnace, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a paper manufacturing business

Learning path for new paper manufacturers — pulp and paper mills, board, corrugating, converting and paper products. Work out which rules apply, put a safe mill in place, manage your environmental permits and water, meet the product-market rules, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a rubber or plastics manufacturing business

Learning path for new rubber and plastics manufacturers — injection moulders and extruders, plastic builders' ware and pipe makers, plastic packaging and food-container manufacturers, and tyre and rubber-goods makers. Work out which rules apply, put a safe factory and your UK REACH duties in place, meet the conformity rules for products you place on the market, handle packaging producer responsibility and the Plastic Packaging Tax, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Responding to a medical device safety incident

Immediate actions when a serious incident occurs involving your medical device. Covers incident identification, reporting timeline determination, MORE portal submission, investigation requirements, CAPA, and Field Safety Corrective Actions.

Product compliance for manufacturers

Learn how to ensure your products meet UK safety and marking requirements before placing them on the market

Set up a basic metal production business

Learning path for new basic-metal producers — iron and steelworks, aluminium and other non-ferrous smelters and refiners, and iron, steel and non-ferrous foundries. Work out which rules apply, put a safe high-hazard production plant in place with its environmental and major-accident controls, meet the conformity rules for products you place on the market, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a furniture manufacturing business

Learning path for new furniture manufacturers — upholstered furniture and mattresses, wooden, kitchen and office furniture. Work out which rules apply, put a safe factory and your wood-dust controls in place, meet the furniture fire-safety and product-safety rules, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a machinery manufacturing business

Learning path for new machinery and equipment manufacturers — engines, pumps and compressors, machine tools, lifting and handling equipment, agricultural machinery and industrial plant. Work out which rules apply, put a safe factory and your employment duties in place, meet the conformity and type-approval regimes for what you make, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a machinery repair and installation business

Learning path for new repair and installation businesses — general machinery repair and industrial installation, and the specialist gas, refrigeration, pressure-systems, marine and aircraft trades. Work out which rules apply, put a safe business in place, get the specialist approvals for the systems you work on, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a metal fabrication business

Learning path for new fabricated-metal manufacturers — structural steel fabricators, tank and vessel makers, jobbing platers, tool and fastener makers and architectural metalworkers. Work out which rules apply, put a safe workshop in place, meet the conformity rules for products you place on the market, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a printing or media reproduction business

Learning path for new printers and reproduction businesses — commercial, digital, screen and large-format printers, packaging and label printers, and reproduction of recorded media. Work out which rules apply, put a safe print works and your employment duties in place, manage your solvents, inks and emissions if you use solvent-based chemicals, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a wood-products manufacturing business

Learning path for new wood-products manufacturers — sawmilling, veneers, plywood and panels, joinery, wooden packaging and cork goods. Work out which rules apply, put a safe plant and your wood-dust controls in place, meet the product-market rules, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up an other-manufacturing business

Learning path for new makers of jewellery, instruments, sports goods, toys, medical and dental devices and other goods. Work out which rules apply, put a safe workshop in place, meet the product-conformity regime for what you make, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up as a chemical manufacturer

Learning path for new chemical and chemical-products manufacturers. Work out which regimes apply to your products and site, get your substances and products correctly registered, classified and labelled for the GB market, put the major-hazard, environmental and explosives controls in place, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up as a textiles, clothing or leather manufacturer

Learning path for new textile, clothing and leather or footwear manufacturers. Get your products correctly labelled and safe to place on the GB market, set up environmental permits and effluent controls if you dye, finish or tan, check restricted and protected materials under UK REACH and CITES, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up as a vehicle or transport equipment manufacturer

Learning path for new vehicle and transport-equipment manufacturers and importers. Work out which approval regime applies to your product, get it type-approved and placed on the GB market, set up your ongoing end-of-life and restricted-substance duties, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up as an electronics or electrical equipment manufacturer

Learning path for new electronics and electrical equipment manufacturers and importers placing products on the GB and UK market. Work out which conformity regimes apply, get your products UKCA marked, set up your ongoing producer-responsibility duties for WEEE and batteries, and verify you have covered everything.

UK REACH compliance checklist

Quick check of your UK REACH registration and notification status. Covers manufacturer and importer registration, downstream user obligations, SVHC duties, Safety Data Sheets, and approaching tonnage band deadlines.