Responding to planning enforcement

Planning permission for new development

A complete guide to getting planning permission for your first development project, from understanding when you need permission to navigating conditions and obligations.

SME housebuilder planning guide

Comprehensive planning guidance for small and medium housebuilders. Learn how to navigate the planning system efficiently, take advantage of small site easements, and manage S106 and environmental requirements proportionately.

Planning appeal process

What to do when your planning application is refused. Understand your options, assess your chances, and decide whether to appeal, amend, or walk away.

Small site planning fast track

Quick checklist for SME developers submitting minor residential applications (1-9 dwellings). Skip the explanation - get straight to what you need to do.

Employing people in Northern Ireland

Complete guide to NI employment law including fair employment monitoring, equality obligations, and how NI legislation differs from Great Britain. Covers the key areas where Northern Ireland has its own rules.

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.

Product compliance for manufacturers

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

Consumer rights compliance checklist

Quick compliance check for traders selling goods, services, or digital content to consumers. Covers quality standards, remedies, distance selling, unfair terms, and enforcement readiness.

Gateway 2 preparation checklist

Quick readiness check before submitting your Gateway 2 application to BSR. For teams already familiar with the Building Safety Act who need a final pre-submission verification.

Contamination discovered on your site

What to do when contamination is discovered during construction or building works. Covers immediate steps, reporting obligations, liability assessment, engaging regulators, and remediation options.

Meet food safety requirements for your business

Register, implement HACCP, and comply with food safety law including allergen requirements

Fire safety for Resident Management Companies

Essential guide for RMC directors to understand fire safety duties, personal liability, and how to protect yourself while ensuring your building is compliant with the Fire Safety Order 2005 and Fire Safety Act 2021.

Packaging producer compliance journey

Understand the overlapping environmental obligations for businesses that handle packaging. Covers Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT), and Simpler Recycling requirements, and explains how they interact.

Alcohol licence compliance quick check

Start selling products on the UK market

A comprehensive introduction to UK product safety compliance for businesses placing products on the GB market. Covers the legal framework (CPA 1987, GPSR 2005, PRMA 2025), supply chain responsibilities, risk assessment, UKCA and CE marking, online marketplace duties, and a compliance checklist. Designed for importers, new manufacturers, and online marketplace sellers with no prior knowledge of product safety law.

New higher-risk building development compliance

Learning path for developers undertaking their first higher-risk building project under the Building Safety Act 2022. Covers the gateway process, golden thread requirements, and handover to the Accountable Person.

Your business has been flooded - what to do now

Immediate response guide for businesses affected by flooding. Covers safety priorities, documenting damage, insurance claims, recovery grants, professional cleanup, and building back more resilient.

File your first Self Assessment tax return

A step-by-step learning path for filing your first Self Assessment tax return. Covers registration, getting your UTR, setting up records, completing your return, and paying your tax bill.

Buy an existing business

Navigate the business acquisition process from finding opportunities to completing the purchase and your first 90 days as owner

Building compliance quick check

Fast compliance verification for experienced property managers. Checklist format covering electrical, gas, water, HVAC, lifts, and energy performance requirements.

Prepare your BNPL business for FCA regulation

Preparation guide for Buy Now Pay Later providers and merchants ahead of FCA regulation from 15 July 2026. Covers what is changing, whether you need FCA authorisation or credit broking permission, affordability assessment setup, advertising compliance, pre-contract disclosure, and complaints handling through the Financial Ombudsman Service.

Marketing compliance: PECR and UK GDPR

Learn how to send compliant marketing emails, texts, and make telephone calls. Covers PECR consent rules, the soft opt-in exception, TPS screening, cookie consent, and the increased penalties from June 2025.

Stop your sole trader business

Step-by-step guide to closing your self-employment - telling HMRC, filing final returns, and keeping required records

Explore business rescue and insolvency options

Understand your options when your company faces financial difficulty - from rescue procedures to formal insolvency, your duties as a director, and how to protect employees

Fire safety for new business premises

Complete introduction to fire safety law and compliance for new business premises. Learn who is responsible, how to conduct a fire risk assessment, and what measures you must implement.

Respond to a Self Assessment penalty

What to do if you have received a Self Assessment penalty notice from HMRC. Understand the penalty, check whether you have a reasonable excuse, and decide whether to appeal.

Respond to a Corporation Tax penalty or enquiry

What to do when you receive a Corporation Tax penalty notice or HMRC opens an enquiry. Covers immediate actions, understanding your penalty, appeal rights, Time to Pay arrangements, and when to seek professional help.

Product safety quick compliance check

Rapid product safety self-assessment: verify safety obligations, marking, documentation, traceability, and recall readiness for products on the UK market.

Respond to a product safety incident

Emergency guidance when you discover an unsafe product. Stop supply immediately, notify Trading Standards and OPSS, manage the recall, and understand your legal exposure under the Consumer Protection Act 1987.

Starting a business in Northern Ireland

Complete guide to NI-specific requirements when starting a business. Covers devolved differences in employment law, business rates, planning, health and safety, and available support programmes.

Complete your CIS monthly compliance

A practical week-by-week workflow for CIS contractors. Know exactly what to do on each day of the tax month cycle, from verifying subcontractors on the 6th to paying deductions by the 22nd. Designed to make CIS a routine habit rather than a monthly crisis.

Protect your business from CIS supply chain fraud

Since 6 April 2026, contractors face severe penalties if they 'knew or should have known' about fraud in their supply chain. This learning path explains the rules under the Finance Act 2026, helps you assess your risk, and guides you through implementing due diligence to protect your business from 30% penalties and GPS cancellation.

Self Assessment quick compliance check

A quick compliance check for experienced Self Assessment filers. Covers key deadlines, payment amounts, penalty risks, recent changes, and MTD readiness.

Ecological compliance for development projects

Learn the full lifecycle of ecological obligations when developing land, from protected species surveys and wildlife licensing through to biodiversity net gain and post-construction monitoring.

Alcohol licensing for Scottish businesses

Comply with the Online Safety Act from scratch

A complete learning path for platform operators new to the Online Safety Act 2023. Covers understanding the Act, determining scope and platform category, conducting risk assessments, protecting children, implementing content moderation, writing compliant terms of service, setting up complaints procedures, implementing age assurance, and registering with Ofcom.

Understanding VAT from scratch

A complete introduction to VAT for first-time registrants. Takes you from zero knowledge to confident VAT compliance, covering when to register, how to charge VAT, reclaiming VAT on purchases, and submitting your returns.

Growing your business

Scale your business - funding, hiring, and expansion strategies

Fix CIS payment errors

Something gone wrong with CIS? This troubleshooting guide helps contractors and subcontractors identify and fix common Construction Industry Scheme errors, from wrong deduction rates to late return penalties.

Understanding EU retained law for your business

Learn how EU law became UK law after Brexit and what this means for product compliance. Covers assimilated law, UKCA and CE marking choices, product safety requirements, and chemical classification rules.

Respond to a data breach

Step-by-step breach response when personal data has been compromised. Covers the 72-hour ICO notification deadline, assessing risk, notifying affected individuals, and documenting your response.

CIS compliance quick check

Monthly CIS compliance essentials for experienced contractors. Three key actions: verify subcontractors, calculate deductions, submit your return by the 19th.

Product compliance checklist for GB market

Quick checklist to verify your products meet GB market requirements for conformity marking, safety assessment, documentation, and traceability before placing goods on the market.

Start importing goods to the UK

A step-by-step journey to begin importing goods into the UK - from EORI registration through customs declarations to record keeping

Open a shop

Start a retail business and open your first shop

Get your first alcohol licence

Responding to a harassment complaint

Step-by-step guidance for employers handling harassment complaints under ERA 2025 rules, including third-party harassment. Covers immediate response, investigation, and follow-up.

Fire safety for multi-occupied residential buildings

Complete guide to fire safety duties for responsible persons in multi-occupied residential buildings, covering the Fire Safety Act 2021 and Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022.

Fix VAT problems

Troubleshooting guide for common VAT errors and problems. Helps you identify your issue and find the right solution - from correcting return errors to understanding penalties and preparing for HMRC checks.

Monthly PAYE compliance checklist

Quick reference checklist for employers to ensure ongoing PAYE compliance. Covers monthly payroll tasks, submission deadlines, and payment requirements.

Responding to a product safety issue

What to do when you discover a product safety problem -- from initial assessment through recall notification and corrective action.

Data breach 72-hour checklist

Emergency checklist when you discover a personal data breach. Covers immediate containment, the 72-hour ICO notification rule, when to notify affected individuals, and who else to contact.

Fix problems moving goods from GB to Northern Ireland

Troubleshooting UKIMS, customs declarations, NIRMS labelling, product marking, and EORI issues when moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework.

Respond to a licensing review or enforcement action

Export to the EU after Brexit

Navigate post-Brexit changes for EU exports - customs declarations, rules of origin, VAT, and product labelling

Start using AI responsibly in your business

End-to-end learning path for businesses adopting AI: understanding the regulatory landscape, assessing obligations, setting up governance, managing specific risks around data, bias, and transparency, and maintaining ongoing compliance.

Keep and maintain your gross payment status

Everything you need to know to keep your CIS gross payment status once granted. Learn when HMRC reviews your GPS, what triggers cancellation or revocation, how to protect your status through proactive compliance, and what to do if your GPS is at risk.

Complete PAYE year-end

Step-by-step journey through PAYE year-end tasks, from March planning to final submissions in April. Covers FPS finalisation, P60s, P11Ds, and Class 1A NIC.

CDM compliance quick check

Quick CDM checklist before construction begins. Four key actions: check if notifiable, appoint duty holders, submit F10 if required, ensure construction phase plan exists.

Set up a limited company

Register a limited company and understand your director duties

Respond to fire service enforcement

What to do when you receive a fire safety enforcement notice, prohibition notice, or alterations notice from the fire and rescue service.

AI compliance quick check

Rapid AI compliance self-assessment: identify AI systems, map to regulators, flag critical obligations, confirm key safeguards in place.

I've made a CIS mistake - how to fix it

Something gone wrong with CIS? This troubleshooting journey helps contractors identify their mistake, correct errors, reduce penalties, and appeal if they have a reasonable excuse.

Understanding UK GDPR from scratch

A complete introduction to UK data protection law for businesses. Learn the seven principles, six lawful bases, individual rights, ICO registration requirements, and what happens if you get it wrong. No prior knowledge required.

Meet environmental compliance requirements

Navigate your environmental obligations including waste duty of care, pollution prevention, packaging responsibilities, and energy reporting

Transfer ownership of your business

Plan and execute business succession - family transfers, management buyouts, partner buyouts, or employee ownership

Fix PAYE problems

Troubleshooting guide for common PAYE errors and issues. Learn how to correct mistakes, respond to HMRC queries, and prepare for compliance checks.

Planning appeal process

What to do when your planning application is refused. Understand your options, assess your chances, and decide whether to appeal, amend, or walk away.

Respond to FCA enforcement action or investigation

What to do if the FCA contacts your consumer credit firm about enforcement action, a skilled person review, or formal investigation. Covers identifying the type of action, immediate steps, compliance review, and preparing your response.

Handling customer refund disputes

When a customer demands a refund, what are your legal obligations? This guide helps you determine whether the customer is entitled to a refund, what remedy to offer, and how to process it correctly under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

High-rise fire safety compliance checklist

Quick compliance checklist for high-rise residential building duty holders. Verify your building meets Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 requirements for buildings 18 metres or higher, or 7+ storeys.

Trading with Northern Ireland

Set up your business to move goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework

Respond to a cyber attack

Emergency guidance for businesses experiencing a cyber attack. Immediate containment steps, who to report to, and what to do if personal data is affected.

Managing an occupied higher-risk building

Learning path for Accountable Persons and property managers responsible for higher-risk buildings under the Building Safety Act 2022. Covers registration, safety case reports, golden thread, and resident engagement duties.

ERA 2025 compliance checklist

Quick compliance checklist for employers to identify which Employment Rights Act 2025 changes affect their business and by when. Covers SSP, family leave, zero-hours, dismissal, harassment, and tribunal time limits.

CIS essentials for small builders

The 5 things you need to know about CIS if you use subcontractors. A 5-minute guide for builders, plumbers, electricians and other trades. No jargon, just the essentials.

Understanding the Employment Rights Act 2025

Comprehensive walkthrough of all Employment Rights Act 2025 reforms for employers wanting to understand the full scope of changes. Covers day-one rights, zero-hours, dismissal, harassment, trade unions, and more.

UK REACH registration deadline approaching

Steps to take as your UK REACH registration deadline approaches -- from checking your obligations to preparing your registration dossier.

Development blocked by nutrient neutrality

Your site is in a nutrient-affected catchment and you can't get planning permission. This guide explains your options for achieving neutrality and moving your project forward.

Start exporting from the UK

Guides first-time exporters from market research through customs setup, logistics, and getting paid.

Responding to CDM enforcement action

What to do when HSE takes enforcement action or investigates your construction site for CDM breaches. Covers improvement notices, prohibition notices, prosecution, and preventing future enforcement.

Windsor Framework: quick compliance check for GB businesses

Quick check for GB businesses selling goods to Northern Ireland. Covers UKIMS authorisation, NIRMS for food, EORI numbers, customs requirements, and product labelling.

Form a business partnership

Set up and run a business partnership - general partnership, limited partnership, or LLP

Become a sole trader

Set up as a sole trader and understand your tax obligations

Cyber security fundamentals

A structured learning path for business owners new to cyber security. Understand the threat landscape, implement the five essential controls, prepare for incidents, and build ongoing resilience.

Manage your tax compliance

Understand and manage your ongoing tax obligations as a UK business owner. Covers Self Assessment, VAT, Corporation Tax, record keeping, Making Tax Digital, filing deadlines, and avoiding penalties.

Do I need an environmental permit?

Quick assessment of whether your business activities require an environmental permit from the Environment Agency or local council.

Meet anti-money laundering requirements

Essential guide to AML compliance for UK businesses in regulated sectors. Covers registration with supervisors, customer due diligence, suspicious activity reporting, appointing an MLRO, record keeping, staff training, and penalties for non-compliance.

Your waste was fly-tipped - what now?

What to do when waste linked to your business is found illegally dumped. Understand your liability, gather your records, cooperate with the investigation, and prevent it happening again.

Hiring your first employee after April 2026

Updated hiring journey incorporating Employment Rights Act 2025 day-one rights and contract requirements. Covers employment contracts, SSP, family leave, and compliance essentials for new employers.

Protected species found on your development site

What to do when protected species are discovered on your development site, from immediate actions through licensing and managing project delays.

Meet workplace health and safety requirements

A comprehensive journey for UK employers to understand and comply with health and safety law. Covers the legal framework (HASAWA 1974, MHSWR 1999), risk assessment requirements, fire safety obligations, and specific hazard regulations including PPE, manual handling, DSE, noise, work at height, and electrical safety.

Understanding construction tax obligations

A complete picture of how CIS, VAT reverse charge, CITB, and PAYE work together for construction businesses. Learn how these four tax systems interact, which apply to you, and how to manage them as an integrated compliance burden.

Choosing the right VAT scheme

Compare VAT schemes and choose the best one for your business. This learning path takes you through the three main VAT schemes for small businesses - Flat Rate, Cash Accounting, and Annual Accounting - helping you understand which suits your circumstances.

Getting started with CIS

A comprehensive learning path for anyone new to the Construction Industry Scheme. Understand how CIS works, decide whether you're a contractor or subcontractor (or both), and learn your registration requirements and ongoing obligations. Covers deductions, monthly returns, and claiming back overpaid tax.

Assess flood risk for your business premises

Quick assessment of flood risk exposure for your premises - check flood zone, identify required actions, and understand insurance implications.

Start offering consumer credit to customers

End-to-end learning path for businesses new to consumer credit. Covers understanding FCA regulation, obtaining authorisation, setting up pre-contract disclosures and affordability assessments, complying with advertising rules, and verifying ongoing compliance under the Consumer Duty.

Chemicals compliance in the UK

Complete guide to UK REACH and GB CLP compliance for businesses that manufacture, import, or use chemical substances and mixtures.

File your first Corporation Tax return

A step-by-step learning journey for directors filing their first Company Tax Return (CT600). Covers registration, understanding rates, preparing accounts, claiming allowances, filing, and paying Corporation Tax.

Cyber security quick wins

Five practical security improvements any business can implement today without technical expertise. Covers passwords, updates, backups, phishing awareness, and access control.

Health and safety compliance checklist

Quick compliance checklist for experienced employers to verify they meet core HSE requirements. Covers legal duties, risk assessment, first aid, accident reporting, and record keeping.

Corporation Tax quick compliance check

A quick reference for experienced company directors to verify Corporation Tax deadlines, rates, payment obligations, and allowances. Check your compliance status in 5 minutes.

Handle a data subject access request

Respond correctly to a data subject access request within the one-month deadline. Covers identity verification, data searches, exemptions, extensions, and record-keeping.

Approaching the VAT threshold

What to do when your turnover is approaching £90,000 and you might need to register for VAT. Helps you monitor your position, understand when registration becomes mandatory, and choose the right VAT scheme for your business.

Manage your export compliance

Ongoing compliance for established exporters - export controls, sanctions, bribery prevention, and regulatory requirements

Building compliance for new property owners

Comprehensive guide to understanding and meeting your legal obligations for building safety, maintenance, and energy performance when you acquire commercial premises.

Waste compliance quick check

Quick checklist for business owners to verify they meet basic waste duty of care obligations under EPA 1990 Section 34.

Set up a charity

Establish a registered charity in England and Wales - from charitable purposes to ongoing compliance

Manage your employees

A comprehensive journey for UK employers covering the full employment lifecycle - from ongoing payroll and compliance duties through to managing workforce changes, redundancies, and employment termination. Use this after you've hired your first employee.

Health and safety management for new employers

A learning path introducing new employers to the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSWR). Understand your legal duties for risk assessment, appointing competent help, and establishing emergency procedures - the foundations of workplace health and safety management.

Prepare for EU AI Act compliance

A focused preparation path for UK businesses affected by the EU AI Act. Understand the four risk tiers, check which deadlines have already passed, classify your AI systems, and prepare for high-risk obligations before the August 2026 deadline.

Selling goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland

Complete compliance guide for GB businesses selling goods into Northern Ireland. Covers the Windsor Framework, UKIMS registration, customs requirements, product standards, and VAT implications.

Using AI in recruitment safely

Compliance path for employers using AI in recruitment: legal risks, DPIA, equality impact assessment, GOV.UK guidance, bias testing, candidate transparency, record-keeping.

Respond to a food safety incident

Immediate steps when unsafe food is discovered or a customer reports illness. Stop selling, withdraw the product, notify the FSA, and cooperate with enforcement.

Online Safety Act compliance quick check

Rapid compliance self-assessment for experienced operators: confirm scope, verify risk assessments, check content moderation, terms of service, complaints, age assurance, and Ofcom registration status.

Health and safety for new employers

A comprehensive learning path to help first-time employers understand and meet their health and safety duties. Takes you from understanding the law to putting compliance systems in place, with practical timelines for your first week, month, and beyond.

VAT compliance checklist

Quick reference checklist for ongoing VAT compliance. For VAT-registered businesses who know the basics but want a quick reference for returns, invoices, and input tax.

VAT return deadline checklist

Pre-deadline checklist before your VAT return is due. Quick reference for experienced users to ensure nothing is missed before submission.

Responding to fire safety defects

What to do when fire safety defects are identified in your building - from initial response to remediation funding and resident communication.

Environmental compliance for new businesses

A complete introduction to environmental obligations for new business owners. Learn whether you need an environmental permit, how to handle waste legally, how to prevent pollution, and what recycling rules apply to you. No prior knowledge required.

Start a restaurant

Open a restaurant, cafe, or food business

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.

Understanding consumer rights law for traders

Learn your legal obligations when selling goods, services, or digital content to consumers. Covers the Consumer Rights Act 2015 quality standards, tiered remedies, distance selling rules, unfair contract terms, and enforcement penalties.

Plan safe work at height

Learning path for planning and managing work at height safely. Covers the hierarchy of controls, equipment selection, scaffolding management, MEWP operation, and roof work precautions.

Fair employment monitoring compliance problems

Troubleshooting fair employment monitoring and ECNI compliance for Northern Ireland employers. Covers registration failures, missed monitoring returns, triennial review problems, and responding to ECNI investigations.

Developing contaminated or brownfield land

Complete guide to developing contaminated sites - from initial due diligence through site investigation, remediation, and verification. Covers both Part 2A and planning system contamination requirements.

Using occasional labour - CIS quick check

A 3-minute decision tree for sole traders wondering if CIS applies when they pay a labourer or mate to help on a construction job. Find out your obligations in plain English.

Respond to an Ofcom investigation

What to do when Ofcom takes enforcement action against your online service under the Online Safety Act 2023. Covers identifying the type of action, evidence preservation, senior manager criminal liability, responding to notices, penalty mitigation, and seeking legal advice.

Dealing with a pollution incident

Immediate steps when a pollution incident occurs at your business. Report it, contain it, understand what happens next, and prevent recurrence.

Planning compliance quick check

Quick check: Do you need planning permission for your development? Answer a few questions to find out whether you need to apply, or whether permitted development rights apply.

Responding to an AI regulatory investigation

What to do when a UK regulator investigates your AI system: ICO enforcement, FCA investigation, EHRC inquiry, CMA review. Covers immediate steps, your rights, evidence preservation, cooperation obligations, and potential penalties.

Quick check: Northern Ireland-specific requirements

Quick checklist of key Northern Ireland differences from Great Britain. Check employment law, health and safety, planning, business rates, and equality obligations that apply only in NI.

Dismissing an employee under new rules

Step-by-step guidance for lawfully dismissing an employee under ERA 2025 rules, including fire and rehire restrictions and 6-month qualifying period. Covers fair procedure, ACAS Code compliance, and risk assessment.

Building regulations compliance for renovation

Navigate building control approval, thermal upgrade requirements, and competent person schemes when renovating business premises

Prepare for the Data Use and Access Act 2025 changes

A step-by-step guide to understanding and adapting to the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. Covers the 8 key reforms now in force, including recognised legitimate interests, SRI replacing DPO, cookie consent changes, and the 35x increase in PECR penalties.

Start a food business for the first time

Everything you need to do before opening a food business. Covers registration, premises, HACCP, training, allergens, labelling, and preparing for your first inspection.

Small site planning fast track

Quick checklist for SME developers submitting minor residential applications (1-9 dwellings). Skip the explanation - get straight to what you need to do.

Environmental compliance for manufacturers

A comprehensive introduction to environmental compliance for manufacturing businesses. Covers permits, air emissions, water discharge, waste management, and packaging obligations.

Respond to an ICO investigation

What to do when the Information Commissioner's Office contacts you about an investigation, complaint, or audit. Understand the types of ICO action, your obligations to cooperate, and possible outcomes.

Meet your data protection obligations

Ensure your business complies with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Covers ICO registration, lawful basis for processing, data subject rights, international transfers, breach notification, and electronic marketing rules under PECR.

Handle Section 75 claims from customers

What to do when a customer makes a Section 75 connected lender liability claim. Covers validating the claim against the GBP 100 to GBP 30,000 threshold, investigating supplier breach or misrepresentation, responding within the 8-week complaints deadline, FOS escalation, and recovering costs from the supplier.

Sell your business

Navigate the business sale process from preparation to completion and beyond - valuation, finding buyers, due diligence, TUPE, deal negotiation, and post-sale obligations

Hire your first employee

Step-by-step journey to become a compliant employer. Covers PAYE registration, insurance, right to work checks, contracts, and pensions - everything before your first employee's first day.

Data protection compliance checklist

Quick compliance check for UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. Verify your ICO registration, lawful basis documentation, privacy notice, data subject rights process, breach response plan, international transfers, and marketing compliance.

Flood and water management for your business

Understand flood risk to your business premises, implement practical protection measures, arrange insurance, create an emergency plan, and check whether you need permits for work near watercourses

Consumer credit compliance quick-check

Quick compliance check for experienced consumer credit firms. Covers FCA permissions, fee payments, credit advertising, pre-contract disclosures, Consumer Duty obligations, complaints handling, and upcoming BNPL regulation.

Set up a community interest company (CIC)

Form a CIC for social enterprise purposes with asset lock protection, dividend caps, and ongoing compliance requirements

Start a business

Step-by-step guidance to help you start your business

Your GPS was cancelled - recovery path

Steps to take after your CIS gross payment status is cancelled. Understand the critical difference between cancellation and revocation, manage the immediate cashflow impact, and plan your path to re-application.

Change your business structure

Navigate the process of changing your business's legal structure - from sole trader to limited company, partnership, or LLP

Start selling online legally

Everything you need to know before launching an online shop. Covers distance selling regulations, pre-contract information, cancellation rights, refund obligations, website compliance, consumer rights for goods and digital content, and enforcement.

Do I need a wildlife licence for my project?

Quick decision tree to determine if your development or land management activity requires a wildlife licence from Natural England.

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.

Food safety quick compliance check

A quick compliance check for food business operators. Covers registration, HACCP, allergens, temperature control, training, and record keeping.

Export controlled goods and dual-use items

Compliance-critical guidance for exporting military items, dual-use technology, or goods subject to sanctions - with penalties up to 10 years imprisonment

Run your limited company

Ongoing compliance and filing obligations for limited companies

Fire safety compliance checklist

Quick reference checklist for responsible persons to verify ongoing fire safety compliance. Covers daily, weekly, monthly and annual checks.

Close your company

Choose the right route to close your limited company - voluntary strike-off, Members' Voluntary Liquidation, or dealing with debts

Fire safety compliance for building owners

A comprehensive learning path for building owners on post-Grenfell fire safety duties. Covers identifying the responsible person, fire risk assessments, external wall assessments, fire door inspections, high-rise requirements, Fire and Rescue Service information, and resident communications.

Do I need permission to fell trees or remove hedgerows?

Quick check covering felling licences, TPOs, conservation areas, and hedgerow regulations. Determine what permissions you need before carrying out tree or hedgerow works.

Improve your food hygiene rating

Practical steps to improve a poor food hygiene rating. Understand what inspectors scored, fix the issues, and request a re-inspection.

Self Assessment for landlords

A learning path for landlords who need to report rental income through Self Assessment. Covers registration, reporting property income on SA105, allowable expenses, mortgage interest restriction, and Making Tax Digital.

Starting farming: complete compliance journey

New farmers: everything you need to register, comply, and access funding - from CPH numbers to environmental schemes. Follow this step-by-step journey from day one.

Respond to highway works penalties and enforcement

What to do when you receive a Fixed Penalty Notice, Section 74 overrun charge, or reinstatement defect notice for street works. Covers payment deadlines, early payment discounts, how to challenge penalties, and steps to prevent repeat offences.

Start a financial services business

Launch an FCA-regulated financial services business with proper authorisation

Start a healthcare business

Launch a healthcare or social care business with CQC registration

Growing your creative business

Scale your creative business - protect IP, expand internationally, license your work, build a team, and explore franchise opportunities

Failed a farm inspection: what to do next

What to do when you receive a non-compliance notice from a farm inspection. Covers understanding your notice, your rights, taking corrective action, and preventing future failures.

Start a tech business

Launch a software, digital services, or technology startup

Running a childcare setting

Ongoing compliance for childcare providers covering inspections, safeguarding, SEND, food safety, and staff management

Start a transport and logistics business

Launch a transport or haulage business with the right operator licence

Accommodation compliance for hotels, B&Bs, and holiday lets

Compliance journey for accommodation providers covering tourist registration, fire safety for sleeping accommodation, legionella management, VAT on accommodation, short-term lets regulation, HMO licensing, and data protection for guest data.

Run a healthcare business

Ongoing compliance for CQC-registered healthcare providers covering inspections, professional registration, safeguarding, clinical governance, medicines management, and staff obligations

Becoming a livestock keeper: complete compliance guide

Comprehensive guide to livestock keeping compliance - from getting a CPH number to meeting welfare requirements. Covers cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats.

Livestock movement issues: how to resolve

How to resolve common livestock movement compliance problems including missing or lost tags, late movement reporting, standstill breaches, and missing cattle passports. Covers which body enforces what, severity levels, corrective actions, and preventing future issues.

Run a construction business

Ongoing compliance, site safety, and operational requirements for established construction businesses

Achieving nutrient neutrality

Step-by-step guide to achieving nutrient neutrality for development in affected catchments. Learn how to calculate your nutrient budget, identify mitigation options, and prepare your planning application.

Start a hospitality business: licences, food safety, and compliance

End-to-end learning path for opening a hospitality business. Covers premises licences, food business registration, HACCP, fire safety, employer obligations, tipping law, and music licensing. Signposts to specialist guides for accommodation, events, and gaming.

VAT compliance for retailers

Complete VAT guidance for retail businesses. Covers pricing rules, retail schemes for calculating VAT, invoicing requirements, and submitting returns. Designed for VAT-registered retailers who want to understand their specific obligations.

What regulations apply to my farm?

A quick decision-tree navigator that helps you identify which regulations apply to your specific farm based on what you keep, grow, and do. Each answer reveals applicable regulatory bodies and links to the relevant compliance guides.

Drainage and utilities infrastructure compliance

Complete learning path for property developers and contractors working on drainage and utilities infrastructure. Covers Approved Document H drainage design, sewer adoption under Section 104, SuDS requirements in England and Wales, confined spaces safety, cable avoidance, and environmental permits.

Healthcare compliance quick check

Quick compliance check for experienced healthcare providers. Covers CQC registration, professional registrations, DBS checks, medicines audit, controlled drugs register, IPC audit, fire risk assessment, DSPT submission, insurance, and policy reviews.

Complete guide to highway works compliance

End-to-end learning path for contractors new to highway works in England. Covers the legal framework, permit types, required qualifications, traffic management, reinstatement standards, penalties, and road adoption.

Grow your construction business

Scale your construction business - win public contracts, build your workforce, achieve accreditations, and manage subcontractors at scale

Grow your retail business

Scale your retail business - expand online, open new locations, build your team, and manage increased compliance as you grow

Grow your tech business

Scale your tech business - funding, international expansion, investment, and preparing for exit

VAT compliance for construction

Construction-specific VAT guidance including the domestic reverse charge. Essential for subcontractors and main contractors to understand when the reverse charge applies, how to invoice correctly, and how to account for VAT on returns.

Moving livestock: quick compliance check

Pre-movement compliance checklist for cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats. Three quick checks: tagging correct, standstill clear, documentation ready.

Start a retail business - compliance essentials

A comprehensive compliance onboarding journey for new retailers. Covers consumer rights, pricing law, age-restricted sales, product safety, data protection, accessibility duties, and specialist licences. Designed for first-time retail business owners who need to understand their legal obligations before opening.

Understand Environmental Land Management schemes

A learning path through Environmental Land Management schemes - understand SFI, Countryside Stewardship, and Landscape Recovery to choose the right option for your farm

Respond to a Trading Standards investigation

What to do if Trading Standards has contacted you, visited your premises, or conducted a test purchase. Covers understanding their powers, identifying the compliance area under investigation, gathering your due diligence evidence, responding appropriately, and strengthening your procedures.

Start a renewable energy business

Launch a renewable energy generation business (solar, wind, hydrogen, battery storage)

Expanding your childcare business

Grow your childcare business through multi-site expansion, franchising, acquisitions, or building strong Ofsted inspection outcomes

Start an agriculture business

Set up and register a farming or agricultural business - from choosing your structure to registering land and getting support

Construction materials regulatory compliance

Learning path covering the regulatory obligations for construction materials in Great Britain. Understand product marking (CE and UKCA), hazardous materials management under COSHH, aggregate levy, and timber sourcing compliance.

Start selling online - retail compliance

A learning path for retailers adding an online sales channel. Covers the additional compliance obligations for distance selling, including cooling-off periods, website legal requirements, online data protection, accessibility, subscription rules, and handling complaints from online customers.

Farm compliance calendar

Month-by-month calendar of key farm compliance deadlines covering SFI scheme declarations, TB testing windows, NVZ closed periods, scheme payments, and tax filing. Bookmark this page for quick reference throughout the year.

Start a fintech business

Launch a financial technology business requiring FCA authorisation

Start a brewery or distillery

Launch a brewery, distillery, winery, or cidery in the UK

Highway works quick compliance check

Quick-check permit type, notice period, qualification requirements, and fixed penalty notice amounts before starting highway works. For experienced contractors who need a pre-start compliance refresher.

Structural incident on site: what to do now

Emergency response for excavation collapse, structural instability, or unexpected failure during construction works. Covers immediate safety actions, RIDDOR reporting, HSE notification, making safe, structural assessment, and investigation to prevent recurrence.

Run a tech business

Ongoing compliance, operations, and growth guidance for established UK tech and software businesses

Building Safety Act for SME contractors

A learning path for small and medium construction businesses working on higher-risk building projects under the Building Safety Act 2022. Covers what the Act means for contractors, your duties on HRB projects, golden thread responsibilities, change control, and handover obligations.

Start a manufacturing business

Launch a manufacturing business with the right permits and compliance

Farmer compliance checklist

A comprehensive compliance checklist for UK farmers covering livestock, environmental, animal welfare, health and safety, financial, and scheme obligations. Includes frequency of compliance tasks, enforcement bodies, and consequences of non-compliance.

SME housebuilder planning guide

Comprehensive planning guidance for small and medium housebuilders. Learn how to navigate the planning system efficiently, take advantage of small site easements, and manage S106 and environmental requirements proportionately.

Structural works pre-start compliance check

Quick pre-start checklist for structural works: demolition notices, asbestos surveys, temporary works design, excavation safety, and LOLER examinations. Use before beginning any structural, demolition, or deep excavation work.

Start a construction business

Set up and register a construction, building, or trades business

Start a creative business

Launch a creative business - freelance designer, photographer, writer, videographer, production company, or studio

Obtaining an environmental permit for regulated activities

Determine if you need an environmental permit, navigate the application process, and understand permit conditions for pollution control

Utility strike: what to do now

Emergency response for striking gas, electric, water, or telecoms services during digging. Covers immediate danger actions in the first minutes, reporting obligations to HSE and utility companies, RIDDOR requirements, and steps to prevent recurrence.

Start a social care provider business

End-to-end learning path for starting a social care business. Covers which regulator applies, CQC registration, registered manager requirements, workforce qualifications (Care Certificate, SSSC, Social Care Wales), staffing levels, insurance, Care Act duties, and devolved nations.

Respond to a medicines or controlled drugs incident

What to do when a medicines incident occurs: medication error, controlled drug discrepancy, or CD theft/loss. Covers securing the patient and evidence, internal reporting, statutory notifications to CQC, MHRA Yellow Card, police notification for CD theft, investigation, Accountable Officer responsibilities, and corrective actions.

Start a childcare business

Launch a childcare business with Ofsted registration, safeguarding, and EYFS compliance

Managing CDM Regulations compliance on construction projects

Navigate your CDM 2015 duties - from identifying your role to HSE notification and construction phase planning

TB breakdown: what to do now

A step-by-step guide for cattle farmers who have just received positive TB test results. Covers immediate actions in the first 48 hours, working with APHA during the breakdown, protecting your compensation, managing your business under restrictions, and the path back to TB-free status.

Run a retail business

Ongoing compliance and operational guidance for established retail businesses

Start a lettings agency

Compliance requirements for starting a property letting business in the UK

Livestock compliance for farmers

Complete guide to identifying, tagging, moving, and keeping records for cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and deer

Open new hospitality premises: from lease to launch

End-to-end journey from signing a lease to opening night. Covers planning use class checks, premises licence application timeline, building regulations and fire safety, commercial kitchen fit-out, food business registration, music licensing, pavement licensing, and staff recruitment with right to work checks.

Retail compliance quick check

Quick compliance check for experienced retailers. Covers consumer rights, price marking, age-restricted sales, and annual compliance obligations.

Respond to a CQC investigation or enforcement action

What to do if your healthcare or social care service faces CQC enforcement action. Covers understanding the type and severity of action, immediate response steps, getting legal representation, developing an improvement plan, and the appeal process through the First-tier Tribunal.

Start a retail business

Launch a retail business with the right consumer protection compliance

Managing business waste and duty of care compliance

Navigate your legal obligations for business waste - duty of care, waste carriers, transfer notes, recycling separation, and digital waste tracking

Start a food manufacturing business

Set up a food or drink production and manufacturing business

Respond to a hospitality licensing investigation

What to do if your hospitality business faces a licensing review, environmental health investigation, fire safety enforcement notice, or HMRC compliance check. Covers identifying the investigation type, understanding your rights, gathering evidence, getting representation, and preventing recurrence.

Diversify your farm business

Explore farm diversification opportunities - farm shops, holiday accommodation, renewable energy, equestrian facilities, event spaces, and rural business units

Hospitality compliance quick check

Quick compliance check for experienced hospitality operators. Covers licensing, food safety, fire risk, tipping policy, right to work, gas safety, music licensing, and insurance.

Starting a short-term lets business in Scotland

Planning permission for new development

A complete guide to getting planning permission for your first development project, from understanding when you need permission to navigating conditions and obligations.

Running visitor accommodation in Wales

Help with Wales Visitor Levy

Troubleshooting guide for Wales visitor accommodation registration and levy collection. Helps accommodation providers understand registration requirements, council levy adoption, and how to collect and remit the levy.

Business essentials for Scotland

Scotland pub licence compliance checklist

Scotland Airbnb compliance checklist

Starting a hospitality business in Scotland

SuDS approval in Wales: quick guide

Quick checklist for mandatory Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) approval in Wales. Check if you need approval, how to apply to your local SAB, and understand penalties for non-compliance.

Starting a business in Wales

Construction compliance in Wales

Quick check: Wales-specific requirements

Quick checklist of key Wales-specific differences from England. Check business rates, planning, Welsh language, environmental permits, workplace recycling, and Land Transaction Tax.

Responding to a CMA investigation

What to do if the Competition and Markets Authority or Trading Standards is investigating your business. Covers immediate steps, cooperation obligations, deadlines, undertakings, and possible outcomes including fines under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.

Annual insurance review checklist

Quick checklist for annual insurance review: verify cover matches your business, compare renewal quotes, meet disclosure obligations, and set your next review date.

Understanding business rates

How business rates work, what relief you can claim, and how to challenge your rateable value. Covers calculation, relief schemes, appeals, and revaluation across all UK nations.

Responding to an MHSWR improvement notice

What to do when you receive an improvement notice citing MHSWR 1999 breaches. Understand the notice, identify the breach, fix the problem, and know your appeal rights.

Insuring your new business

A step-by-step learning journey for new business owners: understand which insurance is legally required, what additional cover you need, how to compare and buy policies, and how to manage renewals.

Health and safety for a growing business

What changes as your business grows: written policy at 5 employees, safety representatives at 50, and formal management systems at 250+. Understand the thresholds that trigger new health and safety obligations.

Higher-risk building registration checklist

Quick registration checklist for Principal Accountable Persons registering a higher-risk building with the Building Safety Regulator. Covers eligibility, required information, fees, and post-registration obligations.

Challenge your Scottish business rates

Employee pregnancy notification received

What to do when an employee notifies you of pregnancy. Time-sensitive compliance actions under MHSWR 1999 Regulations 16-18 covering risk assessment, action hierarchy, and ongoing monitoring.

MHSWR 1999 quick compliance audit

Rapid compliance check covering all key MHSWR 1999 duties. Verify your risk assessment, competent person, emergency procedures, information, training, and vulnerable worker protections in 10 minutes.

Golden thread compliance check

Quick compliance check for duty holders to verify their golden thread meets Building Safety Act requirements. Covers format, content, access controls, and phase-specific obligations for design, construction, and occupation.

Dealing with a business insurance claim

Step-by-step guide for businesses making an insurance claim: immediate actions after a loss, notifying your insurer, gathering evidence, and what to do if your claim is disputed.

Welsh language compliance help

Help with Welsh language requirements for businesses contracting with the public sector in Wales. Covers when Standards apply, what you need to do, how to build capability, and what happens if you fail to comply.

Prepare for an HSE visit

What to expect from an HSE inspection. Covers types of visit, inspector powers, what they check, improvement and prohibition notices, Fee for Intervention, how to challenge, and what to do during the visit.

Fix Scottish licence renewal problems

PSTI IoT compliance check

Quick compliance check for IoT manufacturers, importers, and distributors. Confirm product scope, verify three mandatory security requirements, identify your supply chain role, and confirm your statement of compliance obligations.

Respond to a workplace accident

Immediate steps after a workplace accident. Covers first aid, scene preservation, RIDDOR reporting, investigation, record keeping, and insurance notification.

Placing a medical device on the GB market

Running a holiday let

Step-by-step compliance guide for self-catering holiday accommodation. Covers licensing, safety, tax, food hygiene, and employment obligations.

Starting a social care provider business

Step-by-step guide to starting a social care business — from choosing your regulator through workforce requirements to financial planning.

Medical device compliance quick check

Selling medical devices in both GB and Northern Ireland

Responding to a medical device safety incident

Name your business: check, register, and protect

Quick guide to checking name availability, understanding naming rules, and protecting your brand

Plan your business from idea to launch

A step-by-step planning journey from idea validation through business plan writing to launch preparation

Your business plan was rejected: what to do next

What to do when a lender, investor, or grant body rejects your business plan

Validate your business idea before you invest

Research, test, and validate your business idea before committing significant time or money

Choose the right business model

Decide between product, service, and subscription models based on your skills, capital, and goals

Getting approved to trade: complete pre-trading journey

A comprehensive learning journey for first-time business owners: understand what approvals you need, complete mandatory registrations, check for activity-specific licences, navigate local authority requirements, and plan your timeline to trading day.

Trading without required approvals: what to do now

If you have been caught trading without required approvals — or have realised you are missing registrations or licences — this guide helps you understand the severity, get compliant quickly, and prevent recurrence.

Pre-trading approvals quick check

Quick check for experienced business owners verifying they have all required registrations, licences, and approvals before starting to trade.

What to do when stopped by DVSA at the roadside

How to handle a DVSA roadside inspection, what examiners check, your rights during the stop, prohibition powers, and what to do afterwards to address any issues raised.

Goods vehicle compliance quick check

Quick compliance check across all goods vehicle operator obligations

Responding to DVSA enforcement or Traffic Commissioner action

What to do if your transport business faces DVSA enforcement action or a Traffic Commissioner public inquiry. Covers understanding your OCRS score, preparing for a public inquiry, fixing vehicle maintenance and drivers' hours gaps, and demonstrating compliance improvement.

Growing your goods vehicle fleet

What changes when you grow your goods vehicle fleet, from O-licence variations to OCRS scrutiny

Getting started with international road haulage

Upgrade your domestic haulage operation for international road freight

Set up auto-enrolment for your workplace pension

Auto-enrolment compliance quick check

Managing your three-year re-enrolment

Responding to a Pensions Regulator notice

Responding to an HSENI investigation

What to do when the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland contacts you. Covers enforcement notices, RIDDOR NI reporting, compliance gaps, and your right to appeal.

RQIA registration quick check

Quick checklist for Northern Ireland care providers to check whether their service needs RQIA registration, fit person requirements, care standards, and what inspections involve.

Responding to RQIA enforcement action

Starting a regulated business in Northern Ireland

A guided learning path for businesses in Northern Ireland that operate in regulated sectors. Covers the three key NI-specific regulators — HSENI, RQIA, and UREGNI — and the cross-cutting obligations that apply alongside them.

Healthcare and social care compliance in Northern Ireland

A guided pathway through RQIA regulation for healthcare and social care providers in Northern Ireland. Covers how regulation works, registering your service, meeting minimum care standards, preparing for inspections, and responding to enforcement action.

Northern Ireland workplace safety quick check

Quick checklist for employers in Northern Ireland to verify HSENI compliance. Covers risk assessments, employers' liability insurance, RIDDOR NI reporting, competent person duties, and HSENI inspections.

Registering a care service in Scotland

End-to-end learning path for starting a regulated care service in Scotland. Covers the Care Inspectorate, service types, registration, Health and Social Care Standards, SSSC workforce registration, PVG checks, and inspection preparation.

Responding to Care Inspectorate Scotland enforcement

Registering a regulated service in Wales

Responding to CIW enforcement action in Wales

Operating care services across UK national borders

A learning path for care service providers operating or planning to operate across more than one UK nation. Covers the separate inspectorate regimes, registration requirements, quality frameworks, workforce portability, disclosure scheme differences, and practical steps for achieving cross-border compliance.

Wales care compliance quick check

Quick checklist for Wales care providers to verify CIW registration, Responsible Individual appointment, Social Care Wales workforce registration, Statement of Purpose, and Welsh language provision.

Scotland care compliance quick check

Quick compliance check for Scotland care providers covering Care Inspectorate registration, SSSC workforce registration, Health and Social Care Standards, and PVG scheme requirements.

Childcare Ofsted compliance quick check

Rapid compliance audit for Ofsted-registered childcare providers

Handling a safeguarding concern in your childcare setting

Step-by-step guidance for childcare providers responding to a safeguarding concern about a child or staff member

Childcare funding entitlements quick reference

Quick reference for government childcare funding entitlements and claiming process

Responding to an Ofsted inspection concern or inadequate rating

What to do if your childcare setting receives Requires Improvement or Inadequate from Ofsted

Ongoing compliance for law firms

Learning path for maintaining regulatory compliance at an authorised law firm: annual renewal cycle, COLP and COFA reporting, client account management, AML supervision, complaints handling, continuing competence, diversity reporting, and preparing for SRA inspections.

Start a law firm in England and Wales

End-to-end learning path for setting up a law firm: choosing entity type, SRA authorisation, appointing COLP and COFA, professional indemnity insurance, client account setup, AML registration, complaints procedure, and price transparency.

Law firm compliance quick check

Rapid compliance audit for law firms: SRA authorisation, practising certificates, PII, client accounts, AML, complaints procedure, price transparency, and the annual declaration.

Respond to an SRA investigation

Problem path for law firms facing SRA investigation: immediate steps, cooperation obligations, instructing specialist regulatory defence, responding to proposed conditions or fines, SDT referral, intervention risk, and appeal rights.

AML compliance for legal services

Learning path for law firms implementing anti-money laundering compliance: firm-wide risk assessment, client due diligence, source of funds verification, legal professional privilege boundaries, suspicious activity reporting, and preparing for SRA supervisory visits.

Development affecting protected species in Scotland

Learning path for developers whose projects may affect protected species in Scotland. Covers the legal framework, ecology surveys, NatureScot species licensing, offences and penalties, and how species protection integrates with the Scottish planning system.

Responding to an OSCR charity investigation

What to do if your Scottish charity faces an OSCR inquiry or enforcement action. Covers understanding the type of investigation, cooperation obligations, getting professional advice, corrective action, and OSCR's enforcement powers including removal of trustees and directed winding up.

Setting up a charity in Scotland

End-to-end learning path for setting up a charity in Scotland: understanding OSCR regulation, the charity test, registration, trustee duties, annual reporting and accounts, and ongoing compliance obligations.

Farming on SSSI land in Scotland

A learning path for Scottish farmers and land managers with SSSI-designated land - understand your conservation obligations, manage deer and muirburn lawfully, and maintain compliance with NatureScot requirements

Scottish charity compliance quick check

Quick compliance check for Scottish charities registered with OSCR. Covers annual reporting, trustee duties, and the full OSCR compliance checklist.

Responding to a heritage enforcement notice in Scotland

What to do if you receive a heritage enforcement notice in Scotland. Covers listed building enforcement notices, scheduled monument enforcement, response deadlines, appeal rights, and retrospective consent applications.

Scottish heritage compliance quick check

Rapid compliance check for works affecting scheduled monuments, listed buildings, and conservation areas in Scotland. Covers Historic Environment Scotland consents, local authority requirements, and enforcement penalties.

Construction near a heritage site in Scotland

Learning path for construction businesses working near protected heritage assets in Scotland. Covers scheduled monuments, listed buildings, conservation areas, archaeological assessments, and how heritage and nature designations interact under Scottish planning law.

Responding to NatureScot enforcement action

Plan SIA licence renewals for your team

Operational planning path for managing team SIA licence renewals. Check expiry dates, schedule training, and submit renewals within the 16-week window to prevent gaps in cover.

SIA licence compliance quick check

Quick compliance check for businesses employing SIA-licensed staff. Covers licence validity, licence types, refresher training, first aid, right to work, and working time.

Respond to SIA enforcement action

What to do if your security business faces SIA enforcement action including licence revocation, compliance inspection failure, or prosecution for deploying unlicensed staff. Covers identifying the enforcement type, understanding your rights, appealing to the First-tier Tribunal, and preventing recurrence.

Employing security staff: your compliance obligations

What pubs, clubs, retail, and events businesses need to know when employing or contracting SIA-licensed security staff — covering licence verification, working time, CCTV, and onboarding

Start a private security business

End-to-end learning path for starting a private security company. Covers SIA regulation, personal and business licensing, approved contractor status, insurance, recruiting licensed staff, training programme setup, and compliance systems for winning contracts.

Quick check: running a food business in Wales

Quick compliance check for Wales-specific food business obligations. Covers mandatory hygiene ratings, food waste separation, registration, and environmental permits.

Respond to a poor food hygiene rating in Wales

Respond to food safety enforcement action in Wales

What to do if your food business in Wales receives an improvement notice, prohibition order, or prosecution. Covers your rights, response deadlines, appeal options, and steps to prevent future enforcement action.

Understand your food hygiene rating obligations in Wales

Address an FCA threshold-conditions concern

What to do when FCA supervision has raised a concern that your firm no longer satisfies the threshold conditions. Covers diagnosing the supervisory action, responding to a section 165 information requirement, addressing the failing limb (resources, business model, suitability, effective supervision), and the worst-case path to an Own-Initiative Variation or cancellation of permission under section 55J FSMA.

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.

Get FCA authorised: from perimeter check to Connect submission

A six-phase learning path for first-time applicants. Walks you from establishing whether you need authorisation, through choosing your route, building governance foundations, self-assessing the FCA's five threshold conditions, submitting through Connect, and handling case-officer scrutiny during the determination period.

Start a food business in Wales

Quick perimeter check: do I need FCA authorisation?

Becoming a sheep or goat keeper: end-to-end compliance

New to keeping sheep or goats? This journey walks you through the five things every keeper in England must do: register your land, get your flock or herd mark, tag your animals, set up a holding register, and learn the movement rules.

Quick import compliance check

8-minute compliance verification for experienced GB importers — spot-check declarations, valuation, and historic exposure

Resolve a Shared Parental Leave dispute: curtailment, eligibility, refused bookings

Problem-path for employers facing an SPL dispute — sort the right forum (HMRC, Employment Tribunal, or ERA 1996 §99 detriment), test the curtailment notice, and review booking-notice handling under the SPLR 2014.

Fix a customs declaration error or HMRC enquiry

Problem-path for importers who've discovered a declaration error or received an HMRC enquiry — scope exposure, mechanics of disclosure, and the commonest underlying error class

Family leave fast-path: handle a leave request this week

Setting up Shared Parental Leave for the first time

Set up a repair services business

Learning path for new repair businesses — computers, phones, tablets, household appliances and personal goods. Work out which rules apply, put a safe business in place, meet your f-gas and WEEE duties if they apply, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up an office or business support operation

Set up a creative arts and entertainment business

Learning path for new creative arts and entertainment businesses — theatre companies, live music venues, dance companies, arts centres and touring productions. Work out which rules apply, put your workplace safety and licensing foundations in place, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a veterinary practice

Set up a quarrying and mining business

Learning path for quarrying and mining businesses — stone, sand, gravel, clay, salt, peat and chemical minerals. Work out which regulations apply, put a safe quarry in place, get the permits and consents you need, 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 a fishing or aquaculture business

Learning path for new fishing and aquaculture businesses — sea fishing vessel operators, shellfish and finfish farmers, land-based hatcheries and freshwater commercial fishers. Work out which rules apply, put your shore-based safety foundation in place, meet your vessel licensing and safety duties or your aquaculture and freshwater consenting obligations, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a professional, scientific and technical business

Set up a waste management operation

Learning path for new waste management operators — waste collectors, transfer station and treatment plant operators, materials recovery facilities and end-of-life vehicle dismantlers. Work out which rules apply, put a safe workplace in place, meet your activity-specific environmental and registration duties, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up as a food manufacturer

Learning path for new general and processed food manufacturers — bakeries, confectioners, oil and fat processors, millers and makers of prepared foods. Work out which rules apply, register and run a safe food business, keep contaminants and composition within legal limits, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a building and landscape services business

Learning path for new cleaning, pest-control, landscaping and grounds-maintenance businesses. Work out which rules apply, put a safe operation and your employment duties in place, meet your pest-control, pesticide, green-waste and invasive-species duties, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a postal and courier business

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.

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 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 domestic employer

Learning path for households employing domestic staff — nannies, carers, cleaners, gardeners, drivers and au pairs. Work out which rules apply to you as a domestic employer, set up PAYE, contracts, pensions, working time and health and safety, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

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 rental or leasing business

Set up a public administration body

Learning path for public administration bodies — government departments, local authorities, defence establishments and agencies carrying out compulsory social security. Work out which regulations apply, put your workplace health and safety, fire safety, employers' liability insurance, equality (including the Public Sector Equality Duty) and data protection duties in place, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a film, TV or music production business

Set up a scientific research operation

Learning path for new scientific research and development businesses — biotechnology labs, natural-science R&D, social-science R&D and humanities research. Work out which rules apply, put a safe workplace in place, meet the conditional regulatory duties for your type of research, 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 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 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 an air transport business

Learning path for new air transport operators — passenger airlines, cargo carriers and spaceflight operators. Work out which rules apply, put a safe operation and your employment duties in place, get your aviation and spaceflight licences and certificates, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a travel agency or tour operator business

Set up an IT and programming business

Learning path for new IT, programming and consultancy businesses. Work out which rules apply, set up a safe business with your health and safety, fire safety, insurance, equality, data protection and NIS duties in place, 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 remediation business

Learning path for remediation and decontamination businesses. Work out which regulations apply, put your workplace foundations in place, meet your environmental, waste and construction duties 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 a sewerage business

Learning path for sewerage businesses — sewage collection, treatment and disposal. Work out which regulations apply, put your workplace foundations in place, meet your sewerage regulatory duties and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up an other-manufacturing business

Learning path for new makers in Division 32 — 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 a coke or petroleum manufacturing business

Learning path for new operators of oil refineries, coke works and refined-petroleum plants. Work out which rules apply, set up a safe major-hazard installation (COMAH, DSEAR, environmental permit and UK ETS), meet the fuel-quality and excise-duty rules, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a coal mining operation

Set up a water supply business

Learning path for water collection, treatment and supply businesses. Work out which regulations apply, put your workplace foundations in place, meet your water industry regulatory duties and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a security and investigation business

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 cultural activities organisation

Learning path for new cultural activities organisations — libraries, archives, museums, galleries, historic sites, botanical gardens, zoos and nature reserves. Work out which rules apply, put your safe-premises and employment foundations in place (plus zoo and dangerous-wild-animal licensing if you keep animals), and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a petroleum extraction business

Learning path for petroleum extraction businesses — crude oil and natural gas, onshore and offshore. Work out which regulations apply, put your workplace foundations in place, get the licences, permits and meet your major-hazard duties, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up as an alcohol or drinks producer

Learning path for new drinks producers — brewers, distillers, winemakers and cidermakers, and makers of soft drinks and bottled water. Work out which rules apply, register and run a safe food business, get the producer approval and duty or levy obligations in place for what you make, then verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a tobacco manufacturing business

Learning path for new tobacco manufacturers — cigarette, cigar, hand-rolling and pipe tobacco makers and leaf processors. Work out which rules apply, put a safe factory and your employment duties in place, meet the tobacco-specific product standards, standardised packaging, excise duty and track-and-trace obligations, 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 an animal-origin food business

Learning path for new makers of products of animal origin — meat, poultry, fish and dairy. Work out which rules apply, register and run a safe food business, get your establishment approved and meet the animal-welfare, by-product and product-safety controls, then verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a broadcasting business

Learning path for new broadcasters — television, radio, community radio, on-demand programme services and transmission providers. Work out which rules apply, put a safe broadcasting operation and your employment duties in place, get your Ofcom licences and meet the Broadcasting Code and PECR duties, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a management consultancy

Learning path for new management consultancies and head offices. Work out which rules apply, put your workplace, employment and electronic-marketing duties in place, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

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 mining support service business

Learning path for mining support service businesses — drilling, well services, site preparation, pumping and draining for mining and petroleum operators. Work out which regulations apply, put your workplace foundations in place, meet your worksite compliance duties, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up an advertising or market research business

Set up a metal ore mining business

Learning path for metal ore mining businesses — iron, copper, tin, lead, zinc, tungsten, uranium and thorium. Work out which regulations apply, put a safe mine in place, get the permits and consents you need, 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.

Set up as a pharmaceutical manufacturer

Learning path for new pharmaceutical manufacturers. Work out which MHRA authorisation applies to what you make, get registered or licensed with a Qualified Person and Good Manufacturing Practice, add a Home Office licence and the right permits and safety controls for your site, and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a personal services business

Set up a sports, amusement and recreation business

Set up a telecommunications business

Set up an employment agency

Learning path for new employment agencies and employment businesses — temporary staffing, permanent placement and HR provision. Work out which rules apply, put a safe operation and your employer duties in place, meet the sector-specific conduct rules, agency worker equal treatment duties and gangmasters licensing (if applicable), and verify everything with a compliance checklist.

Set up a gambling or betting business

Set up a land transport business

Set up a water transport business

Set up a warehousing or transport support business

Set up a real estate business

Set up an architecture, engineering or testing business

Set up a motor trade business

Set up a wholesale business

Set up a publishing business

Set up an information service business

Set up an insurance or pension business

Set up a financial services intermediary business

Set up a membership organisation

Set up an energy business

Set up a forestry business

Respond to Gateway 2 rejection

What to do if your Gateway 2 application has been rejected. Covers understanding rejection reasons, your options for appeal or resubmission, and strengthening your next application.

Respond to BSR enforcement action

What to do when you receive enforcement action from the Building Safety Regulator for a higher-risk building.