Licences and permits

The permissions a business needs before it can trade, each one tied to the law that creates it and to the body that issues it. We point at GOV.UK for fees and forms, and never copy them.

5 of 426 licences in Northern Ireland for Finance, insurance and insolvency

Choose from all 48 activities

A

Apply for Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation

To undertake regulated financial activities, you must be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

UK Government · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Finance, insurance and insolvency

Authorisation to advise on or arrange general insurance

You need authorisation from the Financial Conducty Authority (FCA) to advise on, arrange or sell general insurance products

UK Government · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Finance, insurance and insolvency

B

Become a registered auditor

Registered auditor, statutory auditor, how to register, which professional body to register with, requirements, fees and penalties

Your council · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Finance, insurance and insolvency

C

Consent for leaflet distribution (Northern Ireland)

You must have permission from your local council to distribute leaflets within designated litter control areas

Your council · Northern Ireland

Any trade

N

Notification to process personal data

You must notify the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if your organisation processes personal data in an automated form

UK Government · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Any trade

We have not yet mapped an enabling instrument for 1 licence on this list. That is a gap in our graph, not a statement about the law, and those pages say so rather than guessing.

Checking approvals more broadly?

A licence is one of several things you may need before your first day of trading. The pre-trading quick check walks the registrations, insurances and approvals alongside it.

Run the pre-trading quick check

Not sure which of these apply to you?

Our guides on finding a licence and dealing with your local council walk through the questions that decide it.

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