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20 stories · Last updated: 16 Jul 2026, 9:50am
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Reporting scams pretending to be from Companies House
What to do if you think you've noticed a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
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Transparency data: Department for Business and Trade information asset register
This information asset register provides a summary of information assets held by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in the UK.
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Crackdown on the loudest fireworks to protect families, pets and wildlife
New common-sense proposals announced today will see the loudest fireworks restricted to professional displays
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Policy paper: UK Government-to-Government (G2G) Strategy
The G2G Strategy sets out the government’s approach to delivering growth through G2G partnerships.
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Policy paper: Implementing the Plan to Make Work Pay and Employment Rights Act
The updated implementation timeline for the government’s Plan to Make Work Pay and the Employment Rights Act 2025.
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Care workers to be represented in Fair Pay Agreements
New negotiating body to be set up as part of the first ever adult social care Fair Pay Agreement, representing millions of care workers
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Corporate report: Companies House annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026
Information on the performance and expenditure of Companies House from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.
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Government brings British Steel into public ownership to protect UK steelmaking
The Government has today (16 July) taken British Steel into public ownership to protect the future of steel production in the UK. 
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Correspondence: Horizon Family Members Redress Scheme: letter from the Director of Post Office Policy
Letters to Lost Chances about the redress scheme for family members of postmasters affected by the Horizon scandal.
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gov.uk · DBT
Form: Register for the Horizon Family Members Redress Scheme
Use the online form to register as an affected family member of the Post Office Horizon scandal.
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Make Work Pay: employment rights for unpaid carers and parents of seriously ill children
We are seeking views on the employment rights that are available to people with unpaid caring responsibilities and parents who have a seriously ill child.
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Corporate report: UK strategic export controls annual report 2025
This report gives a detailed overview of the UK's strategic export controls policy and export licensing decisions for the period January to December 2025.
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Guidance: National treatment of conformity assessment bodies (NTCABs) with India
How the NTCABs process ensures UK and India conformity assessment bodies (CABs) are treated equally.
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Corporate report: Department for Business and Trade annual report and accounts for 2025 to 2026
Detailed commentary on the performance, governance arrangements and expenditure of the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).
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gov.uk · DBT
Policy paper: British Sign Language (BSL) 5-year plan: Department for Business and Trade
This plan sets out how the Department for Business and Trade plans to improve the use of BSL in its communications in the next 5 years. Includes an annual progress update.
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Notice: Trade remedies notice: definitive anti-dumping duty on certain excavators originating from China
The Secretary of State for Business and Trade is applying a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain excavators originating from China.
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Transparency data: DBT register of board members’ interests 2026 to 2027
A register of the private interests declared by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) board members.
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Policy paper: Backing your business: Small Business Plan one year on
An update on how the Small Business Plan has supported small and medium-sized businesses to start, scale and grow over the past year.
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gov.uk · DBT
UK appoints Kate Harrisson as new HMTC for China and Hong Kong
UK appoints Kate Harrisson as new HMTC for China and Hong Kong
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International treaty: UK-India CETA Chapter 30: Final Provisions
Text of chapter 30 of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and India.
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