Territories UK News - Page 7 of 8

Revisions to wildlife licences effective from 1 January 2015

December 9, 2014

Summary Effective 01/01/15 Consistent format. Clearer explanatory notes. Original Author: Natural England Original [...]

Green Deal home improvement fund details announced

December 9, 2014

Summary New applications from 9am, Wednesday 10 December 2014. Up to £5,600 available to households in England and Wales. Up to £30 million in vouchers will be available. [...]

Scottish Manual Handling Passport Scheme

November 25, 2014

Source: Scotland.gov.uk The Scottish Manual Handling Passport Scheme (SMHPS) is an initiative designed to improve the standard and consistency of manual handling training / [...]

The Intellectual Property Act 2014 Comes in to force.

October 1, 2014

SOURCE: IPO & GOV.UK New measures that will modernise the intellectual property (IP) framework will come into force on 1 October 2014, modernising copyright law and [...]

Rail regulations development project (UKAS)

September 17, 2014

Source: UKAS The Department for Transport, (Rail Technical and International Safety) has requested UKAS to develop the accreditation regime for conformity assessment bodies [...]

Late Payment Directive

August 18, 2014

Source: GOV.UK Amended late payment legislation [came] into force on 16 March 2013, implementing European Directive 2011/7/EU on Combating Late Payment in Commercial [...]

The roadworthiness package

August 11, 2014

Source: Moving On Blog The European Union’s roadworthiness package was agreed and published as 3 separate directives in the Official Journal of the European Union: [...]

RoHS extended to medical devices and monitoring and control instruments

July 25, 2014

From 22 July 2014 the scope of the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) directive (EU Directive [...]

Card Payments and Transaction Fees

July 15, 2014

The European Parliament have voted in favour of reforming payments within the European Union including Card payments and transaction fees. The new measures include caps on [...]

Consultation: Managing Water Abstraction

February 28, 2014

Have your say on managing water abstraction (All businesses) Defra and the Welsh Government have published a joint consultation, ‘Making the most of every drop’. They [...]