theodi/ndl-core-corpus huggingface dataset:
Protecting trees from mammal damage: technical guidance
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-30)

Find out how to identify mammal damage to trees, understand the impact and practical ways to protect our treescapes.

Who this guidance is for

This guidance is for people who:
- own or manage woods, forests, or trees
- provide advice on woodland management
- plan to plant or establish new woodland or agroforestry
What this guidance covers

This guide helps you to identify mammal species that can damage trees, understand their impact, and find practical ways to protect your treescapes.

While mammals are important for healthy woodland ecosystems, some wild, domestic, and feral mammals can harm trees. This can affect your woodland creation and management goals, including biodiversity conservation and timber production.

How to use this guide

Mammal species

Learn about 23 mammal species from eight groups in England that can affect trees and biodiversity. Each section covers:
- both the positive and negative effects of these mammals
- specific tree protection methods
Protection methods

Compare various tree protection methods suited to different situations, including:
- managing mammal populations
- physical barriers and deterrents
- woodland management techniques to improve tree resilience
This guide includes both established methods and newer innovative approaches that are still in development.

It has been developed in collaboration with the Centre for Conservation and Restoration Science (https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools/school-of-applied-sciences/ccrs) at Edinburgh Napier University.
LN8 2EY, VIDA Bioenergy Glentham Limited: environmental permit issued – EPR/JP3925SN/A001
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-15)

View the permit issued for Glentham Anaerobic Digestion Plant, Glentham under the Industrial Emissions Directive.

The Environment Agency publish permits that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).

This decision includes the permit and decision document for:

Operator name: VIDA Bioenergy Glentham Limited

Installation name: Glentham Anaerobic Digestion Plant

Permit number: EPR/JP3925SN/A001
Swift Security Solutions Ltd
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-10)

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

The Armed Forces Covenant

An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant

1.1 We Swift Security Solutions Ltd will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment

2.1 Swift Security Solutions Ltd recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- Flexible Leave For Spouses
- UK Reservists
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
- Reserve Forces Day
- Discounts
- Armed Forces Charities
2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.
Hereford Cathedral Enterprises Limited
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-10)

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

The Armed Forces Covenant

An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant

1.1 We Hereford Cathedral Enterprises Limited will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment

2.1 Hereford Cathedral Enterprises Limited recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- Flexible Leave For Spouses
- UK Reservists
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.
VATREVCON36200 - How the construction reverse charge works: Partial exemption and the reverse charge: Capital Goods Scheme
Source: gov.uk (2025-04-02)


Where the construction, alteration, repair, extension, demolition, or dismantling of an item that comes under the Capital Goods Scheme is subject to the reverse charge, the Capital Goods Scheme must still be applied as normal. The output tax accounted for by the customer under the reverse charge must not be taken into account when calculating the amount of input tax to be recovered or adjusted at the end of the relevant interval, as the Capital Goods Scheme calculation is connected with the outputs for which the capital item is used and not with any output tax accounted for under the reverse charge mechanism.
Asset recovery statistics: financial years ending 2020 to 2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-11)

Six year data snapshot of asset recovery for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and data on the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme.

This bulletin presents a 6 year data snapshot on asset recovery, using Proceeds of Crime Act Powers (POCA), from the Joint Asset Recovery Database (JARD), as well as data collected by the Home Office on the use of Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme (ARIS). It also contains recent data provided by the National Crime Agency (NCA), relating to progress against priority orders.
From truffles to trade: Cotswold firm grows with UKEF’s Small Export Builder
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-01)

Award-winning Gloucestershire food specialist enters Southeast Asian markets thanks to government-backed export insurance.

TruffleHunter, a Queen’s Award-winning business from South Cerney in the Cotswold District, has successfully expanded into new international markets thanks to UK Export Finance’s innovative Small Export Builder (SEB) facility.

The speciality food company, which produces truffle-based products and gourmet ingredients, has used the government-backed export insurance to secure contracts worth £22,500 in Malaysia and the Philippines – markets where commercial insurance wouldn’t offer cover for smaller value exports.

UKEF’s SEB allows businesses to start with a credit limit of up to £25,000 and build up to £100,000 in 50% increments, as they establish a positive trading history with their buyers. This approach has given TruffleHunter (an experienced exporter who won the Queen’s Award for International Trade in 2021) the confidence to pursue opportunities in emerging markets where commercial insurers would not offer cover.

TruffleHunter has delivered contracts worth £7,500 in Malaysia and £15,000 in the Philippines, with further orders secured for Thailand and Ecuador and Mexico in the Americas.

Hugh Francis, UKEF Export Finance Manager for Gloucestershire, said:

TruffleHunter’s success demonstrates exactly why we launched the Small Export Builder, which is to help smaller businesses access markets that commercial insurers won’t cover. The beauty of this facility is that it grows with the business, allowing them to build confidence and trading relationships incrementally.

Nigel Whitehouse, CEO of TruffleHunter, said:

The SEB has been a game-changer for our business. The inability to secure commercial insurance for smaller value orders was a real barrier to access new markets for us like Malaysia and the Philippines.

UKEF’s support has given us the confidence to diversify our export base, enter new territories and build relationships with buyers we simply couldn’t have worked with before.

The Small Export Builder is part of UKEF’s enhanced business support announced in the government’s Trade Strategy, designed to make export protection more accessible to smaller businesses seeking financial security when trading internationally.

This latest announcement follows the publication of UKEF’s annual report & accounts for 2024/25 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025).

Over the last financial year, UKEF provided a record £14.5 billion in new financing, helping over 667 UK companies to export and grow and supported up to 70,000 jobs.

Contact

Media enquiries:

Email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
Miss D Kipkoech v Taypark House Hotel: 8000393/2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-06-11)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Miss D Kipkoech v Taypark House Hotel: 8000393/2025 - Rule 22 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68482fceddc1cbd280bcb894/Miss_D_Kipkoech_v_Taypark_House_Hotel_-_8000393.2025_-_Judgment.pdf).
Miss S Messi v Nomad Foods Europe Ltd: 6001465/2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-18)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Miss S Messi v Nomad Foods Europe Ltd: 6001465/2025 - Interim Relief (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67ebd4a253fa8521c3248b0c/Miss_Sandra_Messi_-_v_-_Nomad_Foods_Europe_Limited_-_6001465-2025_-_Interim_Relief_Judgment.pdf).

Read the full decision in Miss S Messi v Nomad Foods Europe Ltd: 6001465/2025 - Preliminary (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689c8f48d2a1b0d5d1bb1289/Miss_Sandra_Messi_v_Nomad_Foods_Europe_Limited_6001465_2025_PPH_Judgment.pdf).

Read the full decision in Miss S Messi v Nomad Foods Europe Ltd: 6001465/2025 - Reconsideration (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689c8f661c63de6de5bb1282/Miss_Sandra_Messi_v_Nomad_Foods_Europe_Limited_6001465_2025_Reconsideration_Judgment.pdf).
British High Commission Suva
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-27)

The British High Commission in Fiji maintains and develops relations between the UK and Fiji.

We offer a wide range of services that include providing consular assistance to UK nationals, funding for Projects, scholarships for Master’s degrees in the UK, and support to members of the British Armed Forces and their families.

Find out more on our UK and Fiji news page (https://www.gov.uk/world/fiji/news). We provide services to British nationals living in and visiting Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu. You can access UK government services while in Fiji (https://www.gov.uk/world/fiji).

If you’re travelling in Fiji, see our Fiji travel advice (https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/fiji).

Getting help

If you cannot get the support you need from local services, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can help British people abroad.

We prioritise emergencies and people who are vulnerable, for example, if someone’s:
- ill, injured, or involved in a crime
- with a British person who’s died
Get help from FCDO (https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/fiji/british-high-commission-suva).

Get an emergency travel document

You can apply for an emergency travel document (https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document) if you’re abroad and your passport has been lost or stolen (https://www.gov.uk/report-a-lost-or-stolen-passport), damaged or expired, and you can’t get a new or replacement passport in time to travel.

Apply online for an emergency travel document (https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document).

If the person needing the emergency travel document is under 16, a parent or guardian should apply on their behalf.

If you are travelling in more than 3 weeks, check if you can get a new or replacement passport (https://www.gov.uk/renew-adult-passport) in time to travel.

If you are not a British citizen or have not had a British passport before

If you’re not sure, check if you’re a British citizen (https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen).

If you’re not a British citizen but think you may be eligible, contact us to apply for an emergency travel document (https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/fiji/british-high-commission-suva).

Other consular services

Notarial and documentary services

For legal reasons, we’re unable to carry out notarial acts in Commonwealth countries. This includes certifying documents as true copies of originals, administering oaths or taking affidavits. For these or other notarial acts, you should contact a local notary.

See the full list of notarial and documentary services for British people abroad (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/documents-for-british-people-abroad).

Consular fees

See the full list of consular fees (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/consular-services-fees).
NanoAvionics Ltd
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-10)

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

The Armed Forces Covenant

An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant

1.1 We NanoAvionics Ltd will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment

2.1 NanoAvionics Ltd recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:

We also pledge the following:

? Offer additional (paid/unpaid) annual leave to Cadet Force Adult Volunteers to help them carry out their training requirement. ? Engage with the Career Transition Partnership. ? Consider ways in which remote-working solutions might benefit the mobile Armed Forces Community, especially partners and spouses.

2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.
Mr J Pearson v Solenis UK Industries Ltd: 6020310/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-10)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr J Pearson v Solenis UK Industries Ltd: 6020310/2024 - Partial Strike Out (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/692d9b61a245b0985f034350/60020310.2024_Mr_J_Pearson_v_Solenis_Uk_Industries_Ltd.pdf).
Bovine TB: epidemiology reports, 2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-23)

Descriptive reports on the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in the Low Risk Area (LRA) and Edge Area of England.

These reports cover the various counties or regions that make up the Low Risk Area (LRA) and Edge Area of England in 2024.

They supplement the regional breakdowns of the official bovine tuberculosis (TB) statistics published quarterly. They provide cattle keepers and other interested parties with an overview of the bovine TB situation in their area.

The reports pull together descriptive statistics on new and ongoing bovine TB herd incidents (also referred to as breakdowns or cases) in the LRA and Edge Area at county or regional level, including:
- regional or county maps of the distribution of new and ongoing bovine TB herd incidents
- assessments by Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) vets and a new data-driven methodology on the likely sources of infection for new TB incidents occurring in each county
In addition to these reports, the ibTB interactive map (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-information-note-0215-online-tb-breakdown-map) shows the location details of current bovine TB breakdowns and resolved breakdowns in the last 5 years in England and Wales.
UK overseas trade in goods statistics January 2025: import and export data
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-14)

EU and non-EU import and export data for January 2025.

The following tables contain EU and non-EU import and export data for January 2025 at chapter level.

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d1656474ec357ef25c32b6/OTS_IMP_2501.ods)

UK overseas trade in goods statistics January 2025: imports (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d1656474ec357ef25c32b6/OTS_IMP_2501.ods)

ODS, 24.2 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-open-document-formats-odf-in-your-organisation) format

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d1657b0c569e0d48fb0a0c/OTS_EXP_2501.ods)

UK overseas trade in goods statistics January 2025: exports (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d1657b0c569e0d48fb0a0c/OTS_EXP_2501.ods)

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This file is in an OpenDocument (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-open-document-formats-odf-in-your-organisation) format
In vitro diagnostic medical devices: guidance on legislation
Source: gov.uk (2025-01-15)

How we regulate in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDs) that are placed on the UK market.

This document outlines the current controls on the sale and supply of in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices in Great Britain and explains the main features of the requirements for IVDs, set out in Part IV of the UK Medical Devices Regulations 2002 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/618/contents/made) (as amended) (UK MDR 2002).

It covers:
- the scope of the UK MDR 2002
- the assessment process
- in-house manufacture
J Lauder v Visuna Ltd: 6009005/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-01-17)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in J Lauder v Visuna Ltd: 6009005/2024 - Judgment (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6787d5793f1182a1e258a29f/Jackie_Lauder_v_Visuna_Limited_6009005-24_Judgment.pdf).
GB marketing authorisations for centrally authorised products
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-11)

A list of Great Britain Product Licence (PLGB) numbers for the grandfathering of centrally authorised product (CAP) marketing authorisations (MAs).

1. Overview

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the UK’s stand-alone medicines and medical devices regulator, taking any decisions and carrying out any functions which were taken or carried out at EU-level. At the time of EU exit an exception to this was for decisions on marketing authorisation (MA) applications made through the European procedures to market products in Northern Ireland.

2. General approach to grandfathering of CAPs

All existing CAP MAs were automatically converted into Great Britain MAs effective from 1 January 2021 in Great Britain only (England, Wales and Scotland) and have been issued with a Great Britain Product Licence (PLGB) MA number. This process was termed ‘grandfathering’. These Great Britain MAs are referred to as “converted EU MAs” . As a result of the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol, existing CAPs remain valid for marketing products in Northern Ireland until 31 December 2024.

Following implementation of the Windsor Framework on 1 January 2025 the existing CAPs will cease to be valid in Northern Ireland and the Great Britain authorisations will be effective UK-wide. See further guidance on UK-wide licensing (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-wide-licensing-for-human-medicines/uk-wide-licensing-for-human-medicines).

The list of PLGB numbers for the grandfathered CAP MAs is available above.

Marketing authorisation holders (MAHs) had the option to opt-out of the conversion process for all or some of their CAPs by notifying the MHRA in writing. A list of the opt-out CAP MAs is available above.

3. Contact

For further information, contact our Customer Service Centre at xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).
Beckfoot Oakbank (Keighley): warning notice
Source: gov.uk (2025-05-02)

Warning notice to Beckfoot Trust in relation to Beckfoot Oakbank.

Notice relating to: Beckfoot Oakbank (https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/143112)

URN: 143112

Notice issued to: Beckfoot Trust

Reason for issue: requires significant improvement Ofsted judgement (https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/143112)

DfE regional director: Alison Wilson

DfE regional director office: Yorkshire and the Humber

Local authority: Bradford Metropolitan District Council

This replaces an earlier notice issued on 10 February 2023 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230303234749/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/termination-warning-notice-to-beckfoot-oakbank) which is available on the national archives.
Proposed best available techniques (BAT) implementation guidance for mid-merit gas generators
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-06)

We want your views on our proposals to amend best available techniques (BAT) implementation guidance for mid-merit gas generators.

We propose to:
- introduce a new category of flexible gas generators called mid-merit
- allow mid-merit to have longer hours providing they meet a set of criteria
- incentivise the deployment of low oxides of nitrogen (NOx) flexible gas generation
This consultation is your opportunity to share insights, raise concerns or highlight unintended consequences that we may not have considered.
G Braha v Chatloop Ltd: 6006272/2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-29)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in G Braha v Chatloop Ltd: 6006272/2025 - Rule 22 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6883a476ac2c821a74bbebda/G_Braha_v_Chatloop_Ltd_-_6006272_2025_-_Judgment.pdf).
D Ogunsola v Click Operations (UK) Ltd: 6019728/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-05-12)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in D Ogunsola v Click Operations (UK) Ltd: 6019728/2024 - Rule 22 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b5e713f1c73824ee3e50f/D_Ogunsola_v_Click_Operations__UK__Limited_6019728-2024.pdf).
The Dangerous Goods Consultant
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-10)

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

The Armed Forces Covenant

An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant

1.1 We The Dangerous Goods Consultant will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment

2.1 The Dangerous Goods Consultant recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- Flexible Leave For Spouses
- UK Reservists
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
- Reserve Forces Day
- Armed Forces Charities
- UK Wounded, Injured And Sick
2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.
Effectiveness of targets for road safety
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-27)

Review of road safety performance indicators and targets to determine if they are effective in improving road safety.

This research was commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) as a result of action 68 of the Road safety statement 2019 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-safety-statement-2019-a-lifetime-of-road-safety), which committed DfT to ‘commission a review of research on road safety targets and their effectiveness’.

The study examined the background to targets within the context of international efforts to improve road safety and the increasingly widespread adoption of the ‘safe system’ approach to road safety management. It also:
- reviewed previous research evaluating the effectiveness of casualty reduction targets on road safety, to provide up-to-date information that will inform the government’s road safety strategy
- examined international practices to apply a safety performance framework
- identified the main concepts that are widely accepted as being necessary for a modern road safety strategy
The evidence suggests that targets play a role in reducing fatalities, but their impact cannot be separated from wider road safety strategies.

The study recommends that DfT considers adopting a national road safety performance framework.

WSP and the University of Loughborough completed the research on behalf of DfT.
Strategic export controls: licensing statistics: 1 October to 31 December 2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-14)

Export control licensing data for 1 October to 31 December 2024.

This report covers export licensing decisions made by the government between 1 October to 31 December 2024.

From the 2024 Q1 publication until further notice, these statistics have been reclassified and published as Official Statistics in Development (https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/policies/official-statistics-policies/official-statistics-in-development/).
Letter from Chair, CSPL, to Chair, House of Lords Conduct Committee
Source: gov.uk (2025-02-21)

Letter from Chair, CSPL to Chair, House of Lords Conduct Committee on their review of the House of Lords Code of Conduct.

A letter from the CSPL Chair, Doug Chalmers CB DSO OBE, to the Chair of the House of Lords Conduct Committee, Baroness Manningham-Buller LG DCB, following Doug Chalmers’ appearance in front of the Conduct Committee in October 2024 as part of their review of the Lords’ Code of Conduct.
SPM180600 - Paying and Recovering - SMP/SAP/SPP/ShPP/SPBP/SNCP: how employers can recover
Source: gov.uk (2025-04-06)


The employer can recover the SMP/SAP/SPP/ShPP/SPBP/SNCP they have properly paid by making deductions from payments of tax, NICs and other payments due to be paid to Accounts Office but not if:
- the recovery is being made prior to the date the payment of SP is due
- the SP was paid in a tax year ending more than six years before the NICs are being paid
- the employer has asked the Secretary of State to repay the money because:
- the NICs they are due to pay is less than the SP to be recovered
- they are no longer liable to pay NICs and their request is still being considered, and
- they have already been repaid the SP.
Regulations allow an employer who has properly paid SMP to recover it back from the NI Fund within six years of the end of the tax year in which it was paid.

In practice, the employer can deduct SP from combined NICs and PAYE income tax payments to be made to HMRC.

Recovery of SP that has been paid in a previous tax year

If an employer needs to recover SMP/SAP/SPP/ShPP/SPBP/SNCP that has been paid in a previous tax year, they should offset any amount owed off their PAYE bill, if they cannot do this then send in their calculation and amount owed to

PT Operations

North East England

HM Revenue and Customs

BX9 1BX

United Kingdom

Or call Employer Helpline on xx-xxxx-xxxx

Amount due back in SP/NICs compensation more than payments to Accounts Office

In some months the employer may have nothing to send to Accounts Office if the SMP/SAP/SPP/ShPP/SPBP/SNCP to be recovered is equal to or more than the total of PAYE and NICs due.

If the employer has not been able to recover all the SP from their NICs and PAYE payments, and as long as their PAYE scheme remains open, they can either carry forward the balance to the next month and recover it then or apply for advance funding. See SPM180700 (https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/statutory-payments-manual/spm180700).

Effect of SMP/SAP/SPP/ShPP/SPBP/SNCP on Class 1 NICs

If an employer recovers SMP/SAP/SPP/ShPP/SPBP/SNCP by deducting it from their payment to Accounts Office, they are withholding NICs they are liable to pay under the SSCBA1992 and associated regulations. To satisfy the requirements of NI legislation, the employer is treated as having paid the withheld contributions.

If SP deductions are less than the NICs due, the date of payment is:
- the date when the balance of NICs was paid, or
- the date when the first instalment was paid if the balance is paid by instalments.
If SP deductions are more than or equal to the NICs due the date of payment is the 14 day after the end of the tax month in which liability for the contributions arose.
Electricity generation cost study: extending the life of existing generation assets
Source: gov.uk (2025-05-06)

Commissioned review of refurbishing costs for Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) powerplants.

The government contracted Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA) to conduct research into the costs related to refurbishments of CCGT powerplants. The review used an established technical modelling software extensively used by the industry to determine the archetypes of CCGT powerplants and required refurbishment works for simple maintenance, five-year lifetime extensions, and full repowering of the powerplant requiring replacement of all major components. The second phase of the project surveyed and interviewed developers in order to validate the results from the technical modelling.

These findings were used to help support the government response to the Capacity Market consultation on proposals to maintain security of supply and enable flexible capacity to decarbonise (https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/capacity-market-proposals-to-maintain-security-of-supply-and-enable-flexible-capacity-to-decarbonise), published at the same time.
Private trusts of land (PG24)
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-08)

Guidance on applications to register transactions involving trustees of land, aimed at conveyancers (practice guide 24).

This guide gives advice about applications to HM Land Registry to register transactions involving trustees of land, other than public, ecclesiastical or charitable trustees. It is aimed at conveyancers and you should interpret references to ‘you’ accordingly. HM Land Registry staff will also refer to it.

We only provide factual information and impartial advice about our procedures. Read more about the advice we give (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-land-registry-service-standards/our-service-standards#advice).

Webinars

You can join our free webinars (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-webinars) for advice on a range of land registration topics and how to prepare quality applications.
COM91001 - Payments: payments returned by the bank: introduction
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-13)


Once a payment has been processed and allocated to the company’s COTAX record, HMRC does not receive credit for the amount claimed where the payment is returned by the bank. Types of returned payments are:
- returned cheques
- removing the credit from the taxpayers record
- retention of unpaid cheques
- ‘recall’ of electronic payments
- failed direct debit payments
Miss Z L G Kaluba v JD Wetherspoon plc: 2307953/2023
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-11)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Miss Z L G Kaluba v JD Wetherspoon plc: 2307953/2023 - Strike Out (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68948329586f9c9360656972/Miss_Z_L_Gilbert_Kaluba_v_JD_Wetherspoon_PLC_2307953-2023_Strike-Out_Judgment_30-Jul-25.pdf).
Assessing fitness to drive: a guide for medical professionals
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-07)

Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing a patient's fitness to drive.

These are medical standards of fitness to drive for medical professionals. This guidance is also available as HTML (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/assessing-fitness-to-drive-guide-for-medical-professionals) and is usually updated every 12 months. It has replaced the medical at a glance.

The guidance is prepared on the advice of the Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panels (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/secretary-of-state-for-transports-honorary-medical-advisory-panels).

If you are not a medical professional, view health conditions and driving (https://www.gov.uk/health-conditions-and-driving).

Email alert

Sign up for email alerts (https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKDVLA/subscriber/new?topic_id=UKDVLA_39) to be notified of changes to this guide or to receive the latest vacancies (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/secretary-of-state-for-transports-honorary-medical-advisory-panels#vacancies) for our medical advisory panels.
Dr Fiona Aldridge
Source: gov.uk (2025-05-27)

Fiona Aldridge has more than 25 years’ experience in the skills sector. Fiona is currently serving as the Chief Executive of the Skills Federation, an organisation that represents sector skills bodies across the UK. Prior to her role at the Skills Federation, Fiona was the Head of Insight and Intelligence in the Economic Delivery, Skills and Communities Directorate at West Midlands Combined Authority. She has experience of working as a non-executive and advisory board member across different roles including most recently as a member of the Mayor of the West Midlands’ Council of Experts and as a non-executive director for the Youth Futures Foundation.

Fiona Aldridge has more than 25 years’ experience in the skills sector. Fiona is currently serving as the Chief Executive of the Skills Federation, an organisation that represents sector skills bodies across the UK. Prior to her role at the Skills Federation, Fiona was the Head of Insight and Intelligence in the Economic Delivery, Skills and Communities Directorate at West Midlands Combined Authority.

She has experience of working as a non-executive and advisory board member across different roles including most recently as a member of the Mayor of the West Midlands’ Council of Experts and as a non-executive director for the Youth Futures Foundation.
Mr N Mendes v Sola Restaurant: 2219201/2023
Source: gov.uk (2025-01-08)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr N Mendes v Sola Restaurant: 2219201/2023 - Strike Out (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/677d2d0cd721a08c00665500/Mr_N_Mendes_v_Sola_Restaurant_-_2219201-2023.pdf).
Licensing statistics revisions policy
Source: gov.uk (2025-05-15)

How Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) correct errors and show amendments in our published strategic export controls licensing statistics.

This guidance sets out Export Control Joint Unit’s (ECJU) statistics revision policy for the strategic export controls licensing statistics (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data).

Revisions or corrections to the statistics follow the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice for Statistics (https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/).
COVID-19 loan guarantee schemes repayment data: September 2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-02-10)

The latest quarterly update of data on the performance of the government’s COVID-19 loan guarantee schemes. Data as at September 2024.

These quarterly transparency data publications provide updates on the cumulative performance of the government’s COVID-19 loan guarantee schemes, including:
- the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)
- the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)
- the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS)
The data in this publication is as of 30 September 2024 unless otherwise stated. It comes from information submitted to the British Business Bank’s scheme portal by accredited scheme lenders.
X v (1) Y (2) Z (3) CORE Education Trust: [2025] EAT 128
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-01)

Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Judge Tayler on 01 September 2025.

Read the full judgment in X v (1) Y (2) Z (3) CORE Education Trust: [2025] EAT 128 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68b5655eb0a373a01819fcb0/X_v__1__Y__2__Z__3__CORE_Education_Trust__2025__EAT_128.pdf).
Southern Medical Rescue Ltd
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-10)

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

The Armed Forces Covenant

An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant

1.1 We Southern Medical Rescue Ltd will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment

2.1 Southern Medical Rescue Ltd recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Reservists
- Armed Forces Day
We also pledge the following:

Offer training opportunities to Service leavers in conjunction with the Career Transition Partnership

2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.
Mr N Whetham v Levertech Engineering Services Ltd (In administration): 2403598/2024
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-14)

Employment Tribunal decision.

Read the full decision in Mr N Whetham v Levertech Engineering Services Ltd (In administration): 2403598/2024 - Strike Out (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686e64452cfe301b5fb67921/Mr_N_Whetham_v_Levertech_Engineering_Services_Limited__in_administration__-_2403598_2024_-_Judgment.pdf).
Defence Equipment & Support - Public Body Review 2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-01-30)

This document summarises the Public Body Review of Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) and the responses to the findings.

The Ministry of Defence undertook a review of Defence Equipment Support as part of the Cabinet Office’s Public Bodies Review Programme between April and August 2024.

The review aimed to assess whether DE&S was:

Operating efficiently, realising at least 5% RDEL (resource departmental expenditure limits) savings against the 2022/23 financial year budget baseline.

Operating with efficacy, established in the correct form for delivery and with a clear purpose.

Operating with accountability, with clear and effective sponsoring and communication in place.

Operating with good governance structures across its board and subcommittees in line with Cabinet Office guidance. The review’s first stage was a Self Assessment Model (SAM).
Directions for commissioning medical report for sentencing purposes
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-23)

Use this form to commission a psychiatric or other kind of medical report to help inform sentencing.

This form is for use with the Criminal Procedure Rules (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rules-and-practice-directions-2020), Part 28: sentencing procedures in special cases.

Find out how the information you provide is managed (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/criminal-procedure-rule-committee/about/personal-information-charter).

Find the other forms you need on the Criminal Procedure Rules Forms page (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/criminal-procedure-rules-forms).
Great British Insulation Scheme
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-20)

Data to monitor the installation of energy efficiency measures in domestic properties via the Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS).

Monthly release of data on the Great British Insulation Scheme. The tables provide analysis on the measures installed and households receiving measures. The statistics provide analysis by measure type and geography. Within each publication, a commentary explaining the key trends is provided. This scheme covers Great Britain.

The statistics cover the scheme from the launch at the end of March 2023. The data included are two months in arrears.

These statistics are provisional and are subject to future revisions.

Enquiries about these statistics should be directed to: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).