Business regulation: guidance and tools
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-05)

Resources for businesses.

General
- Border controls for non-food products (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/border-controls-for-non-food-products)
- Placing certain products on the Northern Ireland market (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/placing-certain-products-on-the-northern-ireland-market)
- OPSS coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for business and local authorities (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/opss-coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-business-and-local-authorities)
Product safety
- Product safety advice for businesses (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/product-safety-advice-for-businesses)
- Product safety for businesses: A to Z of industry guidance (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/product-safety-for-businesses-a-to-z-of-industry-guidance)
- Product safety: non-disclosure clauses in compensation settlement agreements (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/product-safety-non-disclosure-clauses-in-compensation-settlement-agreements)
- Business notifications of unsafe and noncompliant products (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-notifications-of-unsafe-and-noncompliant-products)
Weights and measures
- Weights and measures: business guidance (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-regulation-weights-and-measures)
- Weights and measures: legal metrology (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/weights-and-measures-legal-metrology-delivery)
- Approved manufacturers: conformity assessement (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/approved-manufacturers-conformity-assessment)
- Applying a crown symbol to pint glasses (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/applying-a-crown-symbol-to-pint-glasses)
- International legal metrology (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/international-legal-metrology)
Conformity assessment bodies (CABs)
- UK conformity assessment (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-conformity-assessment)
- Becoming a UK CAB for product safety and metrology (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/becoming-a-uk-cab-for-product-safety-and-metrology)
- Using a subcontractor (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-conformity-assessment-bodies-using-a-subcontractor)
Primary Authority
- Primary Authority: a guide for businesses (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/primary-authority-a-guide-for-businesses)
Enforcement services

Guidance on regulations enforced by the Office for Product Safety and Standards:
- Alternative fuel labelling (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulations-alternative-fuel-labelling)
- Alternative fuels infrastructure (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulations-alternative-fuels-infrastructure)
- Batteries and waste batteries (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulations-batteries-and-waste-batteries)
- Construction products (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-regulation-construction-products)
- Consumer connectable product security (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulations-consumer-connectable-product-security)
- Eco-design of energy consuming products (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/placing-energy-related-products-on-the-uk-market)
- Electric vehicle smart charge points (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulations-electric-vehicle-smart-charge-points)
- End-of-life vehicles (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/elv)
- Energy information (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-energy-labelling-of-products)
- Heat networks (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/heat-networks)
- Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit sharing (ABS) (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/abs)
- Noise emissions from outdoor equipment (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/noise)
- Public charge points (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulations-public-charge-points)
- Restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rohs-compliance-and-guidance)
- Timber and FLEGT licences (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-timber-regulation-guidance-for-business-and-industry)
- Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulations-waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment)
Gas and electricity meters
- National regulation: gas and electricity meters (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-regulation-gas-and-electricity-meters)
Accreditation, conformity assessment, standardisation and the UK’s National Quality Infrastructure
- Accreditation and conformity assessment (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/conformity-assessment-and-accreditation)
- Standardisation (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/standardisation)
- UK’s National Quality Infrastructure (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-uks-national-quality-infrastructure)