Licensing and industry regulation
Some activities need permission before they begin. Which permissions depend entirely on what you do and where you do it.
Industry legal hub
Product standards, supply agreements, workforce and environment.
Manufacturing carries product risk forward: what leaves the factory can create liability long after it is sold, and traceability is what limits the scope of a problem.
The workforce and the site add employment, safety and environmental dimensions that a purely commercial business does not face.
Described in general terms. This is not a list of the authorisations your business needs — confirm those with the relevant regulator.
The areas of the Compliance Centre that matter most in this sector.
Some activities need permission before they begin. Which permissions depend entirely on what you do and where you do it.
Every commercial relationship is governed by something. The only question is whether it is a document you chose or a set of assumptions you did not.
Written terms, correct classification, statutory deductions and records - the four things every employment claim tends to turn on.
Brand, content, software and invention - what the business owns, what it merely licenses, and what it never secured at all.