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Culture Minister steps in to prevent a rare Josiah Wedgwood vase from export
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A temporary export bar has been placed on a French Gothic ivory casket
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
New exports of Russian gold will no longer be allowed to be enter the UK, Canada, US and Japan thanks to tough new measures to be announced at the G7 Summit.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A temporary export bar has been placed on painting The Nativity by Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi worth over £460,000
A temporary export bar has been placed on View of Verona with the Ponte delle Navi by Bernardo Bellotto
Incredibly rare sixteenth century work has been acquired by National Museums NI
A temporary export bar has been placed on a late 15th century bronze roundel valued at £17 million
Employment Tribunal decision.
An exquisite vase is at risk of export unless a UK buyer can be found to match the £163,000 that has been offered by a foreign buyer
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
FCDO Legal Counsel is presenting arguments on behalf of the Foreign Secretary in the Supreme Court hearing over the rights of access to gold held by the Bank of England and owned by the State of Venezuela.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on the vase so the full set can remain in the country
A temporary export bar has been placed on a 500 year old late Gothic statuette of St Christopher worth £10 million
A temporary export bar has been placed on a manuscript gifted to Queen Elizabeth I by Archbishop Matthew Parker
Intellectual property protection specialists WRi Group win the Touchstone Special Recognition Award 2022.
The dedication and inventiveness of the winners of the 2021 Touchstone Award highlight the importance of hallmarking enforcement, writes Ken Daly in the Journal of Trading Standards.
Five closed Office of Fair Trading (OFT) consumer enforcement investigations.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on an extremely rare gold gem-set tiger’s head finial from the throne of Tipu Sultan.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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