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Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work.
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How you can lose your protected allowances on pension savings, how to avoid this and how to tell HMRC if you lose protection.
The Data Protection Act (DPA) controls how personal information can be used and your rights to ask for information about yourself
How to apply for and check protections from the reductions in lifetime allowance.
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) pays compensation to members of eligible defined benefit pension schemes, when there is a qualifying insolvency event in relation to the employer and where there are insufficient assets in the pension scheme to cover Pension...
Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes.
Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension - National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
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