What's New

Businesses that make, sell or distribute chemicals in Great Britain are now required to follow the UK’s new domestic chemicals regulations including UK REACH.

Following the end of the UK’s transition period to exit the EU, the Government has updated its guidance documents relating to F-gases.

Following the end of the UK’s transition period to exit the EU, the Government has updated its technical guidance document on the classification of wastes.

Following the end of the UK’s transition period to exit the EU, the Government has updated its guidance documents relating to ozone depleting substances (ODS).

UK residents will now be able to apply for a UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC), the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.

The CBI has backed Covid-19 testing for healthy or “asymptomatic” people in England, although medical experts have questioned the value of the strategy.

When the 11-month transition period ended on 31 December 2020, the UK finally completed its slow withdrawal from the European Union with, at the last possible moment, a trade deal setting out at least part of their future relationship.

Essential workers and those who cannot work from home could be at risk from workplace safety rules that have not been updated since March 2020 and which do not take account of new Covid-19 strains or new scientific knowledge about how the virus is spread.

Clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) people are being advised to follow shielding advice following new national lockdown measures announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 4 January 2021.

The Oxford University/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in the UK by the MHRA, and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has issued updated advice recommending that as many people as possible in high-risk groups be given their first vaccine dose.