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Temporary agreement between the Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) and the UK on services mobility

Page summary:
Temporary agreement documents and the exchanges of notes extending the agreement.

Change made:
‘October 2025: Exchange of notes between the UK and Switzerland on extending the temporary Services Mobility Agreement’ added in PDF and web versions.

Time updated:
9:28am, 28 October 2025

UK-Switzerland Services Mobility Agreement

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Documents related to the UK-Switzerland Services Mobility Agreement.

Change made:
Details updated to reflect the October 2025 extension of the UK-Switzerland Services Mobility Agreement until 31 December 2029.

Time updated:
9:29am, 28 October 2025

Update on an enhanced Free Trade Agreement with Switzerland 

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Update following round 8 of negotiations on an enhanced Free Trade Agreement with Switzerland.

Change made:
First published.

Time updated:
10:32am, 28 October 2025

Update on the UK-Switzerland Services Mobility Agreement

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The UK and Switzerland have agreed a further extension to the existing UK-Switzerland Services Mobility Agreement (SMA) to cover the next 4 years.

Change made:
First published.

Time updated:
10:34am, 28 October 2025

UK-Japan CEPA documents

Page summary:
Decisions, documents and meeting minutes from the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

Change made:
‘11 December 2024: UK-Japan CEPA Working Group on Motor Vehicles and Parts – Joint Minutes’, added to the UK-Japan CEPA documents page.

Time updated:
12:01pm, 28 October 2025

The UK’s first Trade Policy Review at the World Trade Organization (WTO): UK government report

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Published during the UK’s first WTO Trade Policy Review (28 to 30 October 2025), this report highlights key UK trade policy areas for WTO members.

Change made:
First published.

Time updated:
2:00pm, 28 October 2025

Trade Minister projects confident, outward-facing trade vision

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Government sets out the UK’s trade priorities as it undergoes first WTO Trade Policy Review since leaving the EU.

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First published.

Time updated:
3:38pm, 28 October 2025

UK Export Finance and PIF sign MoU for £4-5 billion to promote UK companies’ engagement in the Saudi market

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The signing took place in the presence of Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Minister for Investment Lord Stockwood, who attended the 9th Edition of the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh.

Change made:
First published.

Time updated:
4:37pm, 28 October 2025

Trade sanctions, arms embargoes, and other trade restrictions

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Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.

Change made:
Azerbaijan and Armenia in the list of countries subject to arms embargo, trade sanctions and other trade restrictions updated. The UK arms embargo on Armenia and Azerbaijan ceased to be in force as of 13 October 2025.

Time updated:
9:30am, 29 October 2025

Regulator dashboard

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Information and key performance indicators (KPIs) from 16 UK regulators, published quarterly as part of the UK government’s Regulatory Action Plan.

Change made:
Removed a paragraph about Ofcom’s accountability to Parliament and a sentence about MHRA expertise. Uploaded a new version of the regulator KPI dashboard PDF, with errors relating to ICO, CMA, FSA and MHRA now corrected.

Time updated:
9:02am, 30 October 2025

Women on boards: executive search firms signed up to the code of conduct

Page summary:
A list of executive search firms signed up to the voluntary code of conduct to address gender diversity on corporate boards.

Change made:
‘Eliot Partnership’ and ‘Omni’ added to the list of signatories.

Time updated:
2:55pm, 30 October 2025

UK-India Trade Deal

Page summary:
Guidance, explainers and other documents to help you understand the Free Trade Agreement between the UK and India.

Change made:
Reports section added to collection, including ‘UK-India FTA: advice from Trade and Agriculture Commission’.

Time updated:
3:55pm, 30 October 2025

British Businesses to Save over £400m a Year as Government Slashes Electricity Costs

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Around 500 of the UK’s most energy-intensive businesses are set to save up to £420 million per year on their electricity bills from next April, as the Government takes decisive action to slash industrial energy costs.

Change made:
First published.

Time updated:
12:01am, 31 October 2025

Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with J to L)

Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with J, K or L.

Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.

Time updated:
9:30am, 31 October 2025

Trade and investment factsheets

Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas.

Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.

Time updated:
9:30am, 31 October 2025

Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with G to I)

Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with G, H or I.

Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.

Time updated:
9:30am, 31 October 2025

Trade and investment factsheets: latest update

Page summary:
The most up to date snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with trading partners overseas.

Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.

Time updated:
9:30am, 31 October 2025

Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with A or B)

Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with A or B.

Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.

Time updated:
9:30am, 31 October 2025

Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with C to F)

Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with C, D, E or F.

Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.

Time updated:
9:30am, 31 October 2025

Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with M to O)

Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with M, N or O.

Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.

Time updated:
9:30am, 31 October 2025

Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with W to Z)

Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with W, X, Y or Z.

Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.

Time updated:
9:30am, 31 October 2025

Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with P to R)

Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with P, Q or R.

Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.

Time updated:
9:30am, 31 October 2025

Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with S)

Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with S.

Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.

Time updated:
9:30am, 31 October 2025

Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with T to V)

Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with T, U or V.

Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.

Time updated:
9:30am, 31 October 2025

Service and performance code for export licensing

Page summary:
Sets out the government’s service delivery objectives, commitments and targets for management of export licensing applications.

Change made:
The escalation procedure of writing to the Head of Compliance has changed to the Head of Stakeholder Engagement Team.

Time updated:
9:42am, 31 October 2025

Notices to exporters

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Notices to exporters published by the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU).

Change made:
Email alert link changed to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKORGESO/subscriber/new

Time updated:
10:00am, 31 October 2025

UK-Central America committee documents

Page summary:
Decisions, documents and meeting minutes from UK-Central America countries committees.

Change made:
‘6 to 15 November 2024: Joint minutes of the second meeting of the Subcommittee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures under the Association Agreement between the United Kingdom and Central America’ added to page.

Time updated:
11:22am, 31 October 2025

Industrial Strategy quarterly update: July to September 2025

Page summary:
An update on delivery of commitments in the Industrial Strategy.

Change made:
Web accessible version of ‘Industrial Strategy quarterly update July to September 2025’ created.

Time updated:
11:47am, 31 October 2025

Ben Kemp