Business licences and registration

You must have a licence or be registered with us if you:

• want to hold marriages and civil ceremonies on your premises
• make, use or market animal feed
• have a highway licence (skips, scaffolding, cranes, a-boards)
• sell second hand goods
• store or sell fireworks and explosives
• store or sell petroleum

Licences for the following are provided by borough councils:

• alcohol
• busking
• dog breeding
• exhibit or train performing animals
• food and food hygiene
• gambling
• scrap metal
• street trading
• taxis.

Use the government's licence finder to view all types of business licences.