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The Government has issued a list of more than 60 pieces of advice for businesses to prepare for Brexit ahead of the anticipated October 31 withdrawal date.

Much of the campaign during the 2016 EU Referendum in favour of the Leave vote were for the º£½ÇÊÓƵ to "take back control" and to free the country from European Union bureaucracy.

But for businesses, this will first involve needing to make various checks, applications, registrations and finding alternative funding - and that Brexit could mean trade with other countries becoming far more difficult, especially in the now-likely event of a no-deal.

As part of the Government's information campaign ahead of Brexit, it has created a website called 'Get Ready', using multiple-choice questions to offer tailored information and advice.

That includes tips for British citizens living in Europe, EU citizens in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ, people looking to travel after October 31, and what to do about pets passports, but also a huge amount of advice for businesses.

The main message from the website seems to be that if business leaders fail to get their firms ready for Brexit, they may not be able to trade with the bloc.

Other warnings include changes to labelling goods for manufacturers and expected tariffs that will need to be paid.

In total, the website lists 37 things it's advising businesses to do "as soon as possible", with 23 further tasks and pieces of advice and details on how long they will take.  A further piece of advice is listed but without a time limit.

And with some of the tasks taking up to three months to complete, and the Government promising to get Brexit done by the end of October, some firms might fear not having enough time to get them done.

BusinessLive has looked through the Get Ready site and below is every piece of advice listed for firms.

More details about each is available from the Government site, which can be found .

Things the government advises you to do 'as soon as possible'

1. Check if you need to change your conformity assessment or conformity marking to sell CE marked goods (a manufacturer's declaration that a product complies with essential requirements of the relevant European health) in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ or EU

2. Get legal advice if your business is merging with an EU company

3. Check if you need to appoint a representative in the EU, and label your goods with your EU importer's details

4. Check if your employees need a visa or work permit and meet any requirements for their profession to work in the country they’re going to

5. Check if you need to change how you do accounting and reporting

6. Read the to check if you need to change your contract to keep accessing personal data from the EU.

7. Check how to label food if you're selling it in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ or EU

8. For boating firms, get an International Maritime Organisation number if your vessel is 12m or longer

9. Check what you need to do to sell or supply medical devices in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ

10. Get a legal representative in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ, EU or EEA if you carry out clinical trials

11. Check what you need to do to sell or supply medicines in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ

12. Decide whether to get an agent or make declarations yourself as you may not be able to trade goods with the EU

13. Register for a quicker way to move your goods to the EU

14. Check if your existing º£½ÇÊÓƵ Civil Aviation Authority or EASA certificates and licences will be valid

15. Check if you need to change your contracts to broadcast licensed content outside the º£½ÇÊÓƵ to avoid breaching copyright permissions

16. Check if you need permission to sell someone's intellectual property in the EEA, if you've already sold it in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ

17. Check contracts relating to EU space programmes with your contracting authority as you may not be able to bid for future contracts with such programmes

18. Check if you need to find replacement data if you're using data from the Copernicus satellite programme

19. Find out how to comply with the new º£½ÇÊÓƵ nuclear safeguards arrangements

20. Register to use the open general export licence to export 'dual use' nuclear goods from the º£½ÇÊÓƵ

21. Prepare to ship radioactive waste and spent fuel into and out of the º£½ÇÊÓƵ as failing to comply with new regulations will be a criminal offence

22. Check the rules on moving radioactive material into and out of the º£½ÇÊÓƵ, which will need a written declaration

23. For egg exporters, print 'GB', 'GBR' or '826' on each egg you're sending to the EU for people to eat

24. Print markings on hatching eggs and boxes of chicks that you're exporting to the EU

25. Check what you need to do to land your fish catch at a port in the EU as they may be delayed or rejected without the correct documents

26. For the chemicals sector, prepare for loss of access to EU Emissions Trading System and other EU Registry accounts after Brexit

27. Check whether any wood packaging you use meets international standards

28. For lorry and goods vehicle drivers, find out how to exchange your º£½ÇÊÓƵ Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) for an EU Driver CPC

29. For international bus or coach services, check what documents you need to run unscheduled bus or coach services in EU countries

30. For those affected by design and trademark law, disclose your designs before 31 October if you want unregistered protection in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ and EU

31. Check what you need to do if you're a lawyer with an EU or EEA qualification to still work or provide legal services in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ as you may not be able to continue working if you do not prepare

32. Check what you need to do if you own a º£½ÇÊÓƵ legal services business

33. Check what you need to do if you're a lawyer with a º£½ÇÊÓƵ qualification to still work or provide legal services in the EU

34. For horse owners, talk to your vet six weeks before you travel with your horse or other equine to the EU

35. For those in construction, check if your third-party conformity assessment for construction products is still recognised by the EU

36. Find out if a no-deal Brexit will affect your business on the Financial Conduct Authority’s website

37. Ask your employees to check if they need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme

Other things the government is advising you do - and how long each will take

1. For fishermen, export fish through the right EU border inspection post and prepare the right documentation. This takes three days to get the documents

2. Check if you need to register as an importer and apply to be a 'place of first arrival' to import plants from the EU. This takes up to three months

3. Get a ‘certificate of conformity’ to move fruit and vegetables into or through the EU. This takes 48 hours

4. Check how to register or label food or drink with a protected name. This takes up to six weeks

5. Register as an approved food establishment to export food to the EU. This takes up to four weeks

6. Register your chemicals to an organisation based in the EU if you want to export them to the EU. This takes up to six weeks

7. Check if you need to pay a tariff on goods you import from the EU. This takes more than four weeks

8. Get an EORI number that starts with GB to move your goods into or out of the EU. This takes up to a week

9. Register for Transitional Simplified Procedures to make it easier to import goods from the EU. This takes two to four weeks

10. Set up a 'duty deferment account' to pay your customs duties, import VAT and excise duties monthly by Direct Debit, if you need to pay duty. This takes up to one week

11. Check if you need to get a phytosanitary certificate to export plants to the EU. This takes up to seven days

12. Register with º£½ÇÊÓƵ Research and Innovation (º£½ÇÊÓƵRI) for updates on how to claim funding after Horizon 2020 funding, which provides grants to research and innovation projects, stops. It's advised this is done before October 31

13. Get an import licence to move certain nuclear materials into the º£½ÇÊÓƵ. This takes over four weeks

14. For aviation firms, check what documents your employees need to make and operate aircraft for the gas and oil industry in the EU, EEA and Switzerland. This takes up to a week

15. Get a certificate to export poultry meat to the EU if it's printed with a farming method. This takes up to six weeks

16. Check if you need to apply for a permit for journeys through or between EU countries. This takes up to two weeks

17. Check what steps you need to take to sell goods to the EU. This takes up to four weeks

18. Check if your customers can give you the right documents for trade with the EU, if you’re a haulier. This takes more than four weeks

19. Check what documents you need to transport goods through the EU, if you’re a haulier. This takes more than four weeks

20. Check how to get approval to sell vehicles and vehicle parts in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ and the EU. This takes more than four weeks

21. Apply for the right to export seeds to the EU. This takes two months

22. If you buy chemicals from the EU, you will need to register on the new º£½ÇÊÓƵ REACH system. This takes up to six weeks

23. Export animals or products of animal origin (POAO) through the right EU border inspection post and prepare the right documents

Things the government advises business do - but without a listed time limit

1. Check if you can export organic food to the EU, and how to label and trade it.