LONDON, April 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news:

Through our new 'Non-Referral Advice Service'you can now get confidential, independent and authoritative advice on queries about how the regulatory framework applies to your proposed or existing contract. We expect this will help speed up contract negotiations and enable the parties to qualifying contracts to resolve disagreement without the need for a formal opinion or determination.

Building on stakeholder feedback gathered through a public consultation on proposals,the new Non-Referral Advice Service supplements the SSRO's existing Helpdesk and Referrals functions to deliver a more comprehensive flexible and accessible range of support to stakeholders....