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Payday lenders have agreed to improve their codes of practice to increase transparency and better protect vulnerable borrowers, Business Minister Norman Lamb announced today.
23 May 2012
Universities and Science Minister David Willetts will today set out a vision for an industrial strategy underpinned by technological advances.
23 May 2012
Measures include: Improving the employment tribunal system;Setting up the new Competition and Markets Authority; Setting the purpose of the UK Green Investment Bank; andGiving shareholder binding votes on directors’ pay. Business Secretary, Vince Cable today presented the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill to Parliament. The Bill is a central element in the Government’s aim for strong, sustainable and balanced growth, powered by investment, exports, technology and enterprise.
23 May 2012
An innovative £200 million programme to help up to 26,000 of England’s brightest businesses achieve their ambition and potential, as well as creating 55,000 high-value jobs has been launched by Business Secretary Vince Cable.
23 May 2012
The UK's second Intellectual Property (IP) attaché has been appointed and will start work in India on 23 May 2012. The position is central to the Government’s plans to bolster trade relations and support IP and innovation-led businesses abroad.
22 May 2012
Volunteers all over the country are being urged to speak out against uncaring officialdom – but also to give credit where credit is due if someone has been really helpful. The Government is urging anyone involved in volunteering – from a jumble sale, to organising a Jubilee party, to a three-peaks challenge – can feed in their experiences, good and bad, of dealing with local authorities and other regulators as part of the Focus on Enforcement campaign.
22 May 2012
A partnership to create a new independent £2.9 million enterprise research centre that will help drive Government policy for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK has been announced.
22 May 2012
Entrepreneur Deborah Meaden is backing a Government campaign to tackle outdated perceptions of manufacturing and seek out new, innovative ideas it has been announced today.
21 May 2012
On publication of the Beecroft report today Business Secretary Vince Cable today said:
21 May 2012
Vince Cable today visited SSI Teesside and announced the award of £1.4 million from the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) which will help create and protect 1,800 jobs.
18 May 2012
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched this year’s Cracking Ideas competition and is inviting children across the country to use their creativity to invent a special space-themed gizmo or gadget.
17 May 2012
A new Government led initiative to boost enterprise will see up to 4,000 entrepreneurial university students and graduates in England connecting with small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
17 May 2012
Responding to today’s announcement from GM that Ellesmere Port will make the next generation of Astras, Business Secretary Vince Cable said:
17 May 2012
Universities and Science Minister David Willetts said: “For the first time, thanks to our reforms, power will be in the hands of students. This will drive universities to offer the highest quality academic experience and make clear what students can expect from their course, including the contact and support they will receive.
16 May 2012
Overseas investment and plans to give cities more power to unlock their potential for growth were on the agenda as Cities Minister Greg Clark met international business and city leaders at the inaugural New Cities Summit in Paris this week.
16 May 2012
A digger painted with the Union Flag is one of several eye-catching displays taking centre stage at a new manufacturing showcase at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
15 May 2012
The Government has launched the search for a successor to Paul Morrell as the Government’s Chief Construction Adviser.
15 May 2012
The Government has received 269 bids from employers looking to take part in a new pilot to design and develop their own vocational training programmes, Skills Minister John Hayes announced today.
15 May 2012
A new £1.2 million manufacturing plant that will deliver a boost to Liverpool’s economy will be opened today by Business Minister Baroness Wilcox.
15 May 2012
A new report will show that Britain’s apprentices are getting promoted, improving their confidence and taking on more responsibility in the workplace, Skills Minister John Hayes announced today.
14 May 2012
Business Minister Mark Prisk will today announce that the Green Construction Board (GCB) has secured £1 million to bolster its operations.
12 May 2012
A new £100 million investment fund to support research partnerships between universities, businesses, charities and philanthropic donors will open for bids on Monday, Universities and Science Minister David Willetts will announce today.
11 May 2012
Plans to set up the new Groceries Code Adjudicator moved a step closer today as the Bill was published in the House of Lords.
11 May 2012
Responding to today’s publication of the National Audit Office’s (NAO) report on the Regional Growth Fund (RGF), Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable said: "The NAO’s report recognises that the Regional Growth Fund is working. "It shows that the RGF is set to create and protect 328,000 jobs for people in communities that need the most support and help companies grow. It shows that our processes are robust, competitive and un-biased. It shows that we chose to support the highest quality bids offering best value for money. "We have already put in place some of the NAO’s recommendations such as making more administrative resources available, which means projects are being processed even faster. Round three will create thousands more jobs, and businesses have until June 13 to submit their bids."
10 May 2012
Skills Minister John Hayes has appointed careers expert Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE as the Chair of the new National Council for Careers.
