Business and Other Briefings (Archive)

HMT:  Funding for Lending Scheme extended - support for banking competition – (HMT:  Chancellor launches game-changing plan for families & firms)

BIS:  Cutting Red Tape review will give construction industry the foundations to get Britain building – (EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement to boost UK exports ~ BIS:  The importance of corporate governance)

MoD:  British jobs secured through upgrade to nuclear deterrent

DWP:  Apprenticeships offer young people a chance to reach their potential

DfE:  Sam Gyimah - where next for careers education and guidance?

FCO:  Lord Maude and Shahbaz Sharif host forum to build trade ties between UK and Pakistan – (FCO:  Advanced Manufacturing & Innovation Conference, Bengaluru)

Insolvency Service:  New insolvency measures

ScotGov:  Innovation focus at Island Group – (ScotGov:  Update on steel)

WAG:  Minister congratulates the Bay of Colwyn on its successful BID to boost the local economy – (WAG:  Stickers in windows’ food hygiene rating scheme “a big success story for Wales” ~ WAG:  Metro Project ‘huge opportunity for Wales’ says transport industry ~ WAG:  Industry urged to grasp opportunities for new entrants ~ WAG:  £2m boost for Welsh SMEs to develop tailor made solutions for challenges facing the public sector)

Wales Office:  Cardiff comes of age as UK financial centre, says Secretary of State

techUK:  Low carbon innovation gets a huge boost during the first day of climate talks

Innovate UK:  Game-changers: innovations from business for the energy sector

CBI:  UK growth steady but momentum has slowed - Growth Indicator – (CBI hails £59bn contribution of scale-up firms to UK economy)

TUC publish guide to help end discrimination against disabled workers with invisible impairments

CMA to review consumer law compliance in cloud storage

Warning: Intellectual Property Office alerted to new renewal scam

Revenue & Customs Brief 21 (2015): VAT zero-rating - liability of residential caravans

Spotlight on women at Serco – Anita’s story