WIREDGOV

NAO:  Automatic enrolment to workplace pensions

HMT:  Link bonuses to appointment of senior women, says review ~ ScotGov:  Business role models

DfE:  Technical & professional education revolution continues

CLG:  Marcus Jones - improving the business rates appeals system

ScotGov:  Small Businesses Boost – (ScotGov:  Developing Scotland’s young workforce ~ ScotGov:  £8.25: A new Living Wage ~ Record number of Scottish businesses ~ ScotGov:  Bankruptcy consolidation bill introduced, issued on behalf of Accountant in Bankruptcy ~ Ferry tender is ‘fair, open & transparent’ ~ ScotGov:  £2m support for Fife business)

WAG:  Lift programme is on the right track - jobs & training scheme reaches midway milestone – (WAG:  New single body to plan the education & training of the NHS Wales workforce to be scoped)

Wales Office:  Secretary of State brands small business owners as “the drivers of economic revival”

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority:  Supply Chain Awards 2015: shortlist announced – (NDA:  Low Level Waste Repository achieves major milestone ~ Nuclear supply chain event goes from strength to strength)

Environment Agency:  Businesses urged to check their flood risk

CESG releases new guidance for secure voice technology – (Next generation of Ectocryp Blue is certified)

BCS launches industry-led UX certification

Dstl:  Spooky spider science

techUK welcomes UK SME’s to Discuss Benefits of the Cloud – (techUK:  Progress, but no decision yet, on future UHD specifications ~ It was SME week at techUK!)

Innovate UK:  Smarter & better urban spaces - apply for business funding - closes on 24 November 2015 ~ (Innovate UK:  Cyber security - apply for business funding for expert advice - (closes on 5 January 2016)

UK Export Finance:  Get advice from UK Export Finance during Export Week, 9-13 November 2015

CBI comments on National Infrastructure Commission – (CBI:  Domestic & export orders fall among small firms ~ CBI response to attacks on their President's Committee Meeting)

TUC:  Poverty pay on the rise in UK – (Employers & government need to pick up the pace on living wage, says TUC ~ TUC:  Government right to drop social media plans in Trade Union Bill ~ Minimum wage leaving younger workers behind, warns TUC)

‘HR must continue to innovate & adapt to meet the rapidly changing needs of business’, says Peter Cheese as he opens the CIPD’s Annual Conference

Revenue & Customs Brief 19 (2015): VAT – supplies of sporting service by non-profit making bodies (2)