BEIS: Boost for UK satellite technology & data for businesses – (BEIS: Small Business Minister backs the Prompt Payment Code)
BEIS: Government confirms Hinkley Point C project following new agreement in principle with EDF ~ BIES: Hinkley Point C ~ WAG: "Hinkley should be built with UK Steel", says Economy Secretary ~ IEA: Hinkley is an incredibly inefficient use of taxpayers’ money ~ IPPR: Hinkley Point - better financing model needed if costs and delays not to be repeated ~ NAO: Nuclear power in the UK)
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Japanese Ambassador to the UK visits Dounreay
HMT: Chancellor backs major British exporters as he steps up business engagement ahead of Autumn Statement
DWP: Employment reaches a record high with 31.77m people in work – (DWP: Pensioners to benefit from reforms to long service cap)
HMRC: Changes to HMRC Corporation Tax forms
DCMS: Minister for Digital & Culture addresses CBI conference
ONS: Record £44.3bn bonuses paid in 2015-16 financial year
HSE: Refinery firm fined £400,000 after gangway fall – (HSE: Worker suffers life threatening injuries after drum explodes ~ HSE: Illegal Newquay gas fitter sentenced for undertaking unregistered gaswork)
ScotGov: Increase in Bank Loans to Scottish Farming – (ScotGov: Scotland riding the wave of tidal innovation ~ Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2015 ~ ScotGov: Delivering 100% broadband coverage ~ ScotGov: Support for Young Farmers ~ ScotGov: £200m investment for rural economy ~ ScotGov: Unemployment falls ~ ScotGov: AiB report shows creditors paid over £80m ~ ScotGov: Largest North Sea production increase in 15 years ~ ScotGov: Oil & Gas Production Statistics 2015-16)
WAG: New flight from Cardiff to London takes off – (WAG: India Trade Mission aims to boost export opportunities and help sell Wales to the world ~ Record-breaking data shows strength of Welsh jobs market ~ WAG: Small Business Rates Relief here to stay as scheme made permanent ~ WAG: Welsh Actuarial Society will support the growth of financial & professional services sector)
Ofwat publish PR 16 draft determinations
Dstl: Scientist, Engineer, Reservist….
ESPO sees rise in supplier engagement with SMEs over the last 3 years
Crown Commercial Service: New Grants & Programme Services agreement now live
CBI/CBRE: London firms want Mayor to play key Brexit role ~
TUC: The UK’s highest paid CEO earns the average annual salary in under 45 minutes – (TUC publishes analysis on the UK investment gap ~ TUC welcomes end to zero-hours contracts at Wetherspoons ~ TUC General Secretary to warn ‘greedy businesses that treat workers like animals’ - No place to hide ~ TUC on inappropriate footwear at work ~ TUC: Ongoing low inflation signals need for urgent action to protect and boost growth)
TUC: Oxfam inequality report adds to case for workers on company boards ~ Oxfam: Richest 1% owns 20 times more than UK's poorest 20%
techUK: Bank of England Steps up Research into Digital Currencies – (techUK: Rethink Needed on New European Copyright Proposals ~ techUK: Employers will have to sign Apprenticeship Levy contract with the SFA)
Innovate UK: Detecting threats in parcel depots - apply for business contracts – (Innovate UK: Connected cities mission - apply to join trade delegation to India ~ Innovate UK: Innovations in health & food: apply for business funding~ Innovate UK: Delta Motorsport reveals new low cost micro-turbine technology ~ Innovate UK: Venturefest Wales: breaking barriers to business growth ~ Innovate UK: New low emission vehicle systems: apply for business funding)
SSRO: Perspectives on non-competitive defence spending - September 2016
IPPR: Comment on the creation of a Northern Powerhouse Institute
ESRC: Britain’s leading employers unite to end pregnancy discrimination in workplaces
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