HM Treasury: New National Living Wage to give living standards boost to over a million workers – (HMT: Chancellor announces deeper ties with India on infrastructure and financial services)
Cabinet Office: New Smart Working Code of Practice announced – (CO: Croydon is the next stop for start-ups)
BIS: Low carbon technology in the auto sector receives £75m funding – (BIS: Sanctions relief paves the way for developing UK trade relationship with Iran ~ BIS: Government action to support the steel industry ~ BIS: More youngsters choose apprenticeships as choices grow for school leavers)
Defence Minister Mark Lancaster announces release of MOD sites for development
DWP: UK employment rate hits a record high while unemployment plummets to pre-recession levels ~ CIPD: ONS figures show strong jobs growth but over-50s in danger of being left behind ~ IPPR - Employment is up, but pay and productivity are stalling)
Adam Smith Inst: An extra charge on skilled workers would be a poison pill for UK businesses
DECC: Consent approved for the Hinkley Point C connection project
ScotGov: Promoting equal pay – (ScotGov: Employability across the Irish Sea ~ ScotGov: The Open brings £140m benefit to Scotland ~ ScotGov: Aberdeen City Deal)
Skills Funding Agency: Government puts top businesses at the heart of apprenticeship drive – (SFA: Search for the apprentice team of the year begins)
WAG: Extra £5m for apprenticeships welcomed by apprentices and colleges – (WAG: New proposals to restrict zero hour contracts to improve quality of social care)
Wales Office: Welsh Secretary comments on Tata Steel job losses
UKTI: Cross-government approach at heart of new drive to boost exports
Innovate UK: Improving schools' financial health - apply for business funding
Ofsted: Ambitions for education: Sir Michael Wilshaw
CBI comments on speech by Leader of the Opposition – (CBI comments on Chinese economic growth ~ CBI comments on lifting of Iran sanctions)
TUC: UK government needs to save steel – (Real wages still worth £2,270 less than in 2008, according to new TUC analysis)
techUK: Compound semiconductors - new Catapult centre in Wales – (techUK: Is now the right time for Big Data standards? ~ techUK seeks input from members on Apprenticeship Levy ~ techUK: Distributed Ledger Technology - beyond the blockchain)
Innovate UK: Hearing loss & biological systems: apply for business funding – (closes 21 April 2016)
Monitoring ruling is not a green light for employers to start snooping, warns the CIPD – (CIPD welcomes Government announcement on mentoring support for young people)
Crown Commercial Service: Technology Products: supplier engagement events
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