Home Office: Pilot scheme to streamline visa process for Chinese visitors
UKT&I: Business Secretary Sajid Javid meets Chinese entrepreneurs in London
BIS: Boost for aerospace industry – (BIS: New cyber security training to boost procurement security)
HMRC acts to improve customer service
DfT: Lord Ahmad backs Women in Engineering campaign ~ Time for employers to accept that most professional, technical & managerial jobs need ‘Brains not Brawn’ ~ Ofgem: National women in engineering day: a bright future beckons for engineers at Ofgem)
DWP: Northern powerhouse leads the way in business start-ups – (DWP: Double the number of businesses created by jobless in Scotland)
Defra: Environment Secretary unveils vision for open data to transform food & farming
DECC: Heat network innovation competition
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Preferred contractor for NDA Nuclear Archive – (NDA: Dungeness A turbine hall bites the dust)
Ofcom: Better broadband for small businesses
ScotGov: Expanding business links – (ScotGov: New action on jobs ~ Encouraging trends in Scottish productivity ~ ScotGov: Guarantees sought over green investment ~ ScotGov: Gender equality on boards by 2020 ~ Oil production increase can safeguard jobs ~ ScotGov: Creative industries blueprint)
WAG: Funding of £186,000 announced for new media training centre in Merthyr – (Welsh Government delivering science growth in Wales ~ WAG: £11m EU-backed project to support growth of social businesses in Wales ~ WAG: Economy Minister announces £20m business funding package to create 10,000 new jobs ~ Cardiff leading the way as location for Financial and Professional Services ~ Welsh businesses get inside track on how to bid for £10bn contracts with HS2)
Wales Office: Rise in Welsh jobless becoming their own boss
DCMS: 25,000 small businesses get broadband boost from connection voucher scheme ~ Wales Office: Broadband boost for 1,126 Welsh businesses)
techUK: What’s holding back the digital transformation of our public services – (techUK: #techUKMeetUp: Digital Marketplace ~ techUK: Nominate a fast-growing UK business for Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Awards ~ techUK: Welcome to techUK Cloud Week)
TUC General Secretary calls time on ‘zombie trade deals’ in European Trade Policy Day address – (TUC urges government to remove last hurdle to equality for same -sex couples)
Blueprint for UK export drive gets ‘thumbs up’ from Unite – (CBI comments on Cole Commission review of exports)
CIPD: Ineffective workplace environments barrier to plugging the productivity gap – (CIPD: New report reveals valuing older workers is more important than ever for business operations)
WWF: Business should care or beware
Revenue and Customs Brief 9 (2015): HMRC position following the Court of Appeal Judgment in Littlewoods Retail Ltd and others
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