Business and Other Briefings (Archive)

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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