BEIS: Government commits to drawing up new guidance to support working mothers of premature babies ~ (BEIS: Margot James launches Scale-Up Taskforce to identify barriers to small business growth ~ BEIS: £100m a year boost for energy intensive industries ~ BEIS: Business Minister Margot James urges FTSE 350 chief executives to improve diversity & inclusion ~ BEIS: Business Minister Margot James renews UK’s commitment to corporate responsibility in extractive industry)
DIT: UK and Israel set to hold first trade policy working group – (DIT: UK government ministers attend first maritime trade mission in China ~ DIT: Priti Patel urges City of London to become global financial centre for developing countries ~ DIT: UK’s design for global expo in Astana unveiled)
HMT: Chief Secretary to the Treasury lays out Britain's long-term plan for Britain's infrastructure
HMRC launch criminal investigation into global financial institution
NAO: Planning for 100% local retention of business rates ~ LGA responds to NAO report on business rates
CLG: How LEPs can build the local foundations for a global Britain – (CLG: New businesses back the Northern Powerhouse)
DWP: Welfare reforms and £330m employment package start from April 2017 ~ DWP: 100,000 new businesses launched thanks to employment scheme
DH: Guidelines on reducing sugar in food published for industry
DfE: New agency to provide joined-up education and skills funding
DfT: First MTR South Western Trains Limited wins South Western franchise – (DfT: Light dues: 2017 to 2018)
Defra: New app to report Asian hornet sightings
ScotGov: Building a commercial seaweed industry – (ScotGov: LFASS update ~ ScotGov: Individual Training Accounts launched ~ ScotGov: Strengthening business support)
Innovate UK: Tackling healthcare challenges: apply for business funding ~ Innovate UK: Cancer innovation challenge in Scotland: apply for funding ~ Innovate UK: Women's health tech firm attracts £4.8m investment ~ Innovate UK: Government sets out next steps in establishing the UK as global leader in connected & autonomous vehicles ~ Innovate UK: How does your organisation approach research & innovation?)
Ofgem proposes to reduce National Grid’s allowance for its gas transmission price control – (Ofgem: The extension to the Energy Company Obligation Scheme)
Ofcom: BT to be fined £42m for breaching contracts with telecoms providers – (Ofcom confirms priorities for 2017/18 ~ Ofcom: Encouraging investment in full-fibre networks and promoting competition)
PC&PE: Flagship apprenticeships policies will not fill growing skills gap
HSE: Laing O’Rourke fined £800,000 after worker fatally crushed at Heathrow Airport – (HSE: Principal contractor fined for safety failings
Skills Funding Agency: National Apprenticeship Awards 2017
Food Standards Agency welcomes sugar reduction guidance for industry in Northern Ireland – (Food Standards Agency: Latest Food & You survey report published)
CBI/PwC: Optimism stabilises as financial services gets boost from solid economy – (CBI: What business wants from UK-EU negotiations after Article 50 ~ CBI: 'Pivotal moment in country's history')
TUC: Gender pay gap regulations are a start – but we need action to close gap too
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority settlement, contract termination, & inquiry ~ Take Magnox nuclear plants’ ‘clean up’ back into public control, says Unite
IPPR: North-South divide will be widened by new £2bn-a-year apprenticeship scheme, finds think tank
Dstl: Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) testing
CIPD responds to the triggering of Article 50
Revenue & Customs Brief 1 (2017): VAT - historical bad debt relief claims
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