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BEIS: Over 2m of the UK’s workers set for a pay rise on 1 April 2017 – (BEIS: UK-wide Industrial Strategy engagement tour continued in Yorkshire ~ BEIS: £290m boost for clean energy in Britain ~ BEIS: Proposals to introduce transparency to overseas-owned UK property published)
BEIS: Inventory of radioactive wastes and materials in UK updated ~ NDA: UK and US continue collaborative nuclear agreement
DIT: Malaysia and Britain - Partners in a post-Brexit world – (DIT: DIT roundtable boosts UK business opportunities in Pakistan)
PC&PE: British business must act on corporate governance ~ FRC comments on Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Committee report on Corporate Governance ~ TUC: Government must crack down on businesses behaving badly ~ TUC: MPs' proposals for a fairer corporate Britain would benefit working people & the economy ~ CBI: Good corporate governance is an essential ingredient for trust between business & society
DExEU: Lord Bridges speech to Alliance of European Metropolitan Chambers
DIT: FinTech Week 2017 line-up confirmed – (DIT: GREAT Britain campaign partners with McLaren for 2017)
ICO: ePrivacy reform: Privacy & electronic communications regulations (PECR) under review
HM Treasury: Spring pay bump for Britain’s workers as tax changes come into effect – (HMT: Make in India, finance in the UK says the Chancellor ~ HMT: New penalties for breaching financial sanctions now in force ~ HMT: Taxpayer’s stake in Lloyds now below 2% ~ HMT: UK-India economic and trade relations to take centre stage on two-day visit ~ HMT: Chancellor at the India-UK FinTech Conference)
HMT: Evidence gathering to take place on UK plan to resolve RBS’ State aid commitment
DfE: Institute for Apprenticeships to ensure quality skills training ~ HEFCE: Quality settlement between Ofsted and HEFCE for apprenticeships ~ DfE: New levy to double annual investment in home-grown skills ~ NCFE : Qualifications & apprenticeships – it’s all about the currency ~ TUC: Apprenticeship levy will support better paid jobs and help boost UK productivity
DWP: New support to help workless families and improve children’s lives
Defra: New water choice for English businesses
CLG: Twelve new Enterprise Zones go live
ScotGov: New roles for workers – (ScotGov: Supporting new farmers ~ ScotGov: £4.9m invested in Scotland
ScotGov: Controlled trial of electrofishing ~ ScotGov: Help to get into work ~ ScotGov: Four firms chasing £m A96 contract ~ ScotGov: Funding for women in business doubled ~ ScotGov: Scottish economy contracts 0.2% ~ ScotGov: Jobs & investment central to future growth ~ ScotGov: Scottish investment fund opens in the US ~ ScotGov: Green jobs increase ~ ScotGov: Investing in Scotland’s tourism sector)
WAG: Employment rate growing fastest in the Valleys & West Wales – (WAG: Mission possible for Welsh tech companies to supply the space sector ~ Review of government funded research & innovation in Wales begins)
PC&PE: Stronger legislation & enforcement needed to protect workers’ human rights – (PC&PE: UKTI-PA contract a sorry saga from beginning to end)
HMRC launches a new way to report income and expenses online
Ofgem: The extension to the Energy Company Obligation Scheme – (Ofgem proposes to reduce National Grid’s allowance for its gas transmission price control ~ Ofgem: Renewables Obligation closes to new applications after 15 years)
Innovate UK: Women's health tech firm attracts £4.8m investment
Dstl: Accelerator face-to-face meetings: 3 May 2017 in Newport, Wales – (Dstl: Making sense of big data to improve the nation’s defence, security and prosperity)
Land Registry: New controls for managing email correspondence
Insolvency Service: Modernised insolvency rules introduced
CBI: UK growth slows but firms are positive on near term outlook – (CBI: Benefits of free trade must feed through to whole UK ~ CBI: Productivity prize unveiled ahead of mayoral hustings ~ CBI: "Time to focus on quality" - Apprenticeship Levy)
TUC condemns use of ‘scare’ clauses by gig economy employers – (TUC: UK is falling behind green jobs competitors)
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