BEIS: UK's biggest firms will have to justify pay gap between bosses and their workers
DIT: International Business Festival kicks off in Liverpool – (Dr Fox on latest trade figures - trade deficit narrowing for the ninth month in a row ~ DIT: International visits pay off for British business )
NIC: Putting design at the heart of infrastructure
DCMS: £2.3bn boost and 1,600 jobs created as UK tech goes global
Home Office: New start-up visa route announced by the Home Secretary
UK Visas & Immigration: Changes to the Immigration Rules
Defra: Improvements to Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme – (Defra: £5bn investment by water companies to benefit the natural environment )
Education Secretary issues call to arms for school governors
ScotGov: Modern Apprenticeship target surpassed – (ScotGov: £1.3m for electric bike revolution in Scotland - New loans & grants to encourage sustainable & active travel ~ ScotGov: Food showcase expected to create millions in sales ~ ScotGov: Damages Bill introduced ~ ScotGov: Building links with China ~ ScotGov: Building and fire safety )
WAG: £33m for health innovation to boost economy & create jobs
LGA: 133,000 business rates appeals from 2010 remain unresolved
Innovate UK: New centres to speed up patient diagnosis - apply for funding – (Innovate UK: New technologies to create safer, high-powered electric car batteries have been supported by £22m of industrial strategy funding ~ Innovate UK: Transforming public services in Scotland - apply for funding ~ Innovate UK: Immersive technologies for pupils with autism - apply for funding )
NHS Digital: New funding to digitise information flow between adult social care & health settings - apply for new funding
PC&PE: Abolish 'alpha-male' culture to encourage progression of women in finance
Ofwat: Blackpool Council becomes first public body to be granted licence to self-supply in water retail market – (Ofwat: Water companies need to up their game on water resource management ~ Ofwat: Credit arrangements in the business water retail market reviewed )
Ofgem: EDF Energy pays £350,000 after missing smart meter targets
Ofcom reports on more independent Openreach – (Ofcom: Radio industry must tune in to diversity )
Food Standards Agency: Campylobacter levels remain steady
EHRC: Victory for gig economy workers' rights to holiday pay and other benefits
The new ESPO products catalogue 2018/19 has arrived
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain: Consultation to review the financial resources test for restricted licence holders
Sellafield Ltd support for economic growth in Cumbria
HM Land Registry to launch new Local Land Charges service
New CIPD/Workday global research highlights need to boost people data skills and uptake
TUC: 1 in 4 new dads missed out on paternity pay over last 12 months
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