Business and Other Briefings (Archive)

10DS:  Top business leaders from UK & India agree to reinvigorate trade, investment & collaboration at UK/India CEO Forum

MoD:  Defence investment boost for Northern Powerhouse – (MoD:   £1.3Bn contract awarded for latest attack submarine)

BIS:  Heseltine appointed to lead Tees Valley investment programme

CLG:  Businesses benefit from business rate discounts

DCMS:  Small businesses given big boost through Government broadband scheme – (DCMS:  Digital Economy Minister's keynote on media & creative industries in the North ~ Top UK firms urged to get a cyber ‘health check’)

Wales Office:  UK cyber security a top priority for UK Government

HO:  Tech industry fights online child sexual exploitation

DWP:  30 employer pledges made following Disability Confident event

DECC:  Government announces plans to close coal power stations by 2025 – (DECC sets out & consults on strategy for UK Continental Shelf ~ DECC:  New direction for UK energy policy ~ CBI comments on Secretary of State for Energy's speech ~ Shift from coal requires stronger support for renewables, says TUC)

UKES:  West Midlands youngsters get a glimpse of future jobs

ScotGov:  Women’s employment  - (European enterprise ~ ScotGov:  Wind farm consents refused ~ ScotGov:  Gender pay gap narrows)

Audit Scotland:  Supporting Scotland's economic growth

WAG:  New £4.7m EU-backed programme to support 4,000 people with health problems stay in work – (Number of businesses in Wales grows by 11% since 2011 ~ Knowledge Transfer Partnerships driving innovation and supporting business growth in Wales ~ CBI:  Wales needs a bold vision to deliver growth and opportunity for all ~ £12m funding from WAG supports strategy to create Europe’s first compound semiconductor cluster in Wales ~ WAG:  Winners of new attraction accolades announced)

Wales Office:  Wales’ productivity gap tops the agenda at gathering of Welsh Secretary’s Economic Advisory Board

HMT:  Cardiff’s financial services industry hailed by City Minister

NIA:  Agriculture Committee Raises Concerns for Industry

UKTI:  Top business leaders from UK and India agree to reinvigorate trade, investment & collaboration at UK/India CEO Forum – (DH:  India & the UK establish a strategic partnership in healthcare)

Innovate UK:  UK-China project partnerships - apply for business funding – (Innovate UK:  Festival of the Future City: solving challenges of urban living)

Office space merger prompts CMA concerns in central London

CBI:  Exports struggle as output stabilises - ITS

TUC:  Nearly a third of people are bullied at work – New guidance – (Future living standards need stronger pay growth, says TUC)

ICO:  ‘Now you don’t see it, now you do’ – the dangers of hidden data

The CIPD expands its presence in the Middle East by launching new CIPD hub in Dubai – (CIPD:  Half of all employers expect to be affected by the new National Living Wage ~ CIPD:  Half of all employers expect to be affected by the new National Living Wage ~ CIPD:  ONS stats show first real pay rise in six years but progress on pay and gender pay gap remains slow)

EHRC comments on ONS gender pay gap figures

Skills Funding Agency:  Regional National Apprenticeship Awards 2015 winners announced – (SFA:  2015 AoC conference: SFA presentation slides)

CMA moves to boost small businesses’ competition law knowledge

Land Registry:  Changes to warning of cancellation letters

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