HM Treasury: Chancellor to use China trip to boost global support for Northern Powerhouse – (HMT: £2bn support for Hinkley Point C ~ HMT: Chancellor announces major progress in civil nuclear partnership between the UK & China at 7th Economic and Financial Dialogue ~ China grants UK-based Aberdeen Asset Management business licence to operate in China ~ Chancellor announces boost to Mandarin teaching in schools ~ Chancellor makes historic first visit to China’s North West ~ Major UK funding boost for grassroots football in China ~ Chancellor opens book on more than £24 billion of Northern Powerhouse investment opportunities in China)
DfT: £11.8bn HS2 bidding process opens – (Transport Secretary statement on vehicle testing)
10DS: Prime Minister welcomes export framework with General Electric
HMRC: Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme postponed
BIS: UK and Singapore boost IP co-operation – (BIS: Overall fall in reported intellectual property crime ~ BIS: Nationwide investigation launched into fire safety of children’s fancy dress)
DCMS: UK businesses urged to protect themselves from growing cyber threat
Environment Agency: UK firms could miss out on huge energy savings
DWP: New drive to explain State Pension reform ~ DWP: 8 things you need to know about pensions – (DWP: 70 new businesses a day set up by benefit claimants)
ScotGov: Boost for Highland young workforce – (ScotGov: More than £2.6m to support young workforce ~ ScotGov: Highlighting flexible working opportunities ~ ScotGov: Nationwide redevelopment of surplus land & buildings)
WAG: FM announces £115m to boost innovation, create exciting new Welsh products & high-quality jobs – (WAG: Wales Retail Relief scheme extended and enhanced to help traders ~ £46m to boost Infrastructure and the Welsh economy ~ WAG: Private & public sector combine to get people into work and out of poverty ~ WAG: EU boost for young Welsh scientists)
CESG: Three years on for the CESG Certified Professional (CCP) scheme
Manufacturing output stalls for first time in 2 years – CBI – (Financial services growth slows as global volatility increases - CBI/PwC)
Top executives swap annual pension contribution for £150,000 cash – TUC PensionsWatch 2015 – (HS2 is a massive opportunity to boost skills and jobs, says TUC)
techUK: Government invests further in securing the future of our internet - (techUK: Join UK Trade & Investment’s Medium Sized Business Mission to Brazil ~ techUK: ABI Big Data Conference: Technology's Role in Transforming Insurance ~ techUK: techUK comments on the Advocate General’s opinion on Safe Harbour)
Land Registry: Changes to customer magazine Landnet
Innovate UK: Satellite technology & food supply - apply for business funding – (Innovate UK: Integrating city systems: apply for business funding – deadline is noon on 25 November 2015 ~ Innovate UK: Software & complex systems: apply for business funding – deadline noon on 11 November 2015)
Ofcom sets new annual licence fees for mobile spectrum
Revenue & Customs Brief 15 (2015): HMRC response to the Supreme Court decision in George Anson v HMRC (2015) UKSC 44
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