BEIS: New laws to guarantee payment for solar homes providing excess electricity – (BEIS: New funding heralds UK's leadership in low-carbon automotive future ~ BEIS: Green light for investment in electric car battery development ~ techUK: Energy Data Taskforce: Strategy for a Modern Energy System ~ BEIS: Farming robots and eco-buildings the future as research kick-starts new innovations )
BEIS: Farming robots and eco-buildings the future as research kick-starts new innovations – (BEIS: Chris Skidmore speaking at COGX ~ BEIS: Regulation rulebook rewritten to ensure UK leads tech revolution & empowers consumers ~ BEIS: Bio-tech gets boost with new Local Industrial Strategy for Greater Manchester ~ BEIS: £1bn investment makes UK a frontrunner in quantum technologies ~ BEIS: Reaching 2.4%: supporting emerging technologies ~ BEIS: Young inventors urged to develop technology for a changing world - from climate change to healthy ageing )
DIT: India-UK sports alliance to showcase bilateral trade – (DIT: UK-USA special relationship helps drive British exports to record heights ~ DIT: Essential oils business drops in on UAE ~ DIT: Growing thirst for Northern Ireland Whiskey overseas ~ DIT: UK holds more foreign investment than Germany & France combined )
NIC: Government’s ‘net zero’ pledge highlights urgency of shift to low-carbon economy – (NIC: Commitment to open data crucial to optimising UK’s energy system for more complex, low-carbon future )
10DS: Business Council on Tech, Media and Telecoms: 10 June 2019 – (10DS: PM speech at ILO centenary conference: 11 June 2019 )
DCMS: £18.5m to boost diversity in AI tech roles and innovation in online training for adults – (DCMS: UK’s Creative Industries set to grasp export opportunities as top 50 Createch ‘ones to watch’ list published ~ DCMS: Written Ministerial Statement on Secretary of State's 'minded to' intervene decision ~ DCMS: Ministers discuss new immigration system at tech industry summit )
MHCLG: PM strengthens Northern Powerhouse with joint ministerial appointment – (MHCLG: Businesses to pay rates bills that better reflect current property values )
Defra: Fund opens to reduce waste from plastic packaging and textiles – (Defra: UK supermarkets sign government pledge to help halve food waste )
DWP: Wages beat inflation for 15th month in a row with record employment in April – (DWP: Speech at the CBI Diversity and Inclusion Conference )
HM Treasury: Chancellor pushes for international action on tax rules for the digital era – (HMT: Economic talks to boost UK-China relations )
HMRC: Progress on Flagship Edinburgh UK Government Hub
DfT: Government ushers in new era of green commutes with e-bike Cycle to Work scheme
MoD: Join DASA to launch the search for the future of the Naval operating environment
LGA responds to Totaljobs report on lack of opportunities for ageing workforce
HM Land Registry: How to reply to requisitions quickly & simply
ScotGov: Rural skills plan – (ScotGov: Agriculture Facts & Figures ~ ScotGov: Apprenticeship target achieved for eighth year in a row ~ Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2017 ~ ScotGov: Glasgow Prestwick Airport )
WAG: Welsh exports increase by £1.2bn over the last year – (WAG: Investment in Colwyn Bay is making a difference ~ Up to 80 well paid jobs to be created at new software development hub thanks to WAG funding ~ WAG: “I recognise the importance of a healthy retail sector in Wales” - Finance Minister ~ WAG: New EU-backed project to open up Welsh & Irish Sea Ports to tourism ~ WAG: Public Service Boards ‘key’ to increasing local procurement )
OSSW: Welsh projects given the green light to develop the latest battery technology for electric vehicles
MI5 Signs Race at Work Charter
Innovate UK releases 2019-2020 Delivery Plan – (Innovate UK: Revitalising UK aerospace - funding for projects ~ Innovate UK: Partner in international quantum research - apply for funding ~ Innovate UK: New £153m programme to commercialise UK’s quantum tech )
RLA: Council listen to RLA as Newcastle licensing scheme scaled back
NAO: Ensuring food safety & standards ~ Food Standards Agency welcomes NAO report
Food Standards Agency: Listeria cases being investigated – (FSA: Major retailers publish campylobacter results for January-March 2019 ~ FSA: Revised UK Multi-Annual National Control Plan (MANCP) published )
Ofgem sets out five point plan to help vulnerable consumers
Dstl: Queen’s Birthday Honours for Dstl staff – (Dstl: The Long Paw of the Law – Meet Dstl's Police Dogs )
NDA: Low Level Waste Repository's landmark achievement – (NDA: Turning the corner to exciting times ~ NDA: Chernobyl drama sparks huge interest in nuclear, so let's talk about it ~ NDA: Latest views from people interested in NDA and UK nuclear decommissioning )
Reform: Trading Our Way to Prosperity – Let’s Get Local
RUSI: Hard Days for Europe’s Interests in Iran
CIPD to help hundreds of parent ‘returners’ back into work – (CIPD welcomes recommendations from the Women and Equalities Committee’s report into non-disclosure agreements ~ CIPD comments on latest official labour market statistics ~ CIPD: People Skills Hub launched to help small firms improve their people management skills )
NIESR Monthly GDP Tracker: UK economy slows as stockpiling boost fades – (NIESR: ‘Data now as important to UK Infrastructure as concrete or steel’ – Sir John Armitt speech to DAFNI ~ NIESR Monthly Wage Tracker: Public sector earnings growth provides a temporary boost to whole-economy wages )
CMA: Thermo Fisher/Roper abandon deal – (CMA: Merger of receipt roll suppliers could raise competition concerns ~ Final step taken in CMA reform of investment consultants ~ CMA launches consumer law investigation into leasehold market ~ CMA clears PayPal / iZettle deal ~ CMA: 4 Berkshire estate agents accused of illegally fixing fees )
FCA confirms biggest shake-up to the overdraft market for a generation – (FCA to host events for British Steel Pension Scheme Members ~ FCA publishes final rules on Buy Now Pay Later products ~ FCA publishes final report in relation to RBS GRG )
FRC: Sanctions against PwC and partners in relation to Redcentric plc
TUC: Government must change the law to protect people from sexual harassment – (TUC: ‘Just transition’ needed to decarbonise the economy ~ TUC: Every worker deserves the right to guaranteed hours )
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