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Responding to Higher Education Funding Council for England distributing £ 7.3 billion to Higher Education Institutions, David Lammy Minister for Higher Education said:
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Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today announced a package of measures to strengthen the UK’s civil nuclear supply chain, at the centre of which is an offer of a £80 million loan to propel a successful UK manufacturer to the forefront of world markets.
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Emerging findings on the challenges and opportunities for the construction sector were published today from the Low Carbon Construction Innovation and Growth Team (IGT).
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Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today marked the first year of the government's strategy to put Britain at the cutting edge of new industrial development.
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The government today launched key programmes to ensure the UK economy is supplied with the skills needed to fuel the growth of key new industries in the coming years.
16 Mar 2010
Businesses in the North West are being offered a free trial of tailored advice about employment and health and safety law, under a pilot scheme backed by Government.
15 Mar 2010
Leaders of the highest performing and most quickly improving colleges in England are celebrating the institutions’ achievements in Downing Street today.
15 Mar 2010
Armed Forces veterans looking to start their own business or become self-employed will be given more support under a new £5 million Government scheme, it was announced today.
15 Mar 2010
Prime Minister Gordon Brown today announced new rights for Britain's 30 million credit card users that will save consumers millions of pounds and give people more control over their finances.
12 Mar 2010
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson announced today (12 March) a €300 million (£270m) loan guarantee to GME Europe which will help secure the company’s operations in Britain and the rest of Europe.
12 Mar 2010
Rosie Winterton, Minister for Regional Economic Development and Coordination, today launched a new £90 million venture capital and loan fund to boost business growth in Yorkshire and the Humber, and a £3 million programme to ensure businesses are better able to access this and other funding.
11 Mar 2010
Today Lord Mandelson will visit Manchester to discuss the Government’s policy on regional economic development, and see first-hand how this has delivered jobs, skills, investment and growth for the city.
11 Mar 2010
A new report published jointly today by the British, Danish and Dutch governments challenges the way European institutions make decisions and argues that smart EU regulation must mean that businesses and citizens are put at the heart of all European policy-making.
11 Mar 2010
Lord Young, Minister for Postal Services, today announced the appointment of Simon Batey as a Member of the Postal Services Commission, Postcomm.
11 Mar 2010
New figures published today reveal that since April the Employment Agency Standards inspectorate (EAS) has won back nearly £200,000 in unpaid wages for agency workers. This is treble the amount clawed back in the previous year.
11 Mar 2010
Minister of State for Higher Education, David Lammy MP, will today announce the launch of ‘Fastlaners’, an East London-based scheme to help graduates make the transition into the world of work.
11 Mar 2010
Business Minister Ian Lucas donned his hard hat today (11 March) as he led the ground breaking ceremony for the expansion of the Industrial Biotechnology demonstrator facilities in Wilton, Teesside.
9 Mar 2010
A survey by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) reveals that almost two-thirds of consumers are less likely to return goods they buy online, compared to those they buy on the high street. And this is despite an extra right to a seven-day cooling-off period for online goods.
8 Mar 2010
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) today welcomed the publication of the report from the Science and Trust Expert Group.
5 Mar 2010
Skills for Logistics, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the logistics sector, has been given a further trademark licence to operate as an SSC, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson announced today, on behalf of the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations.
4 Mar 2010
Science Minister Lord Drayson has today spelled out new arrangements for the Science and Technology Facilities Council designed to ensure that it can plan with greater predictability and provide its community with more stability. These will include better management of pressures arising from international subscriptions (such as CERN), and longer-term planning and budgeting for large domestic facilities (such as Diamond). These two measures will address the two main sources of uncertainty STFC faces.
4 Mar 2010
The number of people gaining a qualification through the Train to Gain programme has hit the one million mark, the Government announced today.
4 Mar 2010
The new Government body responsible for rolling-out next generation broadband across the UK will begin its work today, Digital Britain Minister Stephen Timms has announced.
4 Mar 2010
Government campaign urges you to spring clean your finances by brushing up on your consumer rights
3 Mar 2010
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) today welcome the publication of the report from the Science for Careers Expert Group.
