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Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.
The Women's International Networking Programme have completed their first trade mission this week, travelling to Indianapolis and Chicago.
How to find out information on our social impact activities and programmes.
Apply for an Innovator Founder visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, extend or switch, bring your family.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech at the Business Connect conference.
Centralised guidance for SMEs and departments on government’s commitment to support start-ups and small businesses via government procurement, and commit to paying them on time.
Guidance for the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund (EEF) scheme.
Major package of reforms to support small businesses in PM’s first economic speech since the Spring Budget [Monday 18th March].
Find out if you need to apply for the fit and proper test and how to do this so that HMRC can register your business.
A speech delivered by Martin Coleman, Non-Executive Director and Panel Chair, Competition and Markets Authority on 'why outcomes matter'. The speech was delivered at the 2024 Informa Competition Law Conference
What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits
Business Secretary raises the bar for any new business regulations, in the latest step to help British businesses flourish.
New UK funding for innovative mobile phone technology will help change lives in the poorest countries around the world.
The Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) programme is a flagship programme funded by UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
What a New Enterprise Allowance mentor does, how to become one and details of the organisations that match new businesses with a mentor.
The independent Inclusion at Work Panel has today published a report on the state of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) business practices in the UK.
Applications closed open for the 2018 Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Estate Supply Chain Awards on 5 September.
Apply to extend your Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1), bring your family.
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