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BIS: single departmental plan 2015 to 2020
Our single departmental plan describes the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) priority objectives for 2015 to 2020.
BT announce top quality opportunities for apprentices
With 1 month to go until National Apprenticeship Week, BT has announced the launch of 1,400 new apprenticeship and graduate jobs.
Extended Sunday trading due in the autumn
The government is to hand local authorities the power to extend Sunday opening hours.
Ministerial appointment: Mark Ian Price
The Queen has approved the appointment of Mark Price as a Minister of State jointly at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for...
Business Secretary steps up fight to end discrimination
A review into increasing progression in the labour market by people from minority backgrounds has been announced by the government.
Latest
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Celebrating Britain’s inspirational businesses
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- Speech
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Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) and qualifying partnerships: deregulatory changes
- updated
- Consultation outcome
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BIS: single departmental plan 2015 to 2020
- published
- Corporate report
What we do
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) is the department for economic growth. The department invests in skills and education to promote trade, boost innovation and help people to start and grow a business. BIS also protects consumers and reduces the impact of regulation.
BIS is a ministerial department, supported by 48 agencies and public bodies.
Documents
Our announcements
Our consultations
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Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) and qualifying partnerships: deregulatory changes
- Consultation outcome
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Non-Financial Reporting Directive: UK implementation
- Open consultation
Our publications
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BIS: single departmental plan 2015 to 2020
- Corporate report
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BIS: business appointment rules advice
- Transparency data
Our statistics
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Further education and skills: statistical first release
- National Statistics
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Building materials and components statistics: January 2016
- National Statistics
Our ministers
Our management
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Martin Donnelly CMG
Permanent Secretary
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Sam Beckett
Director General, Economics and Markets
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Philippa Lloyd
Director General, People, Strategy and Higher Education
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Gareth Davies
Director General, Business and Science
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Howard Orme
Director General, Finance, Commercial and Digital Transformation
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Rachel Sandby-Thomas CB
Director General, Skills, Deregulation and Local Growth, and Legal
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Mark Russell
Chief Executive, Shareholder Executive
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Dr Catherine Raines FRSA MoID
Chief Executive, UK Trade & Investment
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Professor Tim Dafforn
BIS Chief Scientific Adviser
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Allan Cook CBE
Lead non-executive board member
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Professor Dame Ann Dowling DBE
Non-executive board member
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Dale Murray CBE
Non-executive board member
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Professor Wendy Purcell
Non-executive board member
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Juergen Maier
Non-executive board member
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Stephen Bligh
Non-executive board member
Contact BIS
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Email enquiries@bis.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone 020 7215 5000
Media Enquiries (24 hours) 020 7215 3234/3505
Sheffield office
2 St Paul's Place
125 Norfolk Street
Sheffield
S1 2FJ
Email enquiries@bis.gsi.gov.uk
Yorkshire, Humber, North East office
Katherine Cowell
St. George's House
Kingsway
Team Valley
Gateshead
NE11 ONA
West Midlands office
Tony Bray
Victoria Square House
Victoria Square
Birmingham
B2 4AJ
East Midlands and South East Midlands, including Milton Keynes, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton office
Rowena Limb
APEX Court
City Link
Nottingham
NG2 4LA
East office
Louise Morgan
Eastbrook
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
CB2 8DF
South Central and West, office covering rest of South East and South West
Mike Wiltshire
1st Floor
Bridge House
1 Walnut Tree Close
Guildford
GU1 4GA
North West office
Kirsty Pearce
3rd Floor
Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
North West
M1 2WD
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