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DCMS business appointment rules between July and September 2021
Updated 21 March 2024
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| Full Name of Applicant | Raj Kalia |
| Title of Former Civil Service Role | Director - BDUK |
| Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service | 31/08/2021 |
| New Employer | Neos / Arkal Ltds (Project Reach) |
| New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up) | CEO - 01/12/2021 |
| Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | This applicant must not offer advice or consultancy around working with or applying for BDUK linked grants, funding, support or other schemes/products until 01/12/2021. This applicant must make DCMS aware of any other work that brings them or clients into close proximity with future BDUK activities for reassessment (or otherwise is covered under s13 of the ACOBA Rules for Civil Servants), for a period of two years after Rajís paid day as a Civil Servant*, (as per s11 of the ACOBA Rules for Civil Servants). *for Raj this will mean an obligation to alert DCMS/BDUK to new work up until 01/09/2023. |
| Full Name of Applicant | Mike Crowhurst |
| Title of Former Civil Service Role | Special Advisor - Ministerial Team |
| Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service | 15/09/2021 |
| New Employer | Public First |
| New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up) | Director, Levelling Up - 29/11/2021 |
| Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | BARS application completed and unconditionally approved by DCMS with no restrictions imposed. |