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Government has taken further action to help secure the UK's supplies of critical goods with the launch of the new Critical Imports Council.

• Updated: 17 April 2024

Business Minister Alan Mak celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and a landmark £3.6 billion funding milestone.

• Updated: 11 April 2024

Measures will cut network charges and provide exemptions from electricity costs for firms in sectors like steel, metals and chemicals.

• Updated: 2 April 2024

This document provides information on the UK Government’s response to Tata Steel’s recent announcements on Port Talbot steelworks and its other UK operations.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

Industry leaders from across UK advanced manufacturing have welcomed the Government’s landmark Advanced Manufacturing Plan (AMP) backed by billions to boost Britain’s manufacturing sector, announced by Business and Trade Sec…

• Updated: 26 November 2023

Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch has launched the landmark Advanced Manufacturing Plan (AMP) backed by billions to boost Britain’s manufacturing sector.

• Updated: 26 November 2023

Industry Minister Nusrat Ghani is in Mongolia in an historic visit to boost the UK's critical minerals supply chains.

• Updated: 30 October 2023

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) launches the UK Battery Strategy Taskforce made up of leaders from academia and industry.

• Updated: 2 October 2023

The new agreement will simplify import and export process between the UK and Chile, improving the business environment between the two countries as members of the bloc.

• Updated: 17 July 2023

Top employers working with government at new Skills for Growth conference to address skills shortages and drive economic growth.

• Updated: 22 June 2023

The Department for Business and Trade launches new independent Critical Minerals Taskforce.

• Updated: 20 April 2023

Anne-Marie Trevelyan travels to Western Australia to sign critical minerals pledge and inaugurate new Consulate-General in Perth.

• Updated: 4 April 2023

Accession means lower tariffs on some exports to the UK, which are not already removed through the UK’s bilateral agreements with member countries.

• Updated: 31 March 2023

The UK and Canada have agreed a landmark agreement to co-operate on critical minerals such as cobalt and lithium that are essential to the economy.

• Updated: 6 March 2023

300 businesses across the UK will benefit from the British Industry Supercharger: targeted measures to ensure the energy costs for key UK industries are in line with other major economies around the world.

• Updated: 23 February 2023

The seventh UK-Japan Cyber Dialogue took place on Tuesday, 7 February in Tokyo, Japan.

• Updated: 8 February 2023

Phase 2 of the Red Diesel Replacement Competition will support innovative projects in developing greener energy alternatives.

• Updated: 20 January 2023

The UK’s world-leading manufacturing industries will be boosted thanks to £211 million in new government funding for battery research and innovation.

• Updated: 21 October 2022

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will have a key role to play in delivering the government's Growth Plan.

• Updated: 27 September 2022

Dounreay has successfully trialled a new waste route for incineration of its low-level waste, in conjunction with Nuclear Waste Services.

• Updated: 1 September 2022