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  • Community Learning Champions: Making the Big Society real

    Hello everyone. It’s a great pleasure for me to be here today. I must begin by expressing thanks on behalf of us all to NIACE, Martin Yarnit…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consultation Conference on the Equipment, Support and Technology for UK Defence and Security Green Paper

    Introduction It’s a real pleasure to join you for today’s conference. It is great to see such a broad mix of companies, of all sizes, represented…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • BTC Pipeline Corporation - OECD Guidelines

    The Steering Board of the UK National Contact Point (UK NCP) found that the original Final Statement in 2007 took into account a confidential…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government and aerospace come together to deliver growth programme

    The group will be jointly chaired by Mark Prisk, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, and Marcus Bryson, Chief Executive…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Mark Prisk meets with Oxfordshire local enterprise partnership as it formally launches board

    The partnership is now completely formed, after ministers approved the partnership’s board. The board consists of local business people, academics…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • David Willetts comments on the Office for Fair Access Guidance to Universities

    “Universities are being asked to work much harder to recruit students from disadvantaged backgrounds in the future. The Director has moved quickly…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £100 million to be invested in skills

    The Growth and Innovation Fund will boost investment in training and help businesses grow.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Citizens Advice Consumer Empowerment Debate

    Introduction Thank you for inviting me to speak at your debate today. Your topic - empowerment - is a very timely and important one right…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Better Choices: Better Deals

    Introduction Thank you very much for joining us today for the launch of _Better Choices: Better Deals _- the Government’s strategy to create…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Local enterprise partnerships gather to showcase action plans for local growth

    The Chairs from the 31 approved partnerships were invited to meet with ministers, including Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable and Local Government…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cable outlines agenda for growth

    At the Mansion House speech Vince Cable outlines the importance of putting growth at the heart of the government's work.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government action to save small firms £40m

    One of the barriers to growth is the burden of regulation. It takes up time and stops business growing and that means our economy does not grow…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Mansion House Trade and Industry speech 2011

    Vince Cable outlines 3 key items in the government's growth strategy: free trade, deregulation and removing the barriers to investment.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Business minister meets with Midlands local enterprise partnerships

    The minister met both the Leicester and Leicestershire local enterprise partnership and the Coventry and Warwickshire partnership, where he …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Growth opportunities for UK automotive manufacturing

    A new report sets out the details of the manufacturing parts that car makers want to source from the UK, but are not currently buying here.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Manufacturing Summit 2011

    Introduction Good morning, it’s a real pleasure to join you for today’s Manufacturing Summit. Despite what some people think, the UK remains…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Growth opportunities identified to increase UK automotive manufacturing work

    Companies in the UK are already winning more than £7 billion of work annually from vehicle makers. But there are clear opportunities to grow…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The value of arts and humanities

    David Willetts discusses the significance of the arts, humanities and social sciences and announces the largest ever study of babies and young children in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • "The Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in the Modern University"

    It is a great privilege to declare the enlarged British Academy formally open - and I am proud that BIS has supported this excellent refurbishment…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Vince Cable: Response to Intercity Express programme announcement

    He said: “With Japanese investment, Agility Trains will bring state-of-the-art technology to the UK, safeguard and boost jobs as well as create…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government