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From Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)
  • Extra safeguard to ensure Queen’s head remains on stamps

    This week the Government will bring forward an amendment to its legislation to give Ministers the power to require an image of the Queen to …

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

  • Minister appoints Competition Appeal Tribunal members

    The new members are: Margot Daly; Joanne Stuart; Timothy Cowen; Brian Landers; Dr Clive Elphick; Stephen Harrison; Bill Allan; Jonathan May;…

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

  • Plans announced for regional growth and technology centres

    The Prime Minister and Lord Heseltine announced plans to boost growth in all regions of the country, and the Government is also announcing further details for its £200 million national network of elite Technology and Innovat…

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

  • Prime Minister and Lord Heseltine announce plans to boost regional growth

    Meeting members of the Liverpool City Region Shadow Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the Prime Minister announced he was commissioning Tesco…

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

  • Proposals published for £200 million network of Technology and Innovation Centres

    The centre will be the first of an elite national network of centres, to be established and overseen by the Technology Strategy Board, that …

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

  • Government focused on growth and jobs creation

    The Prime Minister has announced plans to push the growth of small business, and significant changes in the way advice to business is provided.

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

  • More freedom to buy and sell bread and wine

    Current laws restrict bakers to producing loaves of unpackaged bread in set sizes while licensed premises are limited to selling alcoholic drinks…

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

  • New patent application arrangements will save businesses money

    Intellectual Property Minister Baroness Wilcox has welcomed new arrangements for filing patents in Europe which will cut costs for UK businesses.

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

  • New patent application arrangements will save businesses money

    From tomorrow applicants will supply the European Patent Office (EPO) with fewer documents than before, which will save companies money on the…

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

  • Survey finds mid-cap businesses confident for the New Year

    The survey, “Results from the 2010 Finance Survey of Mid-Cap Businesses”, showed that mid-caps are emerging well from the recession with the…

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

  • Scholarship schemes will honour sacrifice by our armed forces

    A new university scholarships scheme for the children of servicemen and women killed on active duty will support bereaved families and help them to rebuild their lives.

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

  • Funding announced to help fight illegal money lenders and scams

    The Government has today announced new funding to continue the fight against loan sharks and scams.

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

  • Increase in limits on payments under employment rights legislation

    The increased limits affect: statutory redundancy payments; the basic and compensatory awards for unfair dismissal; …

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

  • Funding announced to help fight illegal money lenders and scams

    Specialist regional Illegal Money Lending (IML) and Scambuster teams run by Trading Standards will continue to be funded by the Department for…

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

  • Green patent applications processed four times faster delivering massive boost to green UK businesses

    The Intellectual Property Office’s Green Channel service offers accelerated processing for patent applications where the invention has an environmental…

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

  • Funding announced for HEFCE, science and research

    Funding allocations to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for 2011-12 and science and research announced today.

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

  • Higher education funding for 2011-12 and beyond

    Letter to Tim Melville-Ross, chairman of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Provides details of the allocations that …

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  • Entertainment and model agency owners banned from operating for 10 years

    The case was heard at Glasgow Employment Tribunal and follows a successful investigation by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS), which is …

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

  • A year of transition for universities

    The letter from Secretary of State Vince Cable and Universities Minister David Willetts sets out what HEFCE’s priorities should be when allocating…

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

  • Funding for science and research

    Commenting on the allocations, Universities and Science Minister David Willetts said: “Our world class science and research base is a key national…

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