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From Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)
  • Low Pay Commission consultation on the National Minimum Wage

    Commenting on the launch of the consultation, the Chair of the Low Pay Commission, David Norgrove, said “Receiving evidence directly from those…

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

  • UKTI takes UK trade mission to Burma

    The trade mission will be led by Lord Marland, Chairman of UK Trade & Investment’s Business Ambassadors’ Group, and includes UKTI Chief Executive…

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister launches search for the next ‘Green Genius’

    The Green Genius - or ‘Greenius’ - contest will look for solutions to questions of food, water and energy security, such as how to keep bills…

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

  • Airline pilot apprenticeships take off

    Higher Apprenticeships enable the Government to drive economic growth by targeting specific sectors where advanced skills gaps have been identified…

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

  • Collective redundancy rules to be changed

    Employment Relations Minister Norman Lamb has published proposals to reform rules for consulting staff about large scale redundancies.

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

  • World’s fourth largest pension fund arrives in UK

    The NPS is one of the world’s largest pension funds with an estimated value of $320bn and its London office is only the second office the Service…

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

  • David Willetts’s keynote speech on international higher education

    “In the UK, we are expecting graduates to contribute more than in the past to the costs of their education but crucially no one has to pay upfront…

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

  • Collective redundancy rules to be changed – ‘A more flexible regime and better consultation with staff a must’ says Lamb

    Currently large employers have to consult with their staff for 90 days if there is a threat of large scale redundancy. Ministers want to reduce…

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

  • Lift off for aerospace and manufacturing projects

    The Government is investing £25 million, with business, led by Rolls-Royce, providing a further £40 million, for a series of collaborative research…

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

  • Government announces far-reaching reform of directors' pay

    Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced the most comprehensive reforms of the framework for directors’ remuneration in a decade.

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

  • UK-Mexican deals announced as Prime Minister meets Mexican leader

    The Prime Minister is in Mexico City accompanied by Trade & Investment Minister Lord Green and a business delegation of over 25 firms, institutions…

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

  • Government announces far-reaching reforms of directors’ pay

    Give** shareholders** binding votes on pay policy and exit payments, so they can hold companies to account and prevent rewards for failure…

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

  • Scheme helps almost 3,000 service leavers get into business

    The _Be the Boss _scheme was set up with £5 million of funding from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and is run by The…

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

  • Regional Mediation Pilot Schemes up and running

    Consensio, a member of the Civil Mediation Council, is to develop and provide a comprehensive mediation training package for a selected group…

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

  • Reappointment of Chief Executive for the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

    David Willetts said: “I am very pleased that Professor Kell has agreed to remain at the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council…

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

  • Businesses compete for Regional Growth Fund

    The Regional Growth Fund is designed to encourage growth and jobs in the private sector and support regions that are overly dependent on the…

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

  • UK’s youngest inventors win awards

    The Cracking Ideas competition asked entrants to come up with a sporty creation and to highlight the four types of intellectual property created…

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

  • Cracking ideas by Scottish youngsters bring cracking results

    Entrants had to come up with a sporty creation and to highlight the four types of intellectual property created - an invention or gadget; the…

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

  • Cracking ideas by English youngsters bring cracking results

    Entrants had to come up with a sporty creation and to highlight the four types of intellectual property created - an invention or gadget; the…

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

  • David Willetts comments on the Finch Group report on expanding access to published research findings

    **Notes to editors **1. The Higher Education Funding Council for England is currently considering making open access published research the…

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