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Vince Cable appoints Ian Livingstone as the Department for Businesses’ Creative Industries Champion.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Vince Cable announces £16 million of funding to match industry investment to boost skills in the creative industries.
Ministers announce £7.5 million funding to support Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup team and their proposal to be based in Portsmouth.
Vince Cable welcomes launch of an Enhanced Code of Conduct for executive search firms to support more women appointments to FTSE 350 boards.
Glencore Xstrata’s appointment of Patrice Merrin to their board, means that there remain no all-male boards in the UK’s top companies.
The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill has been introduced to Parliament today (25 June 2014)
Business Secretary Vince Cable announces plans to ban exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts.
Newly-formed Rail Supply Group to be given £500,000 of funding to help rail suppliers secure new business at home and internationally.
Ministers set out the work the government is doing in partnership with business to help manufacturing strengthen the economic recovery.
Government sets out its annual minimum wage remit to the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC).
Details of the trade and investment deals announced during the UK-China summit.
Clothing, tobacco and alcohol, are the most common counterfeited items in the UK according to a new report.
Companies can now bid for a share of £100 million from a government scheme to help them strengthen their domestic supply chains.
£100 million Rolls-Royce aerospace factory opened today (5 June 2014) by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Business Secretary Vince Cable.
Vince Cable sets out the business case for Scotland’s continued membership of the UK in a speech to businesses in Glasgow.
Plans to protect thousands of publicans from unfair treatment and hardship are unveiled today (3 June 2014).
The Business Secretary is proposing new measures for greater transparency of company payment practices to help smaller firms get paid on time.
Creative companies from the UK and China are set to benefit from £2 billion worth of trade and investment opportunities.
Vince Cable urges business leaders to support a drive to double the number of UK exchange students who travel to China.
Buildings in China could be built to British green construction standards boosting the UK supply chain by £200 million.
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