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  • Industrial biotechnology: funding boost for UK projects

    Business Secretary Vince Cable has unveiled the winners of a £20 million competition to bring innovative biotechnology projects to market.

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  • A taste of success

    Brewing up successful food and drink businesses in the Highlands.

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

  • Guatemalan exporters helped to meet UK food security standards

    The British Embassy in Guatemala is funding a two day seminar aimed at introducing Guatemalan exporters to the BRC global standards.

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

  • Traffic bulletin: Overnight carriageway closures on M3 in Surrey

    Road users in Surrey are advised that the westbound M3 between the M25 and Lightwater will be closed overnight for the next three nights.

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  • British Council and Airtel Zambia partner to provide free internet to schools in Zambia

    Speaking at the launch of the Partnership between Airtel Zambia and British Council at Matero Girls Secondary School on 18 February 2015, British Council Zambia Country Director, Wayne Harper, said:

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

  • Henry Moore exhibition launched in Tashkent

    The exhibition opens on 19 February and runs until 30 May at the State Museum of Arts.

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

  • UK supports exciting new educational opportunities in Uganda

    British High Commissioner took part in Premier Skills School Enterprise Challenge

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

  • British Ambassador visits Qashqadaryo Region

    On 16-17 February 2015 Her Majesty’s Ambassador, Mr George Edgar, paid an official visit to Qashqadaryo Region in Southern Uzbekistan.

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

  • UK Minister leads discussion on Government transparency and reform agenda

    On the third day of his visit to Pakistan, the UK’s Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, the Right Honourable Francis Maude MP met Pakistan’s Minister of Planning, National Reforms and Development, Ahsan Iq…

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

  • New chair appointed for the newly-formed Devices Expert Advisory Committee

    Dr Peter Nightingale has been appointed as chairman of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Devices Expert Advisory Committee (DEAC).

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  • SIN Russia visits Star City to meet UK astronaut Tim Peake

    On 4 February HMA Sir Tim Barrow visited Star City to meet with the British ESA astronaut Tim Peake.

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

  • Long term export support confirmed for small and medium sized firms

    Government signs new 5 year contracts with locally based providers to deliver export support to businesses.

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

  • Hospital merger referred for in-depth inquiry

    The CMA has today referred a proposed merger of 2 hospital trusts in Surrey for an in-depth investigation to assess whether it would be in patients’ interests.

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  • FCO launches new Academic Technology Approval Scheme website

    FCO launches improved online application system for postgraduate students applying for courses that require counter proliferation clearance.

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

  • Leading the railway into the future

    Government sets direction and delivers funding, but it’s the railway itself that will drive future change.

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

  • International Crime and Policing Conference 2015

    Home Office conference explores thinking on cutting crime in a changing world.

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

  • Professor Terri Scott appointed to Ofqual board

    Professor Terri Scott has been appointed to serve as the Northern Ireland member of the Ofqual board for three years.

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

  • Mining Cadastre system launch in Kenya

    Kenya launches the Online Transactional Mining Cadastre Portal (OTMCP)

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

  • Iain Duncan Smith: jobs-led recovery changing people’s lives

    Employment under this government has reached another important milestone with an employment rate which has never been higher.

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

  • Number of Jobseeker's allowance claimants in Wales falls for the 23rd consecutive month

    Stephen Crabb: "We need to keep working hard to see the positive long term trend in employment continue."

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