British business future lies with engaging its employees
Press release - Lord Young: Workers hold the key to business success - 16 July 2009 Press release - British business future lies with engaging its employees - 16 July 2009 Involving employees fully in...
View ArticleCreative projects share £1million as summer of learning gets under way
A mobile film studio for disadvantaged young adults, football skills for the homeless and university lectures for older people are among the 18 projects which have today won Government funding, kicking...
View ArticleLord Mandelson visits the Vauxhall plant Ellesmere Port
The Business Secretary Lord Mandelson is going to GM’s car-making plant in Ellesmere Port, Merseyside today where he is meeting the unions as well as Vauxhall workers. As part of those talks he will...
View ArticleBIS launches consultation on the funding and management of UK civil space...
In the week the whole world celebrates the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings in 1969, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is beginning a consultation which aims to thrust the UK...
View ArticleHigher Education and modern life
Lord MandelsonBirkbeck University PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY The result is the fact that our universities have been the source of a huge amount of the progressive and critical thinking on...
View ArticleMandelson: Universities are central to the economy and social mobility
In his first major speech on higher education since taking responsibility for it under the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), Lord Mandelson today outlined his views on the...
View ArticleAdvanced manufacturing: Building Britain’s Future
A £150 million package of measures to help UK manufacturers seize the opportunities provided by emerging technologies has been launched by Business Secretary Lord Mandelson. Investment totalling £151.5...
View ArticleThe best of British Manufacturing
Speech by: Lord MandelsonVenue: Advanced Manufacturing Launch PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY There’s a terrible, lazy assumption made about modern Britain, and that is that we don’t make anything in...
View ArticleGovernment and Businesses Unite to Back Young Britain
A new campaign - ‘Backing Young Britain’ – uniting business and government to create thousands of opportunities for young people is launched by Yvette Cooper, Lord Mandelson, Ed Balls and John Denham...
View ArticleSwine Flu: information and advice for Higher and Further Education Institutions
Updated 29 July Higher and Further Education Institutions should continue to operate as normal, while remaining alert to any students, staff or visitors exhibiting flu-like symptoms. Useful links and...
View ArticleMinisterial responsibilities at Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Responsibilities of the Ministerial team at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. RT HON LORD MANDELSON: FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS...
View ArticleRDA annual performance reports released
The Government today published annual performance reports for each of England’s Regional Development Agencies (RDAs). They showed that all of the RDAs are meeting the objectives, milestones and targets...
View ArticleBusinesses given free access to thousands of new opportunities
Every small business in the UK will now have access to thousands of lower value government contracts on the Government’s website www.supply2.gov.uk. For three years, supply2.gov.uk has advertised...
View ArticleGovernment Scrappage Scheme reaches halfway mark
Figures released today show that the Government’s scrappage scheme has been a real success up and down the country, with orders reaching 154,927. The regional breakdowns, available today for the first...
View ArticleFurther education important in getting a job, learners say
Most college learners believe their course played an important role in getting a job, a Government report revealed today. In a survey of over 4,800 people who had completed a further education course...
View Article£3 Million Investment For Tech Firms
Technology firms KeTech and Vamosa are the first to benefit from a government-backed fund providing vital investment to innovative small businesses. In Nottingham today, Business Secretary Lord...
View ArticleGovernment invests £340million in next generation aircraft design and...
Lord Mandelson today announced that the Government has agreed to support Airbus with up to £340 million repayable launch investment for the development of the A350 XWB. Building on the New Industry,...
View ArticleA level results and next steps
Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will today receive their A level results. Higher Education Minister David Lammy said: “I want to congratulate the hundreds of thousands of students...
View ArticleiAwards will promote innovation in British business
Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson and entrepreneur James Caan today called on the UK’s best innovators to put themselves forward for the iawards - the first ever Government backed-awards to...
View ArticleGovernment to appoint Chief Adviser on Construction
Ministers today announced the Government’s response to the recent consultation exercise on the appointment of a Chief Construction Officer. The Government plans to appoint a Chief Adviser to Government...
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