UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) London is assembling a team of technology market experts at an event on 6 December to demonstrate the range of business opportunities for UK companies in the USA and Canada.
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) London is assembling a team of technology market experts at an event on 6 December to demonstrate the range of business opportunities for UK companies in the USA and Canada.
A1(M), Junction 61, County Durham Slight delays are expected overnight on the A1(M) south of Junction 61 for scaffolding removal. There will be one lane open northbound between 8pm and 6am. The works will take...
A MAJOR competition is being launched as part of the multi-billion pound transformation of key sites in Newham, the main Olympic borough.
Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales has joined forces with Mayor of London...
A London-based waste management firm has been fined after an employee’s legs were crushed between two steel frames while unloading a truck.
A Birmingham galvanising firm was sentenced on 17 November after a man was crushed to death when a crane’s jig and load fell on him.
A London-based waste management firm has been fined after an employee’s legs were crushed between two steel frames while unloading a truck.
Vince Cable has appointed Glen Moreno as Deputy Chair of the Financial Reporting Council for an initial period of three years starting from 18 November 2010.
Road users in North Tyneside are to benefit from a £2.8 million roundabout improvement scheme which will cut congestion on the A19.
The Highways Agency will begin maintenance work on three roundabouts on the A43 at Brackley from the 23 November 2010 for seven nights.
A MAJOR competition is being launched as part of the multi-billion pound transformation of key sites in Newham, the main Olympic borough.
Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales has joined forces with Mayor of London...
West Midlands companies specialising in sustainable energy technologies are being invited to join one of the industry's top global events.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) wants shoppers to remember their consumer rights when buying Christmas presents this year.
Inspectors from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ (BIS) Employment Agency Standards inspectorate (EAS) have recently completed a successfully targeted enforcement operation covering the construction...
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A MAJOR competition is being launched as part of the multi-billion pound transformation of key sites in the main Olympic borough.
Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales has joined forces with Mayor of London Boris...
The Government is determined ...that all parts of the country benefit from sustainable economic growth. (Local growth: realising every place s potential. HM Government 28 October 2010) To achieve this it will...
Rescue services in England and Wales are to receive funding to help equip and train local flood rescue teams.
Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency publishes report on Nationality Group
A report published today by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has found that the UK Border Agency has a largely passive approach towards the Civil Penalties scheme and has been too accommodating...
A report published today by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has found that there is now a pressing need for a fundamental review of the UK Border Agency's Command and Control Unit's (CCU...
The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally cleared Zipcar Inc’s completed acquisition of rival car club Streetcar Limited.
The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:
Blue Badge Scheme Statistics: 2009/10, see http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/public/parkingbadges...
The government has launched new guidance to improve the standard of information for people with learning disabilities.
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
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A MAJOR competition is being launched as part of the multi-billion pound transformation of key sites in the main Olympic borough.
Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales has joined forces with Mayor of London Boris...
From Sunday 21 November, there will be a number of changes to the layout of the roadworks to allow work to continue on the A46 Newark to Widmerpool dualling scheme near Nottingham.
Government raises awareness on appropriate antibiotic use
Asked why it was wrong to employ Andrew Parsons and Nicola Woodhouse in civil service posts and not other former Conservative staff, the PMS said that the people being referred to had been employed to do a cross...
Asked if the Justice Secretary's oral statement this afternoon would contain any detail on the amount of the settlement, the PMS said the Justice Secretary would be confirming that we had reached a settlement; ...
Put that the payments to the detainees had been referred to as settlements but in the Prime Minister's statement in July, the Prime Minister had said that the Government would pay compensation where appropriate...
Asked if something had happened that had caused the Prime Minister to think again on this issue, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had reflected on this and had decided that they should go back to CCHQ for the...
Asked whether the Prime Minister agreed with the Deputy Prime Minister's assessment that he was full of admiration for the Irish cuts process, the PMS said that the Irish Government had taken some difficult decisions...
Put that the Prime Minister said he had first learned about this at the Cabinet meeting earlier in the day, and asked if this was correct or whether the Prime Minister had known that this was coming fairly imminently...
Asked why there were so many PPS's, the PMS said that it was quite normal practice for Ministers to have PPS's. original source.
Put that there was an expectation that Scotland and Wales would blame London for imposing heavy spending cuts, the PMS said that we had been clear at the time of the Sending Review about our reasons for the spending...
Asked if yesterday, the day of Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement, was the best day to announce that the decision for the Prime Minister to have a personal photographer had been reversed, the PMS said...
Asked if the Prime Minister would use his visit to Lisbon to talk about Britain's contribution to any possible help for Ireland, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said that he would not add to speculation about...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister s spokesperson on: royal wedding, Ireland, Andrew Parsons/Nicky Woodhouse and Guantanamo detainees
Royal WeddingPut that the Prime Minister said he had first learned...
Prime Minister David Cameron and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have agreed that governments around the world should take action to fight global warming by conserving energy, using more renewable energy...
Unemployment, small businesses and police cuts were on the agenda at today s Prime Minister s Questions.
The Prime Minister also took questions on the floods in Cornwall, housing and further education...
The Government has published a list of Parliamentary Private Secretaries.
Department Minister Parliamentary Private Secretary Prime Minister Prime Minister Desmond Swayne Deputy Prime Minister Deputy...
Transcript of speech given by the Prime Minister at a Diwali reception held at Downing Street on 16 November 2010.
Read the transcript:Prime Minister:
First of all, welcome you all to Number 10...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister s spokesperson on: Irish economy, official photographer, Scottish and Welsh budgets and Parliamentary Private Secretaries
Irish EconomyAsked if the Prime Minister...
Prime Minister David Cameron has sent his warmest wishes to Muslim communities around the world as they celebrate the festival of Eid ul Adha.
In the PM’s message, he wished everyone a &#...
Rate rises to 70.8 per cent
Vital Signs monitoring statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
Shoppers in Greater Manchester and Merseyside are getting a boost from the Highways Agency in the run-up to Christmas - a two month roadworks embargo on key motorway routes.
A scheme to improve safety at the junction of the A11 and Station Lane near Ketteringham, south of Norwich begins on Monday 22 November.
Bogus college caught out
After over six years of service, England's Chief Nursing Officer, Dame Christine Beasley, has announced that she will retire in March 2011.
Governments should do all they can to secure an open, transparent internet, avoid regulation and encourage competition, Communications Minister Ed Vaizey said today.
The Consumer Council for Water Western is inviting members of the public to its next meeting in Taunton on Wednesday 24 November where the water watchdog will be questioning water companies on their performance...
Getting tough on hate crime
Work will start on Saturday 20 November to install emergency gates on the central reservation of the A21 Lamberhurst Bypass in Kent.
Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk today visited small businesses and their mentors in Watford, to help develop the Government’s strategy for promoting business mentoring.
An international frozen food company has been fined after a worker was injured by the moving blades of an industrial freezer.
Raising awareness about violence against women
Get swishing
A foam manufacturer has been fined after a worker fell through a roof at its Derbyshire factory.
In the month that Prime Minister David Cameron visited China and encouraged UK firms to explore the many opportunities to expand their business there, Lancashire software company HW Communications has just clinched...
Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equality Theresa May has today announced that the socio-economic duty, which was created as part of the 2010 Equality Act, will be scrapped.
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances...
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances...
Local firms attend first of Scotland-wide free safety briefings
Businesses on industrial estates in and around Banbury are being invited to a special event to learn how they can benefit from free health and safety training and support.
A Cardiff-based recycling company has been ordered to pay over £230,000 after an employee died following an incident at its premises.
Rescue services in England and Wales are to receive funding to help equip and train local flood rescue teams.
Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency publishes report on Nationality Group
A report published today by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has found that the UK Border Agency has a largely passive approach towards the Civil Penalties scheme and has been too accommodating...
A report published today by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has found that there is now a pressing need for a fundamental review of the UK Border Agency's Command and Control Unit's (CCU...
The Answers I provided to supplementary questions asked by the noble Lord, Lord Borrie, and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, on Ofcom on 11 November (Official Report, col. 277) were incorrect.
My honourable friend the Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning (John Hayes) has today made the following Statement.
Today I am publishing "Skills for Sustainable Growth"-the Government...
The Planning Act 2008 provides for national policy statements (NPSs) that set out government policy for particular types of development. It requires the draft NPSs to be publicised, consulted on, and laid in ...
Today I am publishing "Skills for Sustainable Growth"-the Government's new strategy for skills. The strategy takes full account of responses to the skills consultation which I announced on July 22.
Our ...
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Brussels on 17 November 2010. The following items are on the agenda:
Directive and Regulation on VAT treatment of insurance and financial services...
The Department for Education is to cease funding work force development activity through the Children's Workforce Development Council, and will bring CWDC's ongoing core activities into the Department.
...
The Planning Act 2008 provides for national policy statements (NPSs) that set out Government policy for particular types of development. It requires the draft NPSs to be publicised, consulted on, and laid in ...
We are today publishing the Government's plans for adult social care services-"A Vision for Adult Social Care: Capable Communities and Active Citizens". Alongside the social care vision, the Department has launched...
I am announcing a third, and final, wave of 32 national health service organisations that will join the Department of Health's "Right to Request" social enterprise scheme.
The "Right to Request" gives all...
My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before Parliament the 2009-10 annual report of the appointed person under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The appointed person is an independent person ...
I regret that my written parliamentary question response of 11 November, Official Report, column 478-79W, which referenced the future direction of the right to request time to train, gave an answer which was ...
My noble Friend the Minister for Innovation and Skills, Baroness Wilcox, has today made the following statement:
An extraordinary EU Competitiveness Council took place in Brussels on 10 November 2010. This...
Today, I am setting-out the steps the Government are taking to support workers to establish employee-led mutual organisations.
Every Government Department will put in place a "Right to Provide"-a right ...
I represented the UK at Budget ECOFIN on 11 November, resuming on 15 November. The Council meeting took place alongside a meeting of the Council-European Parliament conciliation committee on the 2011 EU budget...
The Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council will be held on 18-19 November in Brussels. Culture, audio-visual and sport issues will be taken on 18 November. The Deputy UK Permanent Representative, Andy Lebrecht...
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will meet on 6-7 December. The health and consumer affairs part of the Council will be taken on 7 December.
Legislative items on the main...
The Consumer Council for Water Western is inviting members of the public to its next meeting in Taunton on Wednesday 24 November where the water watchdog will be questioning water companies on their performance...
An international frozen food company has been fined after a worker was injured by the moving blades of an industrial freezer.
A foam manufacturer has been fined after a worker fell through a roof at its Derbyshire factory.
Local firms attend first of Scotland-wide free safety briefings
A scheme to improve safety at the junction of the A11 and Station Lane near Ketteringham, south of Norwich begins on Monday 22 November.
Vital Signs monitoring statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
Shoppers in Greater Manchester and Merseyside are getting a boost from the Highways Agency in the run-up to Christmas - a two month roadworks embargo on key motorway routes.
A scheme to improve safety at the junction of the A11 and Station Lane near Ketteringham, south of Norwich begins on Monday 22 November.
Bogus college caught out
After over six years of service, England's Chief Nursing Officer, Dame Christine Beasley, has announced that she will retire in March 2011.
Governments should do all they can to secure an open, transparent internet, avoid regulation and encourage competition, Communications Minister Ed Vaizey said today.
The Consumer Council for Water Western is inviting members of the public to its next meeting in Taunton on Wednesday 24 November where the water watchdog will be questioning water companies on their performance...
Getting tough on hate crime
Work will start on Saturday 20 November to install emergency gates on the central reservation of the A21 Lamberhurst Bypass in Kent.
Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk today visited small businesses and their mentors in Watford, to help develop the Government’s strategy for promoting business mentoring.
An international frozen food company has been fined after a worker was injured by the moving blades of an industrial freezer.
Raising awareness about violence against women
Get swishing
A foam manufacturer has been fined after a worker fell through a roof at its Derbyshire factory.
In the month that Prime Minister David Cameron visited China and encouraged UK firms to explore the many opportunities to expand their business there, Lancashire software company HW Communications has just clinched...
Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equality Theresa May has today announced that the socio-economic duty, which was created as part of the 2010 Equality Act, will be scrapped.
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances...
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances...
Local firms attend first of Scotland-wide free safety briefings
Businesses on industrial estates in and around Banbury are being invited to a special event to learn how they can benefit from free health and safety training and support.
A Cardiff-based recycling company has been ordered to pay over £230,000 after an employee died following an incident at its premises.
Rescue services in England and Wales are to receive funding to help equip and train local flood rescue teams.
Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency publishes report on Nationality Group
A report published today by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has found that the UK Border Agency has a largely passive approach towards the Civil Penalties scheme and has been too accommodating...
A report published today by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has found that there is now a pressing need for a fundamental review of the UK Border Agency's Command and Control Unit's (CCU...
Vital Signs monitoring statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
Shoppers in Greater Manchester and Merseyside are getting a boost from the Highways Agency in the run-up to Christmas - a two month roadworks embargo on key motorway routes.
A scheme to improve safety at the junction of the A11 and Station Lane near Ketteringham, south of Norwich begins on Monday 22 November.
Bogus college caught out
After over six years of service, England's Chief Nursing Officer, Dame Christine Beasley, has announced that she will retire in March 2011.
Governments should do all they can to secure an open, transparent internet, avoid regulation and encourage competition, Communications Minister Ed Vaizey said today.
The Consumer Council for Water Western is inviting members of the public to its next meeting in Taunton on Wednesday 24 November where the water watchdog will be questioning water companies on their performance...
Getting tough on hate crime
Work will start on Saturday 20 November to install emergency gates on the central reservation of the A21 Lamberhurst Bypass in Kent.
Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk today visited small businesses and their mentors in Watford, to help develop the Government’s strategy for promoting business mentoring.
An international frozen food company has been fined after a worker was injured by the moving blades of an industrial freezer.
Raising awareness about violence against women
Get swishing
A foam manufacturer has been fined after a worker fell through a roof at its Derbyshire factory.
In the month that Prime Minister David Cameron visited China and encouraged UK firms to explore the many opportunities to expand their business there, Lancashire software company HW Communications has just clinched...
Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equality Theresa May has today announced that the socio-economic duty, which was created as part of the 2010 Equality Act, will be scrapped.
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances...
A traffic management summary for both new and ongoing work The information provided in this report is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances...
Local firms attend first of Scotland-wide free safety briefings
Businesses on industrial estates in and around Banbury are being invited to a special event to learn how they can benefit from free health and safety training and support.
A Cardiff-based recycling company has been ordered to pay over £230,000 after an employee died following an incident at its premises.
Rescue services in England and Wales are to receive funding to help equip and train local flood rescue teams.
Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency publishes report on Nationality Group
A report published today by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has found that the UK Border Agency has a largely passive approach towards the Civil Penalties scheme and has been too accommodating...
A report published today by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has found that there is now a pressing need for a fundamental review of the UK Border Agency's Command and Control Unit's (CCU...
Rescue services in England and Wales are to receive funding to help equip and train local flood rescue teams.
Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency publishes report on Nationality Group
A report published today by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has found that the UK Border Agency has a largely passive approach towards the Civil Penalties scheme and has been too accommodating...
A report published today by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has found that there is now a pressing need for a fundamental review of the UK Border Agency's Command and Control Unit's (CCU...