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Around 100,000 students and graduates will get the chance to develop world-class skills as entrepreneurs and business leaders with the launch of the first University Enterprise Networks (UEN).
21 November 2008 14:05
As more than 25,000 British Muslims prepare to travel to Mecca for Hajj this week, the government is urging pilgrims to know their rights and beware of scam artists.
21 November 2008 00:01
A new campaign to help boost workers' awareness of the increased national minimum wage came to Wales today.
19 November 2008 16:48
The Government will today launch the Aspire Fund - a £25 million investment fund for women-led businesses - to be jointly funded by the Government and private sector.
19 November 2008 10:18
The Government today launched a consultation on proposals to make tips fairer for hard-working service staff across the UK.
19 November 2008 08:00
Secretary of State for Business Peter Mandelson today announced the re-appointment of Philip Collins as Chairman of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
18 November 2008 14:33
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has called for deeper business ties between the UK and its "firm friend" Israel. The UK aims to raise trade between the two countries to £3 billion per year by 2012.
18 November 2008 13:47
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson will launch a new campaign today to help boost workers' awareness of the increased national minimum wage, as tough new penalties for employers who underpay their staff were passed by Parliament.
18 November 2008 08:00
A bankrupt who stole from the elderly lady she cared for has been jailed for 18 months.
17 November 2008 16:06
Support for young people's enterprise receives two boosts on Monday (17 November) when Ian Austin, Minister for the West Midlands, joins school pupils from the Birmingham area to kick start the West Midlands Young People's Enterprise Centre of Expertise (YPCOE) and the Aston Villa Football Club Enterprise Academy (AVFCEA).
17 November 2008 11:09
The fifth annual Enterprise Week, part of the first ever Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) November, will be launched today by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Secretary of State for Business, Peter Mandelson.
17 November 2008 10:17
Childminders, social care providers and businesses in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland stand to benefit from new plans published today to increase the number of regulators that come under a code that helps save businesses time and money by improving the way they work together.
14 November 2008 12:29
The Government will provide an initial £4 million in loans to help viable businesses having difficulty obtaining finance in the West Midlands.
14 November 2008 10:51
Following World Trade Organisation negotiations in Geneva, trade envoys for China, Canada, the EU and the US have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new regulatory framework that ensures fairness for foreign suppliers of financial information in the Chinese market.
13 November 2008 15:30
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said:
13 November 2008 13:27
The Government has made four new appointments to a Board which advises the Secretary of State on how public funds can help secure major investment projects for the English regions.
13 November 2008 12:07
Consumer Affairs Minister Gareth Thomas today announced the appointment of members to the new Northern Ireland consumer body - Consumer Focus Post.
12 November 2008 10:07
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson today announced the creation of a new panel to monitor how banks are lending to small businesses.
11 November 2008 17:11
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today announced that seven Chairs of Regional Development Agencies will have their appointments extended by up to one year.
11 November 2008 16:30
The Government has today opened a consultation on European plans to create a uniform set of consumer rights across Europe.
10 November 2008 14:28
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7 November 2008 12:45
The Secretary of State for Business Peter Mandelson is due to speak at a Foresight public debate, entitled 'After the American election: the power to lead in a multi-polar world?'. The event will take place at the Council Chamber, The Institute of Engineering and Technology, Savoy Place, 2 Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL at 18:00.
6 November 2008 18:15
The new Regional Economic Council met for the first time today. The meeting was chaired jointly by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson.
5 November 2008 17:54
Business groups, unions and the government joined forces today for the first meeting of the Fair Employment Enforcement Board.
5 November 2008 12:33
New measures that will simplify workplace dispute resolution and save business over £175m a year reach their final stages in Parliament today.
4 November 2008 00:01
A dodgy company director who operated companies while bankrupt and forged documents has been jailed for four years and nine months.
31 October 2008 15:55
Secretary of State for Business Peter Mandelson has today given regulatory clearance to the merger of Lloyds TSB and HBOS plc after concluding that the merger is in the public interest.
31 October 2008 15:46
The first ever national Women's Prowess Policy Centre (PNPC) will be launched by the Government today at a reception at Number 11 Downing Street.
30 October 2008 15:25
A Government safety campaign is urging people who organise their own fireworks parties to be extra careful this year - particularly 'have-a-go' dads who are keen to put on a good show for their family and friends but risk the safety of themselves, other adults and children.
29 October 2008 09:44
THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: WHY INTEGRATION WORKS
28 October 2008 17:11
New initiatives to put Britain at the forefront of a green motoring revolution by encouraging a mass market in electric and hybrid cars have been announced today.
27 October 2008 15:06
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today welcomed the signing of a £23 million contract between UK-based company JCB and a Russian civil engineering contractor on the second day of his business visit to Russia.
27 October 2008 12:01
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson is to lead a delegation of business leaders to Russia, where more than a thousand British companies are now investing.
24 October 2008 14:37
Summer time will end on Sunday 26 October at 1.00am GMT. The Clocks go back giving an extra hour; this means that at 2.00am (British Summer Time) the UK will move to 1.00am GMT.
24 October 2008 12:43
In the first meeting of its kind, industry experts and government officials will be in London to discuss how to kick start the mass market production of low carbon and electric vehicles.
24 October 2008 11:05
Secretary of State for Business, Lord Peter Mandelson will today (Friday) open the Sandon Business and Enterprise College in Stoke on Trent.
24 October 2008 09:44
In the run up to Bonfire Night the Government is targeting the small minority of irresponsible businesses who flout the law by selling fireworks to under 18s.
24 October 2008 00:01
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23 October 2008 15:56
Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) are best placed to "lead and help to develop innovative thinking and the solutions business need" Peter Mandelson will today say.
23 October 2008 14:48
The Government today launched 'Solutions for Business - funded by government', a national package of publicly funded business support products.
23 October 2008 10:39
Today the Government announced new rules to help protect homeowners, who may be facing the threat of repossession. New court protocols will help make repossessions a last resort, and the Government is proposing that companies engaged in sale and rent back schemes, which may target vulnerable home owners, should be brought under FSA regulation.
22 October 2008 14:03
The Secretary of State for Business, Lord Mandelson, has today received advice from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on the continued appropriateness of statutory undertakings that underpin arrangements for the supply of newspapers in England and Wales.
22 October 2008 11:32
Youngsters teaching adults about fire safety may seem like an unlikely role reversal, but this is exactly the approach adopted by South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue in a new initiative to keep people safe from fire and fireworks.
21 October 2008 15:16
A package of further support to help small and medium sized businesses to bear the impact of the current global economic challenges is announced today by the Government.
21 October 2008 11:29
Celebrate Diwali safely - that's the message from fire chiefs across the North West as preparations get underway for the Hindu festival of light on 28 October.
20 October 2008 13:22
Scarborough was today, 20 October 2008, named the enterprise capital of the UK beating stiff competition from enterprising places across the country in this year's Enterprising Britain competition.
20 October 2008 00:01
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17 October 2008 10:41
Hollyoaks father and son actors Jack and Darren Osborne are used to the on screen fireworks that their characters create in the teenage soap.
17 October 2008 08:51
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service have visited Acorns Primary School, Ellesmere Port as part of their firework safety campaign aimed at reducing the number of accidents on bonfire night.
15 October 2008 10:53
With just two weeks remaining until the closing deadline at midnight on 31 October for next year's Queen's Awards, there is still time for businesses of all sizes across the South West to show they have what it takes to be credited as among the UK's business elite.
15 October 2008 10:07