Posted: 29th March, 2016
UKTI and Bank of China host e-commerce event to help British mother and baby goods brands meet buyers from Chinese e-marketplace platforms. Around 80 British specialist mother and baby goods companies met with 14 Chinese Cross-border platform businesses on 23 March 2016 at Bank of China UK’s London office. More than 120 business meetings took... Read More
Posted: 23rd March, 2016
The National Infrastructure Commission has published its second report: Transport for a world city. In October 2015, the National Infrastructure Commission was asked to review the strategic case for additional large scale transport infrastructure in the capital and its region, with particular reference to proposals for a new north-east to south-west ‘Crossrail 2’ line. The... Read More
Posted: 21st March, 2016
Possibility filled the air at this year’s Procurex North Live showcase event when representatives from both sides of the procurement process and some of the UK’s leading procurement experts descended onto the floor of the Manchester Central Convention Complex on Tuesday 8 March. Opportunities for discovery and networking presented themselves in all corners of the... Read More
Posted: 21st March, 2016
The National Infrastructure Commission on 15 March published its third report: High Speed North. In October 2015, the National Infrastructure Commission was asked to advise on strategic improvements to transport connectivity in the North. On 15 March, the Commission published that analysis. Our central finding is that the North needs immediate and very significant investment... Read More
Posted: 21st March, 2016
An extra £25.6m is being provided to help maintain and repair roads in North Yorkshire and stop potholes developing, taking local roads investment in the region to more than £150m up to 2021. The funding will ensure rural roads can benefit from resurfacing work over the next 5 years thanks to funding which is being... Read More
Posted: 21st March, 2016
In this week’s budget, the government announced funding of over £10m for the ground-breaking project that will modernise the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to produce more innovative, precise and timely statistics. This will be part of an overall £17m investment, which includes additional ONS funding. Based at ONS in Newport, the new Data Science Campus and Economics Centre of Excellence... Read More
Posted: 21st March, 2016
On 18 March, the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, Edwina Hart will visit Pendine Resort, Carmarthenshire, to announce a new EU funding package for tourism in Wales with a potential total value £85m – the single biggest EU investment made in the sector. Tourism Attractor Destinations, backed with £27.7m from the European Regional Development... Read More
Posted: 21st March, 2016
Three sports facilities in North Wales will be upgraded following a successful application for the £5m Welsh Government Sport Facilities Capital Loan Scheme. Eirias Parc in Conwy, the Waterworld Leisure Activity Centre and the Chirk Leisure Activity Centre, Wrexham will benefit from almost £2million interest free loan to update and modernise their facilities – including... Read More
Posted: 21st March, 2016
New research released to mark the start of National Apprenticeship Week has found businesses place apprentices at the heart of their plans to rise to the top and rank hiring the right staff as the most important factor in helping them grow. Apprenticeships are at the heart of the government’s drive to equip people with... Read More
Posted: 21st March, 2016
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has confirmed a £65 million injection in the capital’s colleges and further education facilities to ensure Londoners are best placed to compete for jobs in the city. It follows a funding pot of £55m last year in a host of new campuses technology hubs and workshops – taking the... Read More
