Posted: 23rd January, 2017
Opportunity areas will create local partnerships with early years providers, schools, colleges, universities, businesses, charities and LAs. Yesterday (Wednesday 18 January), speaking at the offices of PwC at an event jointly hosted with the Sutton Trust, Education Secretary Justine Greening set out the role of education in removing obstacles to social mobility, and the importance,... Read More
Posted: 16th January, 2017
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has praised the important work of the UK’s growing defence network. At a meeting with British Defence Attachés, hosted in London, Sir Michael called on the UK’s military diplomats to take advantage of the growing network to deliver security and prosperity for Britain. In a move which underlined the UK’s... Read More
Posted: 16th January, 2017
Three pilot projects will receive a total of £1 million to drive forward new approaches to innovation. Toshiba Medical Visualisations Systems, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the NHS Innovation Partnership Board, will receive £400,000 to develop a health and wellbeing pilot that will focus on the rapid prototyping and adoption of solutions to inflammatory bowel... Read More
Posted: 16th January, 2017
The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children Carl Sargeant has announced £7.8 million for the Homelessness Prevention Programme for 2017/18. The grant supports Local Authorities and third sector organisations to deliver front line services to prevent homelessness. It helps people who are affected by homelessness through the provision of night shelters, hostels, outreach work, mediation... Read More
Posted: 9th January, 2017
The MOD has signed a £271m deal with Leonardo Helicopters to continue to support world-leading Wildcat helicopters, protecting hundreds of highly-skilled British jobs. The overwhelming majority (over eighty per cent) of the c. 500 jobs sustained will be at Leonardo’s facilities in Yeovil and Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, the home of Wildcat training and... Read More
Posted: 9th January, 2017
£120 million of funding will be made available to support farmers, grow businesses, and generate thousands of jobs in rural communities, announced Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom at the Oxford Farming Conference. Rural and farm businesses will soon be able to apply for the next round of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) Growth Programme,... Read More
Posted: 9th January, 2017
The UK’s continued reputation as an attractive place to invest and do business with is helping boost jobs and industry across the country, with new deals worth billions agreed in the last five months. Since its creation in July, the Department for International Trade (DIT) has helped secure more than £16.3 billion worth of foreign... Read More
Posted: 12th December, 2016
Agriculture Minister Michelle McIlveen has announced she will provide £8million to fund a one-year transitional scheme to support farmers in Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC). The ANC scheme provides payments to eligible farmers to cover additional costs and lost income due to constraints on agricultural production in severely disadvantaged areas (SDA). Payments from the scheme,... Read More
Posted: 12th December, 2016
Tees Valley has beaten off competition from over 25 countries to be selected as the location for a new £70m Rare Earth Refinery. The refinery will create 100 new jobs when production starts in 2019. Australian company Peak Resources said Tees Valley was the preferred location as it offers ‘access to global shipping, cheap and... Read More
Posted: 12th December, 2016
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has signed a manufacturing and support contract worth £287 million to build two more Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Royal Navy, safeguarding hundreds of Scottish jobs. Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin will announce the contract today to build the two new ships, named HMS Tamar and HMS Spey,... Read More
