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
Posted: 5th December, 2016
The Chancellor of the Exchequer will host a business roundtable in Edinburgh with sectors including financial services and oil and gas. He will also visit the Scottish Parliament and a local business. It comes after the Chancellor set out how he would provide the Scottish Government with more than £800 million through to 2020/21, giving... Read More
Posted: 5th December, 2016
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced plans to recruit a team of entrepreneurs and business leaders to help protect London’s workshops, studios and workspaces. The Workspace Providers Board will advise on securing workspace, including through the planning process, and creating new space, for example through identifying sites for building new developments or re-fitting... Read More
Posted: 5th December, 2016
More than £1bn of EU structural funds have been invested in schemes across Wales, Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford today confirmed. Sixty per cent of the latest round of EU funds have been committed by the end of November – meeting the Cabinet Secretary’s target. The Finance Secretary has also confirmed that the Welsh Government will... Read More
