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Posted: 7th February, 2017
A £7million contract has been awarded to continue a scheme which offers support to local businesses across the north-east. Elevator – Scotland’s leading social enterprise for work on entrepreneurship, enterprise and employability – will deliver the Business Gateway service for Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City councils from April. Elevator has been delivering economic development activities to... Read More
Posted: 31st January, 2017
David Gauke announces global healthcare company collaboration with Oxford University and meets some of the city’s leading tech companies. David Gauke, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, was in Oxford to welcome global healthcare company Novo Nordisk’s announcement of an investment of more than £100 million in the city, creating 100 skilled jobs in diabetic drug... Read More
Posted: 31st January, 2017
Croydon Council has unveiled a £160 million plan to build five brand new schools and create thousands of new school places over the next three years, continuing to ensure a place for every child. The authority has detailed how it will continue to keep up with rising numbers of school-age children in the borough. This... Read More
Posted: 31st January, 2017
The Defence and Security Accelerator is holding an event in London on 23 February 2017 to provide information on the first Innovation Fund challenge. Suppliers attending the event will be able to hear presentations about the Innovation Fund challenge which is aimed at revolutionising the human-information relationship for Defence. If you cannot attend the event,... Read More
Posted: 31st January, 2017
In a major boost to jobs and growth in rural areas, businesses are being invited to submit expressions of interest for support under the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). The RDPE Growth Programme supports projects that invest in building businesses, creating new jobs and growing the economy in rural areas. £120 million is... Read More
Posted: 31st January, 2017
Scotland’s international exports rose from £27.7 billion in 2014 to £28.7 billion in 2015. The USA continues to be Scotland’s top trading partner outside of the EU. Within the EU, the Netherlands was again the largest market. The latest statistics show that exports to countries within the European Union were estimated as £12.3 billion, an... Read More
Posted: 31st January, 2017
Latest Scottish Government Global Connections Survey shows the rest of the UK continues to be Scotland’s largest market for exports. Scottish exports to the rest of the UK in 2015 (excluding oil and gas) are estimated at £49.8 billion, an increase of £2.1 billion (4.4%) over the year. This is good news not only for... Read More
Posted: 31st January, 2017
Funding aimed at improving access to the Deeside Enterprise Zone and Industrial Park has been announced today by Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, Ken Skates. Flintshire Council has been awarded £85,000 to help it develop bus and active travel projects along the B5129 at Queensferry and to Deeside Industrial Park in order to improve... Read More
Posted: 31st January, 2017
A £13m EU funding boost to help put Cardiff University’s Institute for Compound Semiconductors at the forefront of 21st Century technologies has been announced by Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford. The EU funding will help build, equip and run a state-of-the-art cleanroom at the new Institute for Compound Semiconductors (ICS), based at Cardiff University’s Innovation Campus.... Read More
Posted: 31st January, 2017
Health Secretary Vaughan Gething has announced the latest phase of funding for the major redevelopment work going on at Morriston Hospital. Some of the oldest parts of the hospital date from the WW2 era and others are over 30 years old. The accommodation to be demolished no longer meets modern building standards and guidance. This... Read More
