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Posted: 2nd March, 2017
As the Chamber Network gathers in Westminster for the BCC Annual Conference, the British Chambers of Commerce has published a business blueprint for the UK government ahead of the upcoming Brexit negotiations. Titled Business Brexit Priorities, the report synthesizes feedback from over 400 businesses at 16 Chamber-hosted focus groups, along with nearly 20,000 responses to... Read More
Posted: 2nd March, 2017
Department for International Trade (DIT) helps record number of UK firms to exhibit at world’s largest mobile technology show in Barcelona, building on growing tech appetite for ‘Silicon UK’. A record 167 UK tech companies are flying the flag for Britain this week at the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) in a bid to attract... Read More
Posted: 2nd March, 2017
New proposals to revamp teaching standards in Wales have been revealed by the Education Secretary Kirsty Williams. The plans are part of the national mission to reform education to benefit pupils. The new standards aim to promote teaching excellence and support career-long professional development for all teachers. The new standards will: Develop the leadership skills... Read More
Posted: 2nd March, 2017
A graduate programme helping to develop and retain industry professionals and future leaders in Wales’ financial services sector is being extended for a further two years following a £1m EU funding boost. The funding will extend the Wales Financial Services Graduate Programme to 2019 and support a career development programme involving some of Wales’ leading... Read More
Posted: 2nd March, 2017
£800,000 of Welsh Government funding has been allocated to 33 Flying Start projects across Wales to help them improve their facilities, Communities and Children Secretary Carl Sargeant announced yesterday, Thursday February 24 2017. The funding, which has been awarded for this financial year (2016-17), will support a wide range of projects from the full refurbishments... Read More
Posted: 2nd March, 2017
Kier Highways Limited has been awarded a £40million contract as part of Highways England’s new delivery arrangements in the South West. This is the first of a number of Asset Delivery contracts in the South West which sees Highways England changing its way of working and delivering the Government’s record £15 billion investment to improve... Read More
Posted: 2nd March, 2017
Three companies have achieved pre-qualification for the East Midlands rail franchise. The Department for Transport has announced that the following companies have successfully pre-qualified to bid in the competition for the East Midlands franchise, to run rail passenger services from November 2018: Arriva Rail East Midlands Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arriva UK Trains... Read More
Posted: 2nd March, 2017
Millions of pounds of investment in HMNB Clyde is set to bring jobs, transport, leisure and business growth opportunities to Helensburgh, with an agreement signed between the UK Government, Royal Navy and Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership. The MOD is investing hundreds of millions of pounds in developing HM Naval Base Clyde as the... Read More
Posted: 22nd February, 2017
Global sales of the UK’s food and drink have hit the £20 billion mark for the first time, Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom has recently announced. New figures reveal exports grew by nearly 10 per cent in 2016, with food and drink sales to the USA – one of Britain’s biggest markets – up 12 per... Read More
Posted: 22nd February, 2017
Leading the UK delegation at the IDEX trade show in Abu Dhabi, Minister Harriett Baldwin has announced the award of an innovative £82 million contract to Welsh company Qioptiq, who provide support for vital surveillance and targeting equipment to our UK Armed Forces. The deal with Qioptiq in St Asaph, North Wales, will see battle-winning... Read More
