Archive for the ‘Government Press Releases’ Category

Today a new regional National Insurance Contributions (NICs) holiday for new businesses came into effect. Read more

An exhibition of cutting edge products was today unveiled at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to encourage a new generation of innovators, Business Minster Mark Prisk announced today. Read more

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At midday on Sunday 26 September, a new war memorial, built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, will be unveiled in Sussex, paying tribute to some of the one and half million Indian soldiers who fought for the British Empire during the First World War. Read more

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The Red Ensign will fly over the headquarters of the Department for Transport today to mark the UK’s eleventh Merchant Navy Day. Read more

British companies doing business in China will be helped by a new agreement between the two nations on copyright. Read more

David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, today announced the appointment of two new Trustees to the board of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA). Read more

Mr Christopher Lake and Mr Stephen Knight, the directors of a group of companies which claimed to sell financial and other business opportunities to people with poor credit histories have been disqualified from acting as company directors for a total of 16 years following an Insolvency Service investigation. Read more

Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by the Health and Safety Executive today, following the recent deaths of two children involving these gates. Read more