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Industrial Strategy to provide over £150m to reinforce UK as services superpower

Industrial Strategy to provide over £150m to reinforce UK as services superpower

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

The Industrial Strategy will invest over £150 million in five transformative AI and technology programmes to help UK Professional and Business Servi...

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Prime Delivery For Britain: PM Hails £40 Billion Amazon Investment Set To Create Thousands Of Jobs

Prime Delivery For Britain: PM Hails £40 Billion Amazon Investment Set To Create Thousands Of Jobs

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Prime Minister welcomes a £40bn investment plan by Amazon over the next three years in show of confidence following Industrial Strategy launch....

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UK Government honours exceptional exporters with Made in the UK, Sold to the World Awards

UK Government honours exceptional exporters with Made in the UK, Sold to the World Awards

Monday, 23 June 2025

Twelve exceptional UK-based SMEs have been named today as winners of the Department for Business and Trade’s 2025 Made in the UK, Sold to the World Aw...

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Business leaders welcome the government’s modern Industrial Strategy

Business leaders welcome the government’s modern Industrial Strategy

Monday, 23 June 2025

Business leaders have welcomed the government’s modern Industrial Strategy - a 10-year plan to promote growth. ...

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UK's key business groups back government's modern Industrial Strategy

UK's key business groups back government's modern Industrial Strategy

Monday, 23 June 2025

Joint statement from business groups in support of the Industrial Strategy...

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Powering Britain's future: Electricity bills to be slashed for over 7,000 businesses in major industry shake up

Powering Britain's future: Electricity bills to be slashed for over 7,000 businesses in major industry shake up

Saturday, 21 June 2025

Industrial Strategy sets out a ten-year plan to boost investment, create good skilled jobs and make Britain the best place to do business...

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UK Bahrain agree £2bn investment partnership in huge boost for UK economy

UK Bahrain agree £2bn investment partnership in huge boost for UK economy

Thursday, 19 June 2025

The UK and Bahrain have signed a partnership agreement which will deliver £2 billion of investment into key growth sectors in a huge boost to the econ...

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Compensation for Post Office Capture victims

Compensation for Post Office Capture victims

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Postmasters who suffered financial shortfalls due to the Capture software today have certainty about the structure, scope and eligibility criteria for...

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British aerospace manufacturers to benefit from UK US trade deal

British aerospace manufacturers to benefit from UK US trade deal

Monday, 16 June 2025

British aerospace manufacturers to benefit from UK-US trade deal as further details announced ...

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Government appoints Emma Jones CBE as new Small Business Commissioner to help tackle late payments

Government appoints Emma Jones CBE as new Small Business Commissioner to help tackle late payments

Monday, 16 June 2025

Government appoints new Small Business Commissioner as part of efforts to boost SMEs and tackle late payments...

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UK Ukraine TechBridge: London Tech Week 2025 Communiqué

UK Ukraine TechBridge: London Tech Week 2025 Communiqué

Monday, 16 June 2025

UK-Ukraine TechBridge Investment Accelerator at London Tech Week 2025...

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£250m for green aerospace projects ahead of Industrial Strategy

£250m for green aerospace projects ahead of Industrial Strategy

Monday, 16 June 2025

UK aerospace will be boosted by more than £250m funding for cutting-edge aerospace tech projects to drive greener air travel, ahead of the Paris Air S...

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Entrepreneurs and retail leaders recognised in King's Birthday Honours List

Entrepreneurs and retail leaders recognised in King's Birthday Honours List

Friday, 13 June 2025

Recipients recognised for years of exceptional service and dedication, and who are trailblazers for helping drive economic prosperity and increasing t...

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Employment reforms will ‘help solve UK’s Productivity Puzzle’

Employment reforms will ‘help solve UK’s Productivity Puzzle’

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Employment reforms will help 'solve UK's Productivity Puzzle', Employment Rights Minister Justin Madders set out to global leaders in Geneva today. ...

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Compensation to postmasters reaches £1 billion milestone

Compensation to postmasters reaches £1 billion milestone

Sunday, 08 June 2025

More than £1 billion has been paid out to over 7,300 postmasters affected by the Horizon IT scandal – one of the biggest miscarriages of justice of ou...

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Australia UK Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee Statement

Australia UK Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee Statement

Friday, 06 June 2025

Summary of a joint statement following the second meeting of the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee on 3 June 2025...

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Revamped Office for Investment cements UK’s position as top investment destination creating jobs and opportunities

Revamped Office for Investment cements UK’s position as top investment destination creating jobs and opportunities

Wednesday, 04 June 2025

The government has announced the launch of the revamped Office for Investment....

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Bank on the UK in volatile times’ Trade Secretary tells G7 and European businesses

Bank on the UK in volatile times’ Trade Secretary tells G7 and European businesses

Monday, 02 June 2025

Trade Secretary’s message comes after UK sealed landmark deals with India, the US and EU...

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Over £7.4 million put back in working people’s pockets by employers

Over £7.4 million put back in working people’s pockets by employers

Thursday, 29 May 2025

Employers who have left workers over £7.4 million out of pocket by failing to pay the National Living and National Minimum Wage named....

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Ministers appoint Nigel Railton as permanent Post Office Chair

Ministers appoint Nigel Railton as permanent Post Office Chair

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Nigel Railton confirmed as permanent Chair of Post Office Limited following his appointment as Interim Chair in May last year....

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Largest Ukraine trade mission boosts UK defence partnerships

Largest Ukraine trade mission boosts UK defence partnerships

Friday, 23 May 2025

Largest multinational Ukraine trade mission boosts defence partnerships for British business...

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Multi million defence investment creates 700 jobs days after UK EU security pact

Multi million defence investment creates 700 jobs days after UK EU security pact

Thursday, 22 May 2025

Hundreds of high-skilled jobs created at defence firm MBDA’s expanded Bolton site....

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Board of Trade meet to help UK exporters take advantage of new trade deals

Board of Trade meet to help UK exporters take advantage of new trade deals

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

Revamped Board of Trade meet for the first time off the back of trio of trade agreements with India, US and EU...

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Major investment partnership worth £24 billion to transform key growth sectors and deliver affordable housing across UK

Major investment partnership worth £24 billion to transform key growth sectors and deliver affordable housing across UK

Sunday, 18 May 2025

A major new partnership between the Crown Estate and Lendlease has been agreed which will unlock housing and science innovation hubs across the UK wor...

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Covid fraud investigations to be led by Insolvency Service

Covid fraud investigations to be led by Insolvency Service

Thursday, 15 May 2025

Insolvency Service to take over NATIS’s ongoing covid fraud investigations ...

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Competition watchdog gets green light for growth in latest move to back business

Competition watchdog gets green light for growth in latest move to back business

Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Businesses and consumers will benefit from new growth-focused Strategic Steer set for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), in the latest step ...

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Joint trade statement between New Zealand and United Kingdom

Joint trade statement between New Zealand and United Kingdom

Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Summary of a Joint Statement following the meeting of the Minister for Trade and Investment of New Zealand and Secretary of State for Business and Tra...

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Update on UK   Turkey trade talks

Update on UK Turkey trade talks

Wednesday, 07 May 2025

UK and Turkey agree on date to relaunch talks for an upgraded free trade agreement...

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UK India Free Trade Deal: A Deal For Growth

UK India Free Trade Deal: A Deal For Growth

Tuesday, 06 May 2025

The UK has secured the best deal India has ever agreed, providing businesses with security and confidence to trade with the fastest-growing economy in...

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UK concludes trade deal with India

UK concludes trade deal with India

Monday, 05 May 2025

Multi-billion-pound boost to UK economy with landmark India trade deal to make working people better off ...

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