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The opening address from the Deputy Prime Minister at the UK-Saudi Arabia GREAT FUTURES event in Riyadh.

• Updated: 14 May 2024

British AI company Wayve announces $1.05 billion investment to develop the next generation of AI-powered self-driving vehicles

• Updated: 7 May 2024

A new campaign aimed at driving up investment opportunities in scale-ups was launched by the Technology Secretary today.

• Updated: 11 March 2024

Siemens Mobility to invest £100 million in a brand-new manufacturing and R&D centre in Chippenham.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

Jeremy Hunt champions British science and tech in first visit to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland from a UK Chancellor since 2019

• Updated: 18 January 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has welcomed a historic deal between Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Turkish Airlines worth billions to the UK.

• Updated: 15 December 2023

Company behind the successful life-sciences firm Moderna, Flagship Pioneering, has selected the UK for their first location outside of the US

• Updated: 28 November 2023

The Business & Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch welcomes £29.5bn of investment and heralds UK's Science & Tech Superpower status

• Updated: 27 November 2023

Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch has launched the landmark Advanced Manufacturing Plan (AMP) backed by billions to boost Britain’s manufacturing sector.

• Updated: 26 November 2023

The iconic British building will host the Prime Minister and over 200 CEOs for landmark summit, expected to secure billions of investment, drive economic growth and create jobs across the UK.

• Updated: 20 November 2023

Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman and CEO and Founder Anya Hindmarch will address the summit alongside pioneering British innovators in tech, life sciences, creative industries and advanced manufacturing.

• Updated: 13 November 2023

The Department for Business and Trade's new Women's Sport Investment Accelerator scheme has held its first session, with seven different sports represented.

• Updated: 31 October 2023

The Department for Business and Trade has appointed Martin Kent as His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HMTC) for Asia Pacific

• Updated: 18 September 2023

Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch signs UK-Italy export and investment partnership boosting UK exports, help create jobs, increase wages and grow the economy.

• Updated: 11 September 2023

To mark 200 years since a UK schoolboy broke convention and invented the game of rugby, the UK’s enduring legacy of audacious creativity and innovation will be celebrated in the build-up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup with a ru…

• Updated: 29 August 2023

Women's sport investment is set to be boosted by a new scheme from the Department for Business and Trade, the Women's Sport Investment Accelerator.

• Updated: 28 August 2023

Exports Minister Lord Offord is in Uzbekistan to expand on UK-Uzbek relations and find untapped business opportunities.

• Updated: 21 August 2023

Tata Group has announced that it will invest over £4 billion in a new UK gigafactory which will create thousands of jobs.

• Updated: 19 July 2023

The Minister for International Trade welcomed the Governor of Illinois to announce the intent to pursue a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the UK and Illinois

• Updated: 18 July 2023

Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch has formally signed the treaty to accede to the CPTPP trade group in New Zealand this morning

• Updated: 16 July 2023