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This Synthesis Paper makes recommendations for future Skills for Competitiveness (SFC) programming.
Refreshed Help to Grow campaign and SME Council set up to boost small firms across the UK
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The UK’s association to the world-leading Horizon and Copernicus programmes has been officially sealed today (Monday 4 December), as Science and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan visits Brussels to turbo-charge efforts to maximise UK involvement.
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