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Following the Autumn Statement, Vince Cable visited Southampton to launch two schemes to improve skills and create sustainable employment.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Vince Cable visited Eastleigh College to announce a new £550 million Further Education Capital Investment Fund which will help improve college…
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has delivered his 2012 Autumn Statement to Parliament.
The ground breaking institution has been funded with £3 billion of UK Government money and will mobilise additional private capital to make a significant contribution to the development of a green economy.
Government and industry figures give their reaction to an independent review into the future of apprenticeships.
Vince Cable discusses how capitalism can go wrong and explains the government's aim for a market economy based on responsible capitalism.
Vince Cable sets out how government will improve the status of FE colleges, provide funding to improve facilities and focus on apprenticeships and social mobility.
Vince Cable tells the CBI conference what the UK's long-term plans for business will be and how this will create growth.
On 5 November Vince Cable officially opened MIRA Technology Park's new control centre. He also visited Toyota in Burnaston to celebrate the first new Auris model to roll off the production line.
Vince Cable responds to today's news from Ford on Southampton and Dagenham.
Vince Cable outlines some of the measures government is taking to improve social mobility especially in adulthood.
Business Secretary Vince Cable announces first steps in a government funded bank to help small and medium sized businesses.
Vince Cable announces measures to give firms more flexibility and confidence in managing their workforce and to reduce employment law red tape.
Vince Cable outlines his plans in a Industrial Strategy speech to business leaders and committed to a long term, strategic partnership between Government and industry.
Vince Cable explains why it's so important for the government to have a long-term industrial strategy, giving examples of what we are doing.
Currently, too few company chief executives and chairs take a direct interest in protecting their businesses from cyber threats.
Vince Cable was in Cumbria today to celebrate the positive impact that entrepreneurs are having on the local economy. The Business Secretary was in the North West to promote enterprise during a visit to the ‘Made in Cumbria’…
Vince Cable sets out the benefits of operating a more liberal trading system.
Today Vince Cable opens the Make it in Great Britain exhibition at the Science Museum, celebrating the success of British manufacturing.
Vince Cable explains why it's good for growth for scientists to operate in a range of countries.
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