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  • New right for fathers and partners to attend antenatal appointments

    Fathers and partners now have the right to take unpaid time off work to accompany expectant mothers to up to 2 antenatal appointments.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New OME Director announced

    Following Geoff Dart's retirement last month, Martin Williams has been appointed Director of the Office for Manpower Economics.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Further market surveillance success from the NMO Enforcement team

    The latest work on incorrect energy labels, focusing on freezers, has resulted in a successful outcome for the National Measurement Office.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consumers given new weapon in fight against rogue traders

    Consumers will have greater powers to challenge unscrupulous rogue traders and get their money back under new rights.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Above inflation rise for National Minimum Wage

    More than 1 million of Britain’s lowest-paid workers are set to benefit as new National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates come into force.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New high speed rail college to be in Birmingham and Doncaster

    The home of the new National College for High Speed Rail will be located in Birmingham and Doncaster.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Major reform of intellectual property comes into force

    New measures that will modernise the intellectual property framework will come into force on 1 October 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Move to make UK global centre for sharing economy

    Government launches an independent review of the sharing economy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK visual effects, animation & games industries get multi-million pound skills boost

    Ed Vaizey, Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, announces Next Generation Skills Academy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Attracting foreign direct investment: UK government success

    Addressing the Forum of business leaders, Matthew Hancock spoke about action the UK government is taking to foreign direct investment to the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £8 million to train the next generation of the nuclear workforce

    Business Secretary Vince Cable announces £8 million of funding to train the next generation of nuclear technicians and engineers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Vince Cable appoints Siemens UK chief executive Juergen Maier to BIS Board

    Juergen Maier apointed as a Non-Executive Board member at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK and US join forces to tackle cyber crime

    Business Secretary to announce £4 million of funding to counter cyber security threats at first ever US-UK cyber innovation summit.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Higher education: student support - changes to Disabled Students' Allowances (DSA)

    Written Ministerial Statement by Greg Clark, Minister for Universities and Science, on future changes to Disabled Students’ Allowances.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Electronics firms given power to drive better enforcement of regulation

    As part of the Business Focus on Enforcement programme techUK has been charged with reviewing the electronics sector.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Breaking down the barriers to exciting new careers

    Organisations and government are working together to bring more women and diversity into science and engineering.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New research shows public appetite for businesses with a conscience

    Research for Social Saturday shows that British adults are concerned about where and how they buy products and services.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Higher education: strength in diversity

    Speech given at the annual gathering of university leaders at the Universities UK 'Strength in Diversity' conference.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Intellectual property: UK and China cooperation

    Speech at the UK-China Intellectual Property Symposium on improving our relationships with China on intellectual property matters.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Public attitudes to animal testing

    Survey results show that the British public accept the use of animals in scientific (medical) research ‘where there is no alternative’.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government