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  • £186 million boost for technologies of the future

    A package of investment in the 8 great technologies of the future will accelerate high-tech progress from the lab to the marketplace

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

  • Boosting Britain's growth: PM visits Yorkshire

    David Cameron visits Yorkshire to see some of the projects that are helping to grow the economy and create jobs.

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

  • New initiative to support $40 billion smart cities in the UK

    The UK’s cities will be helped to get smart, thanks to the launch of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’s new Smart Cities

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

  • David Willetts: Response to Nobel Prize

    The University of Edinburgh’s Professor Peter Higgs has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics

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

  • Business Secretary announces £25 million boost for innovative small businesses

    Business Secretary Vince Cable announced today that a £25 million boost will be given to small but innovative UK businesses

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

  • New IP adviser role confirmed

    Mike Weatherley MP will play a key role in raising IP awareness focusing on IP enforcement, policy advice and raise awareness with small businesses.

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

  • Form filling for companies ditched in red tape cut

    Proposals to reduce burdensome company filing requirements for 3.2 million UK companies are announced today by Business Minister Jo Swinson

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

  • Cable – “Women on Boards stats promising”

    Latest figures for Women on Boards published today show that female representation in the UK’s top companies’ boards continues to increase

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

  • List of restrictive company names to be reduced

    Measures to cut the list of 'sensitive' names that startup businesses must get approval for, prior to setting up, have been announced today

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

  • Accounting standards are part of legally binding corporate reporting framework

    A statement from Jo Swinson, Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs, about accounting standards.

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

  • UK firms receive IP boost in South East Asia

    Lord Younger, Minister for Intellectual Property announced the appointment of a new IP attaché for South East Asia.

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

  • Payday industry not meeting voluntary codes

    Findings from a government survey have found that payday lenders are not fully complying with industry standards brought in last year

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

  • New funding for traineeship scheme announced

    An extra £20m is being made available to the government’s new Traineeships programme to support even more young people into Apprenticeships

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

  • Business Secretary visit to Belfast

    Vince Cable is visiting Belfast to highlight the contribution of the film and production industries to the economy

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

  • Cutting red tape for business improvement districts that help small shops and local traders

    The Department for Communities and Local Government ends unnecessary red tape to support high street regeneration.

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

  • Competition and Markets Authority launch

    Competition Minister Jo Swinson launches shadow Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

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

  • Sweeping reforms to IP court save businesses time and money

    The Patents County Court has been renamed the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC)

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

  • Cuts to red tape mark ‘Freedom Day’ for UK businesses

    Michael Fallon today announced good news for the growth prospects of UK companies as more common sense cuts to red tape are implemented

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

  • New competition authority comes into existence

    The UK’s new unified competition body, the Competition and Markets Authority, launched today in shadow form before going live in April 2014.

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

  • Sweeping reforms to directors’ pay and narrative reports come in to force

    Vince Cable welomes reforms that make sure investors and shareholders are better informed about how much directors have, and will be paid

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