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From The Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable
  • £31 million injection for new nuclear technology in the UK

    Vince Cable announces new funding awards that will enhance the supply chain and increase opportunities in the nuclear industry

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

  • Long-term partnership to help UK compete in £1 trillion global nuclear industry

    Government publishes industrial strategy to enable the UK to seize the opportunities for economic growth in the nuclear industry.

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

  • Publication of the Nuclear Industrial Strategy

    An industrial strategy to enable the UK to seize the opportunities for economic growth in the nuclear industry.

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

  • £70 million boost to small business lending

    Small and medium-sized businesses are set to receive a £70 million lending boost following government action.

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

  • Vince Cable meets business leaders in Dublin

    Secretary of State addresses British Irish Chamber of Commerce Annual Conference

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

  • Multi billion pound UK commitment to long-term industrial strategy

    Government and industry today pledged an ambitious long-term partnership and £2 billion investment in aerospace manufacturing.

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

  • New government ambassadors created to promote apprenticeships

    Two new government apprenticeship ambassadors were appointed today.

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

  • Employers to design their own apprenticeships

    Government responds to the Richard Review

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

  • UK retailers get export and investment action plan

    Vince Cable launches UK Retail Industry International Action Plan at Retail Week Live the largest annual gathering of senior retailers.

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

  • Multi-million pound future cities catapult to be hosted in London

    A new Catapult centre that will help make cities become smarter and more forward thinking will be hosted in London

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

  • Working with primary schools is key to getting disadvantaged young people into university

    Universities need to reach out to primary schools to increase the number from disadvantaged backgrounds benefitting from higher education.

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

  • Mansion House Trade and Industry speech 2013

    Vince Cable says that there is nothing to prevent Britain reasserting itself as a highly skilled, innovative, exporting nation.

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

  • Manufacturing Summit 2013

    The third annual summit brings together government and industry leaders to debate the future of UK manufacturing

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

  • Advanced manufacturing supply chain fund to create thousands of new jobs

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will today announce £213 million of joint government and industry investment

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

  • Children and Families Bill: consultation on shared parental leave

    Government launched a consultation asking businesses and working families their views on how shared parental leave and pay will work.

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

  • Government and industry team up to fund 500 Masters degrees in aerospace engineering

    A new £6 million bursary fund will pay for 500 new graduates and employees to study Masters (MSc) level degrees in aerospace engineering.

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

  • Business Secretary seals agreement to bring patent court to London

    Business Secretary Vince Cable today finalised the deal for a new patent court to be based in London.

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

  • Apprenticeships starts almost double in two years

    Apprenticeships starts break through the half million mark

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

  • Ministers welcome rise in university applications

    Figures released by UCAS today show that the number of applications for higher education by people living in England has risen by 3 per cent

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

  • Vince Cable – Progress still to be made on all-male boards

    Business Secretary Vince Cable writes to the last seven FTSE 100 firms with all-male boards urging them to increase women in the boardroom.

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