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COP26 President Alok Sharma spoke at the launch of the Race to Zero campaign on World Environment Day.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
COP26 President and Business Secretary Alok Sharma is marking World Environment Day with a £64 million package of funding and support for tropical rainforests in Colombia.
The government has today appointed Clive Dix as Deputy Chair of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce
Government to provide guarantees of up to £10 billion to Trade Credit Insurance schemes for business-to-business transactions
COP26 President Alok Sharma spoke at the opening ceremony of the UNFCCC's June Momentum for Climate Change
The COP26 UN climate conference will now take place between 1 and 12 November 2021 in Glasgow.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson sets out a timeline for retail to reopen in June.
Clean Growth Fund launched as a venture capital vehicle to accelerate early-stage green businesses.
Innovative businesses and start-ups are set to benefit from a £40 million government investment to drive forward new technological advances.
Business Secretary Alok Sharma gave the 17 May 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
UK’s top researchers rapidly working to find a coronavirus vaccine will benefit from £84 million of new government funding.
Race to manufacture millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine boosted with a multi-million-pound government investment.
Kate Bingham has been appointed chair of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce
Business Secretary Alok Sharma appoints Clare Chapman as Chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Council.
Business Secretary Alok Sharma has today appointed Professor Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS as the new CEO of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
Business Secretary Alok Sharma gave the 12 May 2020 daily press briefing on the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Government publishes guidance for employers to help them get their businesses back up and running and workplaces operating safely.
Over 30 climate ministers and high-level representatives met via video call for day two of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue on 28 April 2020.
A discretionary fund has been set up to accommodate certain small businesses previously outside the scope of the business grant funds scheme.
Letter from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Alok Sharma, to the UK's energy sector.
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