30 January 2012
Mid-sized firms to spearhead UK export drive
A delegation of Mid-sized Businesses (MSBs) will accompany Trade and Investment Minister Lord Green and John Cridland Director General of the CBI to Turkey in April.
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5 January 2012
A new national programme which will focus on helping small and medium manufacturing businesses to grow has officially launched.
A new national programme which will focus on helping small and medium manufacturing businesses to grow has officially launched, Business Minister Mark Prisk and the Manufacturing Advisory Consortium (MAC) announced recently.
13 December 2011
New intellectual property support for SMEs
New measures announced by the Government recently will help small and medium sized firms to protect their intellectual property and grow their business.
16 November 2011
Apprenticeships: Cable guarantees quality, slashes red tape and delivers cash boost for firms
Business Secretary Vince Cable announced recently new measures to ensure more young people benefit from an apprenticeship, and to help employers gain the skilled workers they need to grow.
A new nationally operated Manufacturing Advisory Service will focus on helping small and medium sized manufacturers to grow, Business Minister Mark Prisk announced today.
The UK’s ability to stay at the forefront of world-class manufacturing received a boost of over £170 million today as the Government announced a package to drive future growth.
3 August 2011
Sweeping intellectual property reforms to boost growth and add billions to the economy
The Government today announced plans to support economic growth by modernising UK intellectual property laws.
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, has announced that two deregulatory amendments to the EU Prospectus Directive have been brought into effect a year early by the UK to help small businesses access equity finance more cheaply and effectively. By bringing these measures into force now, the Government is demonstrating its commitment to helping small UK businesses access the finance they need, in an announcement welcomed by the Federation of Small Businesses.
The new requirements come into law on 31 July 2011, allowing businesses to take advantage of the measures from 1 August 2011.
Business Minister Mark Prisk outlines how Government and the construction industry will work together to decarbonise the built environment by 2050.
A single European patent looks ever more likely as ministers reached important agreements on the detail of a unitary patent at the Competitiveness Council in Luxembourg.