The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson MP has urged Government to give the green light to taking Crossrail 2 forward and commit the necessary development funding for the vital new railway line in next month’s budget. He has also warned that any delay will result in £4bn in lost economic benefit every six months. Speaking […]
DIO has awarded a contract to refurbish one of two runways at RAF Valley to a joint venture of North Stone and White Mountain. The contract, worth £20 million, is to refurbish the runway as well as link taxiways and provide a new section airside perimeter road, new visual aids, aeronautical lighting and signage. The […]
Wales Office Minister highlights success of Gower businesses in overseas markets ahead of UK Government’s ‘exports roadshow’. Mr Cairns will visit A1K9, the leading personal and family protection dog training company in the world who have sold more than 1,000 highly trained dogs to customers and their families to over 30 countries worldwide. Mr Cairns […]
The NHS in Wales will receive an extra £45m of new investment to help it respond to winter pressures, the Welsh Government announced. The money for this financial year will come from Welsh Government reserves and will help health boards across Wales treat and care for the increase in people using services at this time […]
The NHS is set to receive a huge boost to workforce thanks to £27 million of Scottish Government funding to attract and retain the best talent into the healthcare profession whatever their background, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. In a major speech that sets out her vision for a modern NHS in Scotland, the […]
The number of nurse training places will increase by 10% in 2016-17 as part of an £85m investment package by the Welsh Government in the next generation of healthcare professionals, the Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford announced. Nurse training places will rise by 135 in 2016-17 to 1,418, an increase of 10%, on […]
Householders, workers, healthcare and schools will all benefit from the continued Scottish Government financing of Scotland’s local authorities. Deputy First Minister John Swinney confirmed that the 32 councils have now written to him to accept the package for 2016-17, which will: facilitate a Living Wage for every social care worker in Scotland, protect the Council […]
Government spends £700 million a year on recruiting and training new teachers, but has missed its recruitment targets for the last four years and it needs to do more to demonstrate how new arrangements are improving the quality of teaching in classrooms, according to the National Audit Office. The NAO found that 53% of the […]
UK small businesses are underestimating the impact a cyber attack could have on their reputation and must take steps to protect it, according to the findings of the Small Business Reputation and the Cyber Risk report, launched by the Government’s Cyber Streetwise campaign and KPMG. Despite the vast majority (93%) of small businesses surveyed thinking […]
The Department for Transport and Great Western Railway (GWR) has announced funding for a new study into improvements to railway infrastructure between London and Devon and Cornwall. The study, which will be carried out by Network Rail and funded and commissioned by GWR, will look at what more can be done to existing track, signalling […]
