On 14 April, 120 senior business leaders attended the CBI’s Annual Economic Briefing & Lunch at the Malone Lodge Hotel, Belfast, to hear insights from a number of key experts on the outlook for the economy. The event was kindly sponsored by the Bank of Ireland. CBI’s head of Tax and Fiscal Policy commented on the UK & […]
The STAT was launched on 15 April 2016, as an employer-led group to help the transport sector address skills challenges and take forward the government’s commitment to treble the number of apprenticeships in the transport sector by 2020. STAT members will today meet for the first time with stakeholders to share best practice and discuss priorities for […]
Chancellor George Osborne on Thursday 14 April unveiled a ground-breaking international deal to automatically share information on the ultimate owners of companies with key EU allies, making it more difficult for firms to dodge tax or funnel corrupt funds. Britain has initiated an agreement with Germany, France, Italy and Spain that will see tax and […]
With the EU referendum taking place in just over two months, the CBI has launched a new report and convened a meeting between business federations across Europe and David Cameron. A new CBI publication has detailed what the ‘two futures’ of remaining and leaving the EU may mean for British business and the UK’s prosperity. […]
The social enterprise the Public Service Transformation Academy has been awarded a concession contract to run the Cabinet Office Commissioning Academy, a leadership programme for public sector commissioners. The Commissioning Academy aims to help those who work on defining policy, shaping public service provision or allocating resources for services to citizens, to get the best outcome. The Commissioning […]
The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), commissioned an independent review of nuclear fission and fusion research in the UK, to guide its future strategy. The review panel consisted of nine UK and international nuclear experts and interviewed a range of representatives from the research community, industry and Government in the course of its […]
Knowles House in Harlesden is set to be redeveloped to provide good quality housing for people in housing need after Brent Council’s Cabinet agreed to invest £24m in the plans at their meeting on Monday 11 April 2016. The Council aims to turn the outdated building, the former Anansi Nursery and Westbrook Community Centre into […]
Twelve groups around Bristol have been offered a total of £53,193 to undertake a range of energy projects in local communities. The grants will be awarded by Bristol City Council through its Bristol Community Energy Fund, an initiative encouraging local solutions for community specific energy challenges. The successful projects were picked from 32 submissions by a […]
European business leaders, speaking on behalf of around 3.3 million firms, will highlight the value of 40 years’ worth of investment collaboration through the EU. In a meeting with the Prime Minister, the Directors-General of the business federations from Germany, France, Spain, The Netherlands, alongside the CBI and the pan-European group BUSINESSEUROPE, will say that […]
Construction has started on a circa £70m housing development for army families at Tidworth in Wiltshire. Working on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), award winning housebuilder Hill will construct 322 new 3 and 4 bedroom homes for service personnel and their families based at barracks on and around Salisbury Plain. The homes have […]
