Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford announced the purchase of land for the Cylch Caron Integrated Resource Centre in Tregaron. The site has been bought with £727,000 of Welsh Government funding. Professor Drakeford, together with Hywel Dda University Health Board chief executive Steve Moore and Ceredigion County Council leader Councillor Ellen ap Gwynn unveiled […]
A new multi-million pound fund to increase the number of degree apprenticeships available to young people has been launched by the Business Secretary Sajid Javid on a visit to Manchester Metropolitan University. First launched in September last year, degree apprenticeships allow for the study for a full Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree while working. Universities and […]
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced the release of further land to provide thousands of new homes and generate around £140million. The 10 sites are expected to provide land for around 7,000 new homes – the vast majority of which will be released in time to contribute to the government’s target of 160,000 by […]
Contract expected to be worth more than £300 million has been awarded to Amey as part of new delivery arrangements. A maintenance and response contract expected to be worth more than £300 million and running for up to 15 years has been awarded to Amey as part of Highways England’s new delivery arrangements in the […]
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd has set out why we are stronger, safer and better off staying in Europe. Addressing employees at an energy interconnector site in Kent, the Energy Secretary spoke about why staying in the European Union is vital for our long-term energy security as well as our economic security. She […]
First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones is due to announce a £31m EU-backed investment for a world class computer science facility at Swansea University. The Computational Foundry, based at the Swansea Bay Campus, will be backed with £17m from the European Regional Development Fund and will drive research into computer science and make Wales a […]
Cabinet Office has announced a partnership with the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford to create a new centre of excellence for Social Impact Bonds and innovative government commissioning, called the Government Outcomes Lab. The 5-year partnership will develop world-leading research in this field and provide practical, on the ground support to local commissioners. […]
According to Prime Minister David Cameron, almost 600,000 jobs in the UK alcohol industry will be safer in a reformed European Union. Britain’s wine and spirits industry made £1.8 billion in EU exports for the UK economy last year. The country’s booming alcohol industry also makes hundreds of millions a year from 35 free trade […]
Delta eSourcing, the EU-compliant, robust, secure e-procurement service for public sector organisations is delighted to announce important changes to its service regarding the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). In order to bring the Delta service fully into line with the EU Public Procurement Directives 2015, all of the new OJEU regulatory notices have […]
The Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) has published new guidance on how companies and the Ministry of Defence should calculate the profit allowed on single source contracts. This follows the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defence last week that, for qualifying contracts signed from 1 April 2016, the baseline profit rate will be […]
