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Yesterday
New £60,000 Community Challenge Prize launches.
20 Feb 2012
The Government joins manufacturers this month to celebrate British manufacturing and explore how the sector can support economic growth.
14 Feb 2012
Free online training has been launched to help get thousands of experienced business people mentoring SMEs.
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24 Jan 2012, Social Market Foundation
4 Jan 2012, Policy Exchange, London
In a speech at Policy Exchange, Universities and Science Minister David Willetts argued that our greatest national assets - our universities, our science facilities and researchers - are the best single hope for making our way in the high-tech world of the future, creating jobs and opportunities and boosting high tech economic growth.
12 Dec 2011, CBI / Green Alliance Conference, London
Vince Cable argues that the formula for resource security is to let markets work and let business pick up market signals, but recognise the key role of government in supporting innovation and in setting the right price signals, in the move to a more sustainable low carbon economy.
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20 Feb 2012
Business Secretary Vince Cable and Universities Minister David Willetts today announced the appointment of Professor Les Ebdon as the next Director of Fair Access to Higher Education.
17 Feb 2012
A spokesperson for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said: “We are pleased the Court rejected outright the suggestion that our student finance reforms breach students’ human rights.
16 Feb 2012
Four new lenders have been accredited to offer loans to small businesses under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme, the Government announced today.
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