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Members of the Analysis Function People Board Shadow Board holding a virtual meeting Written by Nicholas Webster, Welsh Government The Analysis Function’s People Board (AFPB) Shadow Board (only in government would you get away with such a long name!) supports the work of the Analysis Function by shadowing a senior board specifically focusing on developing capability across government analysts. The ultimate goal of the People Board is to ensure we have the right people in the right place with ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a statement on COVID in the House of Commons.

Minister Prentis delivers the keynote speech at the Shellfish Association of Great Britains annual conference.

(0) UK Government publishes guidance on eligibility criteria for participating in the auctions Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced that, ahead of the first auction of UK emissions allowances for the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) due to commence on May 19, the UK Governments Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published updated guidance on the eligibility crite...

Exclusive: MP Criticises “Frankly Insulting” University Hardship Funding As English Students Get Less Support Than Devolved Nations Students in England have received between a half and a tenth of the hardship funding given to students in devolved nations, Blomfield said (Alamy) 2 hr Paul Blomfield, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Students, has told ministers he has “serious concerns” about levels of hardship funding on offer to students in England. It follows the announce...

Published April 4, 2021, 11:43 AM The United Kingdom has included the Philippines in England’s ‘Red List’ to protect the country against new variants of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), British Ambassador to the Philippine Daniel Pruce announced over the weekend.  In a video message posted on his official social media accounts, Pruce said the new restrictions will take effect at 4 a.m. on April 9, 2021, which means that only British or Irish nationals or third party nationals, includ...

Andrew Mitchell CMG Andrew Mitchell was appointed a Director General at the Department for International Trade in May 2020. Andrew was previously Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Europe, responsible for the Department for International Trade’s work promoting trade and investment with the countries of Europe. Prior to this he held senior positions in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Andrew led the government’s international work on Prosperity and was the FCO’s Director for the...

Date Time Business Secretary co-chairs UK Steel Council meeting 5 March 2021 As part of the UK government’s regular and ongoing engagement with the steel industry, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng today re-established and co-chaired the latest UK Steel Council meeting, with representatives from the 6 major steel companies in the UK, as well as UK Steel, the sector’s trade association, trade unions and the Devolved Administrations in attendance. The Business Secretary opened the call reiter...

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has co-chaired a meeting of the UK Steel Council.

Date Time Green Industrial Revolution needs Green Industrial Regulation In July, US President Joe Biden said: “When I hear the words climate change, I hear the word “jobs”. In September, President Xi Jinping pledged China would achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. In November, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson published a ten point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, mobilising £12 billion of investment and supporting up to 250,000 British jobs to achieve net zero. We are in a ra...