BEIS in the Budget 2021 The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will have a key role to play in delivering the Budget's commitments. From: 4 March 2021 The government has published a Budget aimed at protecting the jobs and livelihoods of the British people through the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ( BEIS) will have a key role to play in delivering this commitment. The Budget builds on the government’s existing support, which has helped to limit lasting damage while strengthening the economy in the longer term. Including measures announced at Budget 2020, total support for the economy comes to £407 billion this year and next year – the largest peacetime economic support package on record.