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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, including Filipino, with residence rights in the UK, will be allowed to enter the country.  The Philippin...

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 London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Andrew served in Germany and Nepal and was Her Majesty’...

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 reiterating the UK government’s commitment to levelling up the country and protecting jobs as we build b...

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 race. Nations that help businesses decarbonise and prepare infrastructure for climate impacts fastest ...