Department for Business Articles

New payment reporting rules demand more from large UK business

From April 2017, larger UK firms will have to publish twice annually details about the average time...

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Anna Soubry asked to apologise for Pubs Code fiasco

The Pubs Code must have been in place by 26 May this year, but apparent drafting errors in the legi...

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Alan Sugar reappointed as government’s enterprise tsar

On top of championing entrepreneurialism and the value of apprenticeships, Sugar will encourage sma...

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Should Argentina be the next export destination for your micro firm?

With trade and investment minister Lord Price using the UK government's first trade mission to Argen...

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Government measures to keep British pubs in the hands of local owners

To improve relations between pub landlords and their tenants, the government has appointed chartere...

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Only 20 per cent of small firms export to the EU, but all are constrained by red tape

Energy and climate change minister Andrea Leadsom has called for small business leaders to reconside...

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BIS committee slams government productivity plan and weak ministerial engagement?

A Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) select committee has lambasted the government'...

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Majority of workers want training to help them get to grips with new software

Almost two thirds of workers want better training to help them understand how to use new computer pr...

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Government’s 1trn export target “pie in the sky and unachievable”

Iain Wright, chairman of the BIS committee, has called the government's target of 1trn exports by ...

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