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13 Apr 2015 Economy

London First response to Labour manifesto

Business membership organisation London First has responded to the manifesto released by the Labour Party today.

Boards’ effectiveness essential to long-term economic success

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13 Apr 2015 Economy

Boards’ effectiveness essential to long-term economic success

New report launch by the Investment Association and EY reveals key findings on improving board effectiveness.

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13 Apr 2015 Environment

£6m funding to improve UK livestock health

Funding for eight projects that aim to improve the health of livestock within the UK has been announced by the Animal Health Research Club (ARC).

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13 Apr 2015 Environment

New online tool launched for farm shops

Independent butchers and farm shops can now create bespoke promotional material thanks to the new EBLEX Point-Of-Sale (POS) hub.

Mind the skills gap: from classroom to career

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08 Apr 2015 Education

Mind the skills gap: from classroom to career

Improving the UK’s skills gap must be a priority for the next Government, according to the Chartered Insurance Institute.

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08 Apr 2015 Economy

Tackling the skills gap: From classroom to workplace

The CII's pre-election skills manifesto identifies five key policy issues, an incoming government will need to address in order to tackle the UK's skills gap.

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06 Apr 2015 Economy

UK bank profits up 62%, but must urgently tackle low return on equity, says KPMG report

Report reveals divergent performance across the top five UK-based banks as the profitability at the two state-backed banks continued to rise, whereas it fell at the three global banks.Strengthening economic conditions sees loan impairment costs fall 72 per cent to 5.2bn.Encouragingly, four of the five banks have taken the significant step of including customer satisfaction information in their annual reports.

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01 Apr 2015 Economy

Engineers call on future Government to make UK a global leader in next generation communications networks

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has today launched its General Election Campaign, calling on the next Government to take steps to establish the UK as a global telecommunications leader and introduce legislation to make sure there is a reliable broadband service across all parts of the country.

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31 Mar 2015 Environment

Cattle industry project to streamline data exchange

A 282,000 project to develop a prototype system for the exchange of cattle information across the supply chain has been given the green-light by Agri-tech Catalyst.

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31 Mar 2015 Environment

RamCompare project to boost sheep industry genetic improvement

A major new partnership has been announced which will enable the UK sheep industry to drive genetic improvement forward through the inclusion of commercial data in genetic evaluations.

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30 Mar 2015 Environment

Burger sales boom boost for supply chain

New figures have revealed a boom in sales for fresh beef and lamb burgers that will benefit the whole supply chain.

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

ABI responds to FCA’s final report on Retirement Income Market Study

Commenting onFCAs final report on their Retirement income Market Study, Yvonne Braun, ABIs Director of Long-Term Savings Policy, said:

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26 Mar 2015 Home affairs

ACCA and ESRC unlock £30k to research most effective whistleblowing policies globally

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) are calling for research proposals to develop their global research and insights work into corporate culture.

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

A whole new way of retirement planning

A pensions dashboard showing customers' collective savings introduces a whole new way of retirement planning.

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25 Mar 2015 Economy

Unite seeks urgent meeting on UK jobs as Heinz and Kraft merge

Reassurances about future UK job security are being sought by Unite, the countrys largest union, following todays (Wednesday 25 March) announcement that US food giant Heinz is to merge with Kraft Foods Group.

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25 Mar 2015 Environment

Opportunities for red meat exports to China in spotlight

Future exports of beef and lamb to China could mirror the successful blueprint of pork and benefit the entire supply chain, according to EBLEX.

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25 Mar 2015 Environment

Funding a plan to reduce UK's flood risk must be a Gov't priority

Responding to the Public Accounts Commitee report on flood risk management,Louise Hanson, Director of Advocacy, Association of British Insurers, said:

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24 Mar 2015 Economy

Save the Date for Innovate UK 2015 – 9th 10th November

The global spotlight on UK innovation is back and will take place at Old Billingsgate, London on 9th and 10th November.

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24 Mar 2015 Economy

Big opportunities for UK Catapults from EU engagement

A new report published today by the Big Innovation Centre shows the huge benefits that can be achieved for the UK through the Catapult centres engaging in EU programmes.

Will the EFA freeze SMEs out of £6 billion of schools work?

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24 Mar 2015 Economy

Will the EFA freeze SMEs out of £6 billion of schools work?

A highly critical report has found that the process used by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) to tender school building and maintenance work is unacceptably skewed, to the disadvantage of SMEs.

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23 Mar 2015 Environment

Provenance puts independent butchers in prime position

Independent butchers are best placed to capitalise on the publics new-found love of all things culinary, despite the industry losing a generation through lack of training opportunities.

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23 Mar 2015 Environment

Encraft – smart infrastructures that save energy and reduce emissions

Domestic heating, hot water, lighting, cooking and household appliances account for more than 25% of all energy use in the UK.

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20 Mar 2015 Environment

Red meat “vital” to balanced diet

Meat from grass-fed cattle and sheep can have up to 10 times more long-chain omega-3 fatty acids than meat from animals reared on non-pasture sources, a group of MPs has been told.

Coca-Cola Enterprises - 'supporting students on developing their enterprise skills'

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20 Mar 2015 Education

Coca-Cola Enterprises - 'supporting students on developing their enterprise skills'

Bill Muirhead, Senior Manager of Coca-Cola Enterprises’ Education Programme, discusses the growing success of the Real Business Challenge.