Two directors of a marketing and distribution of alcoholic beverages business have been banned for 15 years by the High Court from acting as company directors, following an investigation by the Insolvency Service...
Tony Blair has visited the Sellafield power station in West Cumbria. He toured the site and met with staff.
New rates of interest are announced today. They cover quarterly instalment payments and early payments of corporation tax not due by instalments, in respect of accounting periods ending on or after 1 July 1999. ...
Judith Armitt, the new Thames Gateway Chief Executive, visited the Shorne Woods Visitors Centre on today to find out about the progress of the Green Grid network in North Kent and to discover the innovative energy...
Significant progress in the way the UK produces and uses bioenergy and renewable materials is highlighted in a report, published today by Defra and DTI.
Mr Peter Waterworth has been appointed as Governor of Monserrat in succession to Mrs Deborah Barnes Jones who will be transferring to another Diplomatic appointment. Mr Waterworth will take up his new appointment...
Asked whether it was Gordon Brown's fists the Prime Minister was referring to, the PMOS said the Prime Minister was speaking metaphorically. Asked whether the Prime Minister was metaphorically backing Gordon Brown...
Asked whether the PMOS could say anymore on the Prime Minister's conversation later today with Kofi Annan on Darfur, the PMOS said there was nothing really he could say ahead of the conversation, except set out ...
Asked what was on the agenda for the Prime Minister's meeting with the President of Yemen, the PMOS said they would discuss the reform programme in Yemen and we would express our support for it. They would also ...
Asked whether the PMOS could explain a bit more about the Prime Minister's interview, the PMOS said the interview would be beamed out in exactly the same way as the interview in June. Anne McElvoy and Will Hutton...
Asked whether the public should be alarmed at allegations that Spanish eggs sold in the UK contain Salmonella, the PMOS said eighty-five percent of eggs sold in the UK are laid in Britain! The PMOS said he never...
Asked what was the Prime Minister's reaction to Mirza Tahir Hussain's sentence being commuted to life, and was there any discussion at Cabinet, the PMOS said it was not discussed at Cabinet this morning. However...
Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said this morning's Cabinet meeting was given over to the first full meeting of the Economic Policy Group. It was chaired by the Prime Minister and opened with a substantial...
President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in Downing Street for talks today. He and Tony Blair were joined by Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett.
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Cabinet, Mirza Tahir Hussain, Salmonella, Prime Minister's Queen's Speech Online Interview, President of Yemen, Darfur and Queen's Speech
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Water companies must be prepared in case there is another dry winter and ensure that they have sufficient supplies to meet next summer's demands, Ofwat said today.
Judith Armitt, the new Thames Gateway Chief Executive, today added the finishing touches to the new University of Essex Southend Campus as part of her first visit to the town since her appointment.
A letting agent, which traded as Property Express, and its associated companies have been shut down following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch (CIB) of The Insolvency Service.
An international trading operation which involved eleven companies has been wound-up by the High Court following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch (CIB) of the Insolvency Service.
Christmas is a happy time - or is it? People can get overexcited and may act out of character. We've all heard the story about employees photocopying certain parts of their anatomy on the office photocopier. But...
The current Action programme for the 4 nitrate vulnerable zones in Scotland is reviewed and comments are sought on proposed changes and modifications to it. These seek to address risks of nitrate from agricultural...
The OFT today referred the acquisition of Macquarie Luxembourg Water Sarl (now Hastings Luxembourg Water Sarl) by Utilities Trust of Australia (UTA) Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (HDUF) to the Competition ...
New legislation to enable the most serious and complex fraud trials to be heard by a judge alone was published today in the Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill.
Road users and other interested groups are being invited to make their views known as the Government reviews its guidance for motorway service areas, trunk road service areas, lay-bys and lorry parks.
Plans to make it easier for older and disabled people to benefit from digital switchover were published today by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
The historic tide in the growth of waste may have turned, according to figures released today. They show that the amount of municipal waste produced last year dropped by 3%. Last year's 3% fall was the biggest ...
Climate change is already affecting wild animals and all countries must take measures to help them adapt to ensure both wildlife and people around the world are not seriously affected, said the Minister for Biodiversity...
Ivan Lewis, Care Service Minister, said today:
Sssh! Keep it quiet, but patients will be able to research their healthcare options in their local library as part of a new scheme announced by the Department of Health (DH).
The Queen has been pleased to approve that Bryan, the Lord Davies of Oldham, Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords) be sworn of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.
Tony Blair answered questions from users of the Downing Street website. Watch the interview or read the transcript.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is to begin a programme of consultation in order to deliver a more effective service to local businesses and individuals. The series of consultations on the future shape and direction...
A report of qualitative research carried out to help inform the design of the STV ballot papers for the May 2007 local council elections.
Key findings of the fan consultation on sectarianism within Scottish football.
The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) is calling on all winter holiday-makers to check their passport expiry date as there are now only six weeks to go before the winter holiday exodus predicted for the weekend...
London 2012 will never stop learning from past Olympic host cities - that was the message today from Tessa Jowell and Seb Coe, as they visited Barcelona and praised it for its success in securing a long-term legacy...
Changes to Ministerial responsibilities at the Department of Trade and Industry were outlined today following the retirement last week of Lord Sainsbury.
The Department for Transport has today published Regional Transport Statistics: 2006 Edition.
A £60.79m scheme to upgrade the A1 has got the go-ahead, Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman announced today. The improvements will see approximately 10km of the A1 between Bramham and Wetherby improved...
Statistical Release
The Charity Commission and The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) today formally announced the membership of its new Charities SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice) Committee.
Going to Court to solve a problem can be expensive and time consuming. But there are other ways of dealing with many types of complaint. This booklet explains how they work and when you can use them.
Looked After Children 2005-06
Accurate statistics for service personnel injured in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be published on a fortnightly basis, the Defence Secretary Des Browne announced today.
Autumn 2006 may be warmer than average, but the Highways Agency and the Met Office are warning drivers not to be complacent about severe winter weather on the roads.
Defra today published the first set of estimates from the Department's 2005/6 survey of municipal waste. This is the second year that results are based on information supplied by local authorities in England to ...
Listed below are those Bills that the Government intend to bring forward. Details of each of these Bills are available from the Leader of the House of Commons website at www.CommonsLeader.gov.uk.
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In November 2002 the Claimant ("Hart") engaged the Second Defendant in the main action ("Larchpark") to carry out extensive building works at a property known as Queen's Lodge, 53-55 Queen's Avenue, Muswell Hill...
This is an unusual case in a number of respects, not least because one of the participants in the central events died about three months afterwards and has not been able to give his account of those matters which...
Keisner v Terrus Group Ltd [2006] EWHC 2765 (Ch) (07 November 2006)
This is an application on the part of the Secretary of State for a disqualification order against each defendant under section 6 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 ("the Act"). It was not in dispute...
This is an appeal by the Applicant Mr Colin Harrison ("the Applicant") from a decision ("the Decision") of the VAT and Duties Tribunal ("the Tribunal") released on the 2nd September 2005. By the Decision the Tribunal...
On 7 June 1995 the applicant, Michael Robson, killed his friend, Robert Williamson, by stabbing him in the stomach with a knife. Not long after, following a row with his sister, Lisa, he lashed at her face with ...
This appeal arises from a claim by the respondent/claimant ("claimant") for damages for personal injuries he received in an accident which occurred on board a ship owned and managed by the appellant/first defendant...
A company that promised to turn £150 into £1 million pounds within a year has been wound up in the High Court following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch (CIB) of The Insolvency...
Responses to a consultation on a review of the British Wool Marketing Board.
Liam Black, chief executive of Jamie Oliver's Fifteen, and other trailblazing social entrepreneurs joined forces with Ministers today to get young people involved in businesses that change lives.
Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, today joined Cabinet Office Ministers in launching the Government's Social Enterprise Action Plan - and welcomed the way social enterprises are challenging our stereotypes...