The Maritime and Coastguard Agency would like to congratulate kite surfer Andy Ward who has kite surfed from Alderney to Poole today. Â Andy contacted Portland Coastguard in March and has worked with them since...
Today marks the retirement of the first female full time officer of Her Majesty’s Coastguard awarded an MBE for her outstanding contribution to the Service.
Today’s businesses are facing tough times and the most successful know what help is available and make use of it.  That help is at hand for businesses in London next month when HM Revenue & Customs brings...
A horticulture company has been fined £23,300Â for failing to ensure proper health and safety standards were in place, following the death of an agency worker at its site in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway...
Today marks the retirement of the first female full time officer of Her Majesty’s Coastguard awarded an MBE for her outstanding contribution to the Service.
Arnside Coastguard Rescue Team performed a dramatic rescue yesterday when they spotted a canoeist being swept upriver whilst they were on a training exercise.
Stena Forth is a new-build drill ship of 58,294 GT which joined the UK flag in August and follows Stena Drillmax and Stena Carron on to the UK ship Register. All three vessels are owned by Stena Drilling Ltd...
70,000 lives saved by NHS Stop Smoking Services
At least 70,000 lives have been saved by NHS Stop Smoking Services in the ten years since they were established, according to new figures released today.
All of the following work is dependant on suitable weather conditions.
All of the following work is dependant on suitable weather conditions.
As the main potato harvesting season gets under way, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is calling on farmers and contractors to take extra care.
All roadworks weather dependant
To preserve an area thought once to have been ancient woodland, the Highways Agency is moving live tree stumps and soils from one part of the A46 to another as part of the ongoing project to widen the road between...
As the main potato harvesting season gets under way, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is calling on farmers and contractors to take extra care.
Work will continue overnight this week to install new overhead gantries, signs and signals as part of the expansion of the Managed Motorway (previously referred to as Active Traffic Management) scheme on the ...
The international family-owned food business, Dr Oetker, has signed up to a new regulatory relationship, as part of a pioneering UK scheme for better local regulation.
Chef Raymond Blanc's group of brasseries - Brasserie Blanc - has signed up to a new regulatory relationship, as part of a pioneering UK scheme for better local regulation.
HSE issues warning after incident in Cambridgeshire
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Today’s businesses are facing tough times and the most successful know what help is available and make use of it.  That help is at hand for businesses in London next month when HM Revenue &...
The Highways Agency is spending £5m to repair and improve two bridges along a section of the M6 at Haydock in Merseyside.
SE268-09 All of the following work is dependant on suitable weather conditions.
SE269-09 All of the following work is dependant on suitable weather conditions.
As autumn approaches, the Highways Agency and partners in The Deer Initiative are asking drivers to watch out for deer as part of a new campaign, DeerAware. Every year, people are killed or injured in road collisions...
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed Harjit Kaur Grewal to be a Salaried Employment Judge of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales). Ms Grewal will be assigned to the London...
As autumn approaches, the Highways Agency and partners in The Deer Initiative are asking drivers to watch out for deer as part of a new campaign, DeerAware. Every year, people are killed or injured in road collisions...
Vulnerable workers will be able to seek advice about their workplace rights and report abuses of those rights through a new helpline launched by Business Minister Pat McFadden today.
BE DEERAWARE: THE DEER INITIATIVE AND HIGHWAYS AGENCY ADVISE DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN AND WATCH OUT FOR DEER As autumn approaches, the Highways Agency and partners in The Deer Initiative are asking drivers to watch...
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has made good progress putting better regulation principles into practice according to a new report from the Better Regulation Executive published today.
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is prioritising its use of better regulation principles and has made real progress improving its performance as a regulator, according to a new report published today by ...
DSA launches online video channel
* Are You Ready? DVD available on YouTube
* Latest footage to help learners
* Available for free use on other sites
70,000 lives saved by NHS Stop Smoking Services
At least 70,000 lives have been saved by NHS Stop Smoking Services in the ten years since they were established, according to new figures released today.
As the main potato harvesting season gets under way, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is calling on farmers and contractors to take extra care.
As the main potato harvesting season gets under way, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is calling on farmers and contractors to take extra care.
Issued on behalf of the Government Equalities Office by the News Distribution Service Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality, Home Secretary Alan Johnson and Solicitor General Vera Baird today announced...
Wave and tidal developers are invited from today to bid for £22 million in new government funding to accelerate the commercial development of marine energy in the UK.
An Indian businessman who started off selling computers from his garage and now runs India’s largest info-technology conglomerate has won a UK award as Business Person of the Year.
Eleven hi-tech West Midlands companies are exploring new export opportunities in Canada next month.
Directgov, the nation’s official website, today announces major improvements to their Blue Badge map to help disabled people travel across the UK more easily. Disabled football fans can now use the map to find...
I feel everyone should get EMA, as we are all in education and trying to...
All modern cars are having the European flag put on the left side of...
All taxes that we pay in this country are labelled according to what the...
There are too many local authorities, campsites and shopping precincts that...
Recently in the press it has been revealed that the taxpayer massively...
The Disability Discrimination Act was passed in 1995 and was amended in 2005...
The BFPO system is only open to MoD serving personel. There are many UK...
The general public should be made aware by government advertising of the...
'...start looking after the majority not the minority groups' -- c dobbins
Statements are often made that "everybody" is living longer. Let the...
Little Johnny Hall died in sight of his mother because network rail removed...
The teaching of mathematics at high-school level is unsatisfactory. Students...
England has been too long without its own national anthem. God Save the...
To take a lead on the issue of climate change, we request the the Prime...
please investigate the apparent failure of the student finance system..it's...
When consumers are faced with data protection issues they are often faced...
For a number of years residents have seen crashes between these streets and...
At the moment an employee with 11 months service with a company have...
The world's climate scientists are warning that in our lifetimes, there...
The payment of bonuses in publicly funded or banking or other financial...
Currently Stamp Duty is charged at higher rate on the whole amount of house...
I propose that the government starts treating hard working citizens of this...
119/09 Marks and Spencer’s Pantheon Store in London’s Oxford Street, was today granted Grade II listed status by Culture Minister Barbara Follett, following advice from English Heritage.Â
The Minister of State for International Development will be visiting two London-based organisations taking part in the DFID Diaspora Volunteering Programme (DVP) on Tuesday 22nd September 2009. The DFID...
Over the coming weeks, business owners will be receiving correspondence from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) advising them to check the details of their property valuation to ensure they are correct and directing...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging construction companies to prevent falls from height after a contractor fell over three metres while working on an airbridge at Heathrow Terminal 4.
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HSE-E-20 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to employers following a fatal incident where a dock worker was struck by a reversing vehicle.
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Its a shame I cannot get away form Ludlow for this - please keep m eupdated on how Cambridgeshire event goes please - last weeks summit for AWm and East Midlands was very positive. Graeme Perks, Ludlow...
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Press release to accompany the Rural Experience visit to Cambridgeshire, 21 September 2009, to show the potential of community, business and...
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The Rural Experience is visiting Cambridgeshire to show the potential of community, business and locally based renewable energy schemes.
The findings from the visit, led by Sarah McAdam, ...
HSE-E-18 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned employers to maintain safe systems of working at road works, after a road traffic collision left a motorcyclist in intensive care.
The Portfield railway bridge on the A27 in
Chichester is to undergo a full refurbishment to improve its reliability for road users.
Today, at the Royal Court of Jersey in St Helier, Gordon Claude Wateridge, was sentenced to two years imprisonment after being convicted in August this year of assault and a series of sexual offences.
Over the last ten years, 265,000 people across the South East have quit smoking with the help of the NHS Stop Smoking Service. To celebrate its tenth anniversary, celebrations and events are taking place across...
Over the coming weeks, business owners will be receiving correspondence from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) advising them to check the details of their property valuation to ensure they are correct and directing...
As the main potato harvesting season gets under way, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is calling on farmers and contractors to take extra care. The plea comes after a 34-year-old man was killed in Fife ...
This consultation started on 9th July 2009 and ends on 9th October 2009.
Consultation exercise on draft Regulations to prohibit smoking on ships. Includes consultation letter, draft Regulations, draft Fixed...
This consultation started around the 9th July 2009, but we couldn't automatically determine when it ends. Check its website for more information.
We were unable to obtain a summary of this consultation. For...
This consultation started on 7th July 2009 and ends on 6th October 2009.
This consultation document discusses an omission in the transposition of the Framework Directive on Health and Safety of Workers ...
The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed Harjit Kaur Grewal to be a Salaried Employment Judge of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales). Ms Grewal will be assigned to the London...
DSA launches online video channel
* Are You Ready? DVD available on YouTube
* Latest footage to help learners
* Available for free use on other sites
EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 22 SEPTEMBER 2009 Vulnerable workers will be able to seek advice about their workplace rights and report abuses of those rights through a new helpline launched by Business Minister Pat ...
Embargoed until 00:01 hours on Tuesday 22 September To encourage rural communities to play their part in delivering national climate change targets the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) and The Co-operative...
70,000 lives saved by NHS Stop Smoking Services
At least 70,000 lives have been saved by NHS Stop Smoking Services in the ten years since they were established, according to new figures released today.