Renewable energy developers will compete for £290m worth of contracts to support the growth of clean energy in Britain, as the second Contracts for Difference auction launches today (3 April).
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From today (3 April 2017), the Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) will start to use powers to impose penalties for serious financial sanctions breaches. These can be up to £...
Armed Forces Minister Mike Penning yesterday visited Bentiu and Malakal, where UK military personnel are deployed, and met those carrying out engineering tasks in support of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS...
A waste criminal whose actions resulted in the closure of the M60, polluted a river and blighted communities has been disqualified from being a company director for 6 years and sentenced to 15 months in prison...
Thousands of schools across England are to benefit from a £2.4 billion cash injection, Education Secretary Justine Greening announced today (3 April 2017).
It comes as new government figures...
Updated: 3 April - Geothermal Energy story response.
Geothermal energy in the Caribbean - Monday 3 AprilToday The Daily Mail published an article on a UK supported geothermal energy programme in the Caribbean...
The first phase of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme has reached a major milestone as all three moveable weir gates have now been successfully put in place at Knostrop Weir on the River Aire.
Costing...
HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) ambition for most businesses to keep records digitally and send quarterly summary updates moves a step closer with the launch of the Making Tax Digital for Business (MTDfB) pilot...
On March 8 2017, the 16th Standing Committee Meeting was held on the fringes of the annual Waste Management Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
The meeting included members of the US Department of Energy (...
I would like to begin by congratulating President Barcley Bell and guests for this celebration of all that is good with Northern Ireland food and farming.
And it is right that we take the time to...
The Home Office is seeking 11 new members with expertise across:
enforcement forensic chemistry neuropharmacology clinical psychology or general practice prison management offender management...
Communities up and down the coast are set to benefit from a £40 million cash boost, Sajid Javid announced today (3 April 2017).
Piers, promenades and coastal paths are some of over 30 exciting...
It is an honour to open the International Summit on the Teaching Profession. This conference provides an excellent opportunity for politicians, unions and teacher representatives from the nations of the...
The new Institute for Apprenticeships will start its first official working day today (3 April 2017).
Independent from government, the institute, which is to be chaired by Antony Jenkins, has been...
The world’s biggest competitive water market officially opened on April 1st, which for the first time gives more than 1.2 million businesses, charities and public sector bodies the chance to choose their water...
The Warwickshire-based establishment this week launched the Ricoh training centre at the prison, which will give offenders the opportunity to gain digital media qualifications and get a job with the firm on release...
Scotland to get its first Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research Edinburgh joins Warwick amongst 14 centres announced across the UK Cabinet Office: Research centres will ensure we build...
Entia’s Affinity monitor at The Royal Marsden Hospital
A London-based healthtech start-up has developed a hand-held blood testing kit that can be used at home by chemotherapy patients to tailor...
Councils will have new tools to speed up development of derelict and underused land for new homes, Housing and Planning Minister Gavin Barwell confirmed today (3 April 2017).
Local authorities across ...
Business Secretary Greg Clark and Ministers hosted 100 business leaders at an Industrial Strategy evening reception in Leeds. Lord Prior of Brampton opened a new Metals Discovery Centre in Rotherham, Margot...
During March, there were four new detention of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port. Four vessels remained under detention from previous months. A total of four vessels remain under detention at the end of March...
In this role Philip will have overall responsibility for the operation of CDGs, which are the decision-makers, independent of the investigation team, on Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) cases under the...
energy suppliers to focus help on vulnerable households part of plan to improve energy efficiency of 1 million homes by 2020Homes across Great Britain will get extra support to make their homes cheaper...
Tackling the terror threat and developing new capabilities to strike at the heart of Daesh are the centrepiece of a new joint initiative between the UK and Jordan, the Prime Minister will announce today.
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The 39,000-tonne tanker, which can carry up to 19,000 cubic metres of fuel and 1,300 cubic metres of fresh water, will join the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, a civilian-manned fleet which provides support for warships...
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has today announced the launch of the Data Science Challenge. The challenge is designed to bring the brightest minds in data science together to solve real...
Up to £55,000 is available to develop innovative data analytics projects that will enable clinicians to make informed, safe and timely decisions.
Improved provision of critical data should enable...
Sir David Norgrove today takes up office as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority in succession to Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE whose term of office came to a conclusion on 31 March. Sir David has been appointed for ...
Britain’s position as a world-leading finance hub, India’s ambitious growth plans and the UK’s vision to build a Global Britain present an unbeatable combination for the 2 nations to take their relationship to...
Communities up and down the coast are set to benefit from a £40 million cash boost, Sajid Javid announced today (3 April 2017).
Piers, promenades and coastal paths are some of over 30 exciting...
The Inventory is part of an ongoing programme of research jointly conducted by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
The Inventory...
On Tuesday 28 March, following a two-day trial, magistrates found company director, Mark Paul Stone, and his company, Salhouse Norwich Ltd, guilty of allowing an illegal waste site to operate from a site it owned...
At around 17:50 hrs on Monday 20 March, six loaded wagons of an eastbound freight train became derailed as the train passed over East Somerset Junction, between Castle Cary and Frome, while travelling at about...
The latest sales, conducted via the trading plan, mean the government has now recovered over £20 billion of the £20.3 billion taxpayers injected into Lloyds during the financial crisis...
New offence of sexual communication with a child introduced today (3 April 2017) Groomers face up to two years in prison and will be automatically placed on the sex offenders register NSPCC commends Justice...
Tackling the terror threat and developing new capabilities to strike at the heart of Daesh are the centrepiece of a new joint initiative between the UK and Jordan, the Prime Minister will announce today.
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The latest collection of cases detailing analyses of accidents involving vessels from the merchant, fishing and recreational sectors is now available here.
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Communities up and down the coast are set to benefit from a £40 million cash boost, Sajid Javid announced today (3 April 2017).
Piers, promenades and coastal paths are some of over 30 exciting...
New frontline service tasked with reforming offenders launched by Justice Secretary Prison and probation staff to be given increased training and clear career progression HMPPS launch coincides with prison...
The government today brings an end to the injustice of people being left to languish on very lengthy periods of pre-charge bail, by introducing a limit of 28 days.
The limit is one of several measures...