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Press release: Burnley named most enterprising place in Britain 27 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
Burnley is celebrating after being named the most enterprising place in Britain. The Lancashire town received the accolade for its ongoing commitment to support small and medium sized businesses and f...
Research and analysis: SME Business Barometer: June 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
The SME Business Barometer assesses how well or badly small businesses are performing, their needs, concerns and barriers to growth. It highlights changes in the findings between the waves of the Busi...
Worldwide priority: Cooperating in science, innovation, and higher education with Canada 26 Aug 2013 | 09:11 pm
Issue Science and innovation are at the heart of government strategy for prosperity and growth. Research and knowledge is increasingly developed and transferred through international collaboration wh...
Press release: National minimum wage rogues to be publicly named and shamed under new plans 23 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Updated: Added quote from David Norgrove, Chair of the Low Pay Commission. Employers who fail to pay the national minimum wage (NMW) will be publicly named and shamed under revamped plans to make it ...
Press release: Number of young people not in education, employment or training falls 22 Aug 2013 | 02:44 pm
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock today welcomed a fall in the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) – including the lowest comparable level of 16- to-18-year-olds for 1...
Research and analysis: Listing decisions of UK companies: motivations 20 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
Presents the findings from a survey of predominantly UK owned and based mid-sized businesses (MSBs). It covers 17 UK stock exchange listed businesses and 14 unlisted businesses. It examines perception...
Press release: Apprenticeships score top marks from businesses and apprentices 20 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
8 out of 10 (83%) apprentices say apprenticeship boosted their career prospects 7 out of 10 (72%) employers say apprenticeships improved their product or service quality Apprenticeships have been hi...
Research and analysis: Apprenticeship survey: learners 20 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
Presents the findings of the apprenticeship evaluation apprentice (learner) survey 2012 to 2013. The survey examined the views and experiences of 5,010 apprentices who were currently on an Apprentices...
Research and analysis: Apprenticeships evaluation: employer 20 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
This report presents the findings of the apprenticeship evaluation employer survey 2012 to 2013. The survey examined the views and experiences of 4,009 employers whose employees had finished an appren...
Press release: Lending scheme points to positive signs for SME growth 19 Aug 2013 | 05:04 pm
Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) are benefiting from increasing use of a government finance scheme by banks to improve availability of finance. New figures published today show lending throug...
