UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | BIS
The Government has launched a new skills consultation to ensure UK businesses are equipped to take advantage of low carbon opportunities.
Around 400,000 customers have taken advantage of the £2000 grant to scrap an old car in exchange for a new one.
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced the investment of £100m in the Diamond Light Source at Harwell to make it a world-leading research hub.
Investing for growth
BIS is taking a pro-business pro-enterprise approach to driving UK growth. Learn more about our plans to expand new markets, work smarter, equip workers with the high-level skills and play to our national strengths to win more business.
Employment rights
If you're a working father you may be eligible for paid paternity leave and flexible working.
Directgov has information about employment rights for fathers, as well as information for the 10 million parents and carers eligible for flexible working.
New UK Space Agency
The new UK Space Agency brings together coordination for all of the UK’s civil space activities under a single management.
The agency’s remit is to support the UK’s space scientists and space industry, worth more than £6 billion.
Key strategies for growth
Our focus is investing in economic growth, delivering against our New Industry, New Jobs strategy:
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- Science and Britain’s future
30 Mar 2010 - UK Space Agency Launch
23 Mar 2010 - UK Space Agency Launch
23 Mar 2010
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