Posts Tagged ‘Company Management’

More than £450m investment for regional jobs and growth

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Over 100,000 new jobs will be created and safeguarded under Government plans announced today by the Deputy Prime Minister to invest £450m in businesses across England.

The first round of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) will see an expanded amount of public investment support 50 bids by companies and partnerships who demonstrated how they would create jobs and a high level of private sector-led sustainable economic growth in their local communities over the coming years.

The Government expects over 27,000 jobs to be directly created and safeguarded, with close to a further 100,000 jobs in associated supply chains and local economies.

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£20m management training fund will help small businesses grow

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Skills Minister John Hayes today called on senior leaders in SMEs to take advantage of funding that will support leadership and management training to help them grow their businesses.

Around 13,000 small and medium sized businesses and social enterprises that demonstrate a potential for growth will benefit from the Leadership and Management development grant. This will help stimulate innovation and employment, boosting the economy and helping develop a bigger and more cohesive society.

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Independent Commission on Banking: Publication of Interim Report

Monday, April 11th, 2011

The Independent Commission on Banking published its Interim Report today. The Commission has been asked to consider structural and related non-structural reforms to the UK banking sector to promote financial stability and competition, and to make recommendations to the Government by September 2011.

The Interim Report sets out the Commission’s current and provisional views on the need for reform and on possible reform options, and it seeks views, evidence and analysis in response. The Commission has not reached final conclusions.

Bank forecasts highlight the challenges of predictability

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

While today’s revised economic growth forecast by the Bank of England may have us thinking that we need to tighten our belts even more, it also highlights the difficulties involved in business planning, budgeting and projections.
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