Grants and Funding Pronouncements
By John Walker on May 17, 2012
Aldermore, one of Britain’s leading challenger banks and a participant in the government’s National Loan Guarantee Scheme, is pleased to announce that it has successfully raised £36 million of new capital.
The investment, (made by funds controlled by Centerbridge Partners, L.P., a leading private investment firm), strengthens Aldermore’s position as one of Britain’s most strongly capitalised [...]
Posted in Business Banking, Deals and Agreements, Expansion, Financial Capital, Financial Services, Fundability, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Lending and Borrowing, Limited Liability Partnerships - LLPs, Loans and Finance, Public Limited Companies - PLCs, UK | Tagged Aldermore, AnaCap Financial Partners, Centerbridge Partners L.P., challenger banks, credit quality, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, National Loan Guarantee Scheme, Phillip Monks, retail banking depositors, SMEs, Tier 2 bonds |
By John Walker on March 1, 2012
One thousand young people in the UK with no prior work experience or qualifications are being offered their crucial first career opportunity from today.
Applications are now open for the Barclays Apprenticeship Programme offering 1,000 places for young people to build a career in banking. The first Barclays apprentices to join the £20m programme will start [...]
Posted in Adult and Other Education, Business Banking, Education and Human Capital, Employment Levels, Financial Services, Governance, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Ideas and Innovation, Private Sector, Recruitment, Skills and Training, Staff, Training, UK | Tagged Antony Jenkins, Barclays, Barclays Apprenticeship Programme, Barclays Retail and Business Banking, National Apprenticeship Service |
By John Walker on February 15, 2012
HRH The Prince of Wales will visit the headquarters of his youth charity The Prince’s Trust today to announce 100 new jobs for unemployed young people - who will then help a further 100,000 young people to find work.
The new scheme will see young people, who have faced long-term unemployment and transformed their lives with [...]
Posted in Announcements, Business Culture, Business Support Services, Charities, Economic Cycles, Employment Levels, Governance, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Ideas and Innovation, Morale, Not-For-Profit Sector, People and Players, Recruitment, Reputation, Skills and Training, Staff, Startups, Training, UK | Tagged HRH The Prince of Wales, Job Ambassador, Martina Milburn, Prince’s Trust |
By John Walker on December 1, 2011
UK scientists and businesses will have access to the most sophisticated technology keeping them at the cutting edge of research and development, as details of the Government’s multi-million pound e-infrastructure investment were announced today by David Willetts.
The investment includes £43 million for ARCHER, a new national supercomputer to support advanced research, such as complex chemistry [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Business Software, Chemical and Petroleum Products Manufacturing, Critical Infrastructure, Deals and Agreements, Electronic Equipment and Computer Manufacturing, Film Production and Distribution, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, IT and Telecommunications Services, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Market Research, Monetary Policy, Product Research and Development, Production, Public Spending and State Aid, Reporting, Technology, Tendering and Procurement Alerts, Transport and Distribution, UK, Vehicle Manufacturing | Tagged ARCHER, astronomy, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, climate change, collaborative university projects, Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus, David Willetts, DNA sequencing, e-infrastructure, food security, genome analysis, Higher Education Funding Council for England, HPC, JANET, Met Office, MONSooN, particle physics, Professor Rick Rylance, Research Councils, supercomputer, The Genome Analysis Centre, UK Space Agency, weather forecasting |
By John Walker on November 29, 2011
The Chancellor has today delivered his autumn statement to Parliament, alongside the publication of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s updated forecasts for growth and borrowing. He announced permanent reductions in spending to ensure that the UK meets its fiscal targets, using some of those savings in the short term to fund infrastructure investment to generate [...]
Posted in Accounts, Business Banking, Business Continuity Planning, Commercial Property Services, Cost Management, Critical Infrastructure, Distribution Channels, Down sizing / Retraction, E-commerce, Economic Cycles, Employment Levels, Financial Capital, Forecasts, Fundability, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Industrial Relations, Inflation, Insurance, Lending and Borrowing, Loans and Finance, Monetary Policy, Morale, Organized Labour / Unions, Outsourcing, People and Players, Political and Economic Philosophies, Politics & Legislation, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Public Sector, Public Spending and State Aid, Recruitment, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Skills and Training, Staff, Startups, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunications, UK, UK Budget, Utilities | Tagged Air Passenger Duty (APD), Apprenticeship, Association of British Insurers, Autumn Statement, bank levy, Bank of England, Business Finance Partnership, Chancellor, Child Tax Credit, deficit reduction, enterprise, Enterprise Zones, free education, Free Schools, fuel duty increase, Infrastructure Investors Forum, infrastructure spending, Jobcentre Plus, Jobseeker’s allowance, Local Authorities, measures, mid-sized businesses, National Infrastructure Plan, National Loan Guarantee Scheme, OBR, Office for Budget Responsibility, Official Development Assistance, pension funds, Sector Based Work Academy, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), small firms, smaller businesses, Spending Review period, State Pension age, super-connected cities, tax relief, Work Experience, young apprentices, Youth Contract |
By John Walker on September 27, 2011
This is a copy of the script for Ed Miliband speech to the 2011 Labour Party Conference. It should be checked against delivery.
Ed Miliband’s Conference Speech 2011
Thank you Conference.
It’s great to be in Liverpool.
Labour Liverpool.
A generation ago a Labour leader came to Conference to condemn the behaviour of a Labour Council in Liverpool.
Today I come [...]
Posted in Business Formats and Ways of Working, Governance, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Organized Labour / Unions, Political and Economic Philosophies, Politics & Legislation, Regulation, Tendering and Procurement Alerts, UK | Tagged Ed Miliband, Labour Party |
By John Walker on January 24, 2011
Tencent announced the establishment of Tencent Collaboration Fund (the “Fund”) which aims to invest up to RMB 5 billion in innovative and top-notch Internet and related companies in China. The Fund will operate as an internal fund of Tencent and will be invested when appropriate opportunities arise.
The Fund is intended to provide capital support for [...]
Posted in Asia, Financial Resources, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Internet Services, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology | Tagged Ma Huateng, Martin Lau, Paipai, QQ Mall, Qzone, Richard Peng, Tencent, Tencent Collaboration Fund, Tencent Microblog, TenPay |
By John Walker on October 20, 2010
Freelancers can play a vital role in Britain’s economic fight back and the UK’s 1.4 million freelance workers provide great value for money to both the public and private sectors.
That was the rallying call from PCG, the voice of freelancing, following today’s Comprehensive Spending Review that seems certain to change the social and economic landscape [...]
Posted in Business Resources, Freelancers, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Not-For-Profit Sector, Outsourcing, Politics & Legislation, Public Sector, Public Spending and State Aid, Tendering and Procurement Alerts, UK | Tagged Comprehensive Spending Review, GDP, PCG |
By John Walker on October 19, 2010
The Comprehensive Spending Review 2010 will deliver the biggest budget cuts since the Second World War, according to leading economists. In anticipation of the Treasury’s announcement on 20 October, Advanced Computer Software Group plc (the leading supplier of software and IT services to the public, not-for-profit and commercial sectors) is urging the public sector to [...]
Posted in Business Software, Critical Infrastructure, Education, Equipment & Operational Resources, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Health and Social Care Services, Human Resources, IT and Telecommunications Services, Information Technology, Intangible Resources, Not-For-Profit Sector, Outsourcing, Political and Economic Philosophies, Politics & Legislation, Public Sector, Public Spending and State Aid, Technology, UK | Tagged Advanced Computer Software Group, Cost Cutting, ICT, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Outsourcing |
By John Walker on March 25, 2010
The UK Treasury has released further information following the Chancellor’s Budget Statement (Wednesday March 24th 2010). The following is an excerpt from the notice that outlines the particular measures for supporting business and growth.
The Government took decisive action to support the economy during the financial crisis and its aftermath. As the UK emerges from [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Farming and Farming Support Services, Arts and entertainment, Bars, Critical Infrastructure, Education, Energy and Utilities, Environmental Issues, Financial Resources, Food, Drink and Tobacco Manufacturing, Food, Drink and Tobacco Retail, Food, Drink and Tobacco Wholesale, Forecasts, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Lending and Borrowing, Loans and Finance, Media and Creative Services, Monetary Policy, Petroleum and Fuel Products Wholesale, Political and Economic Philosophies, Public Spending and State Aid, Real Estate Services, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Skills and Training, Taxation, UK, UK Budget, Waste Management and Environmental Services | Tagged Accelerated Development Zones, Annual Investment Allowance, Better Regulation measures, Energy Market Assessment, Entrepreneurs’ Relief, Green Investment Bank, Higher Education Modernisation Fund, small business rates relief, The Treasury, Time to Pay arrangements, UK Finance for Growth, University Enterprise Capital Fund |
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