News Archive
25/7/2024
Funding For Trade Union Learning - Support For Workplace Learning And Promoting Fair Work
Reaffirming the Scottish Government's commitment to advancing Fair Work and tackling inequalities, First Minister John Swinney has announced a continued funding package to support trade unions in developing, organising, and delivering work-related learning in Scotland's workplaces in 2024/25. The £2.38 million funding is managed by the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) and will be split between the Scottish Union Learning and the Fair Work in Action Funds.25/7/2024
Living Standards, Poverty And Inequality In The UK - 2024
How do rising mortgage rates and differential inflation affect incomes and poverty?. How have incomes and poverty changed for pensioners?.
25/7/2024
Potential Victims Of Travel Agency Shut Down By Courts Are Urged To Come Forward
Company failed to pay accommodation bills and displayed ABTA and ATOL logos despite having no affiliation with either organisation. Zulu Travel Services Ltd was wound up at the High Court of Justice in Manchester following an investigation into its trading practices, and the official receiver appointed as liquidator. Company director Dr Darren Anderson had changed his name three times and was already banned from running a company for 15 years under his previous name.25/7/2024
More Bounce Back Loan Fraudsters Caught And Sent To Prison
Bristol builder and his father sentenced for Covid loan fraud Father and son sentenced for Bounce Back Loan abuse. James Leslie submitted grossly inflated turnover figures to obtain two Covid Bounce Back Loans worth £50,000 each for construction firms which were not trading at the start of the pandemic.25/7/2024
Nearly £50 Million Unlocked For World-leading Uk Biobank Following New Industry Backing
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will provide around £8 million worth of cloud computing storage access to support UK Biobank, the world's leading biomedical database. Cloud computing company Amazon Web Services (AWS) will provide around £8 million worth of cloud computing storage access to support UK Biobank, the world's leading biomedical database contribution unlocks a further £8 million in match-funding from government.
25/7/2024
Highland Cows - Online Sale Scam - Trading Standards Warning
Falkirk Trading Standards have warned that scammers have set up a webpage claiming to sell Highland cows and other livestock from Muiravonside Country Park. The address of the scam website is www.newparksfarms.co.uk - it uses the park's genuine address and postcode in an attempt to appear legitimate.
25/7/2024
New Order Of Missiles Secures Future Supply For Uk Armed Forces
The order is worth £176 million and will equip current and future short-range air defence capabilities for the British Army, such as Stormer combat vehicles, and be fired by the Royal Navy's Martlet maritime anti-surface missile system deployed from Wildcat helicopters. Weighing only 13kg each, LMM provides a precision solution against threats such as drones, helicopters, other aircraft, and small, fast maritime targets.
25/7/2024
487 Ukrainian Athletes Killed Following Russia's Invasion Honoured In Parliament Square
Ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, a display has been unveiled in Parliament Square to honour the lives lost from within the Ukrainian sporting community and to highlight the devastating consequences of the war in Ukraine. A powerful display honouring the Ukrainian athletes who have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion has been unveiled today in Parliament Square.
25/7/2024
Labour Needs To Find Its Moral Compass Or It's In Deep Trouble - Richard Murphy
he row over the two-child poverty cap has revealed just how shallow the moral leadership of the new Labour government really is. If it carries on in this way the next five years are going to be agonising.
25/7/2024
Joint Declaration On Enhanced Defence Cooperation Between Germany And The United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Defence, John Healey, signed a joint declaration with German Minister of Defence, Boris Pistorius, on 24 July, 2024. The Ministry of Defence of Germany and the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom commit to improve and further enhance bilateral defence cooperation to better meet the common challenges of the 21st century and to best secure the common interests of both countries in defence-related areas.
24/7/2024
Gainsborough Steps Forward To Fusion Energy
STEP brand launch marks transition to next phase of pioneering programme to build a prototype fusion powerplant at West Burton site by 2040. the Gainsborough community and VIPs from across the region gathered at an event to showcase advancements and future plans for STEP, the UK's prototype fusion energy plant that will be built at West Burton in Nottinghamshire.
24/7/2024
The Farming And Countryside Programme - National Audit Office Report
The report by the National Audit Office relates mainly to England's farming sector but Scotland relies for many agricultural products from south of the border and is therefor of great importance here. The farming sector is a small but vital part of the UK economy.
24/7/2024
Insolvency Service Continues Hard Work To Tackle Covid Loan Abuse - 830 directors banned
More than 830 directors banned following Covid loan abuse in 2023-24. Steps taken towards the recovery of almost £3m for the taxpayer.24/7/2024
People Who Lost Jobs In Business Failures Thrown Vital Lifeline By Insolvency Service
The Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service processed more than 85,000 claims from former employees of companies which had become insolvent. The Redundancy Payments Service (RPS) received 85,592 redundancy payments claims in 2023-2024.24/7/2024
UK Space Agency Awards Ten Technologies To Purify Water Frozen In Moon's Soil
UK finalists awarded funding through the joint UK-Canada £1.2 million Aqualunar Challenge to develop new lunar water purifying technologies. the Aqualunar Challenge is a £1.2 million international prize funded by the UK Space Agency's International Bilateral Fund and delivered by Challenge Works.
24/7/2024
New Zero Emission Buses - £41.7 Million Investment In Bus Decarbonisation
Zenobē, a leader in vehicle fleet electrification and battery storage innovation, today announces that it has been awarded £41.7 million, alongside a network of local fleet operators, in phase 2 of the Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB). John Swinney, First Minister of Scotland, gave the announcement at an event in Dunfermline this morning.
24/7/2024
The National Space Strategy And The Role Of The UK Space Agency
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) considers space to be a critical component to meeting wider government goals, including levelling up and becoming a science and technology superpower. A UK Space Agency (UKSA) commissioned report estimates that the total UK space industry income was £17.5 billion in 2020-21.
24/7/2024
NHS Financial Management And Sustainability 2024 - England
The report from The National Audit Office on the NHS in England mirrors similar positions for the NHS in Scotland - they are all in financial trouble. This is our ninth report on the financial management of the NHS in England.
24/7/2024
MHRA Approves Glp -1 Receptor Agonist Semaglutide To Reduce Risk Of Serious Heart Problems In Obese Or Overweight Adults
Semaglutide is the first weight loss drug approved in the UK as a preventative treatment for those with established cardiovascular disease. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 23 July 2024, approved a new indication for semaglutide (Wegovy) to reduce the risk of overweight and obese adults suffering serious heart problems or strokes.24/7/2024
