The British Embassy is celebrating a significant milestone in UK-Philippine trade relations: the return of UK poultry imports to the Philippines. The British Ambassador to the Philippines hosted a networking reception at her residence on September 17, celebrating a significant milestone in UK-Philippine trade relations: the return of UK poultry imports to the Philippines after a three-year ban due to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
The press are having a field day with more and more revelations about what freebie and gifts are given to top politicians. Keir Starmer has declared more free tickets and gifts than other major party leaders in recent times, with his total now topping £100,000 after recent support for his lifestyle from Labour donor Waheed Alli.
Producer input prices fell by 1.2% in the year to August 2024, down from a revised increase of 0.2% in the year to July 2024. Producer output (factory gate) prices rose by 0.2% in the year to August 2024, down from an increase of 0.8% in the year to July 2024.
Plans to extend marine planning zones have been put out to public consultation. Fish and shellfish farms require planning permission out to twelve nautical miles, however local authority responsibilities for planning controls currently only extend to three nautical miles.
Annualised inflation came in at 2.2% in August unchanged from the 2.2% reported in July. Annualised inflation was forecast to come in at 2.2% (Trading Economics).
The UK HPI shows house price changes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. On average, house prices have risen 0.6% since June 2024 there has been an annual price rise of 2.2% which makes the average property in the UK valued at £289,000.
Foreign Secretary travels to Norway to strengthen defence and security cooperation. the Foreign Secretary will visit Norwegian Joint Headquarters with Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide to discuss deepening UK-Norway security collaboration.
Main announcement - Interest Rate Reduced by half a percent Watch Fed Res announcement live on 18 September. Bank of England announcement on 19 September.
UK Trade Minister signs trade pact designed to boost trade and investment with Thailand and open the country up to British businesses. UK seals ambitious Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) designed to boost trade and investment with Thailand.
UK legal services will be at the forefront of one of the world's biggest legal gatherings this week to promote the UK as a place to do business. International legal professionals to meet UK legal services experts GREAT Legal Services events take place alongside the International Bar Association Annual Conference Roundtables and joint Law Society reception show UK government commitment to supporting UK legal sector and driving economic growth.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has returned to the Emergency Services Show, with staff sharing developments towards the next generation of search and rescue. Visitors to this year's event in Birmingham will have the opportunity to chat to HM Coastguard colleagues about their work and the latest specialist kit, as well as learning about potential future technologies.
The government has announced £88 million of funding has been awarded to 46 innovative projects that will help boost zero emission vehicle tech. New industry and government funding announced to boost zero emission vehicle tech, creating jobs and helping deliver long-term economic growth.
TRUTHS is a UK-led mission to create a space-based climate and calibration observatory that will improve confidence in climate change forecasts and support net zero mitigation strategies and their impact. The Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio-Studies (TRUTHS) mission, delivered by ESA, will collect the most accurate measurements of energy coming into the Earth from the Sun, and light reflected off Earth's surface, to help understand changes in balance (global warming) and humanity's impact on the planet.
More than half of Scottish businesses (57%) have experienced little to no impact from the Scottish Government's income tax policy, while 34% have felt the effects more sharply, according to the latest Fraser of Allander Institute's Scottish Business Monitor (SBM) for Q2 2024. The survey, conducted in May, gathered responses from over 300 firms across various sectors of the Scottish economy.
The Government's welcome planning reforms could deliver a step change in housebuilding over the parliament. But it will need to bolster these reforms with direct investment if it is to meet its target of creating 1.5 million more homes over the parliament, according to new Resolution Foundation research.
Find answers to questions about space junk, the risk to satellites in orbit, and how space sustainability can help, as well as the UK Space Agency's work to address these issues. We co-hosted the UK's first In-Orbit Servicing & Manufacturing (IOSM) Conference on 8 to 9 May 2024 at the ESA Conference Centre, Harwell, along with the Satellite Applications Catapult.
Businesses will be able to bid for a share of up to £7 million of Scottish Government funding to help kick start green hydrogen projects across Scotland. The funding will help cover the development stage costs of green hydrogen production projects with production capacity of between 5 - 400 megawatts - the equivalent to the production of enough hydrogen to heat at least 200 to over 16,000 homes.
Every time I post a video about money, people appear claiming only gold is money and that we must go back on the gold standard. Those saying so are economic dinosaurs who do not understand how the modern economy works and would rather we go back to the era that delivered the Great Depression precisely because of the obsession with gold.
More jobs for British people will be created thanks to nearly half a billion pounds worth of investment by Italian businesses into the UK, the PM has announced today. Prime Minister announces £485 million of Italian investment into the UK following a meeting in Rome with Italian CEOs this morning He also met his Italian counterpart, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, to strengthen the UK-Italy partnership across migration, trade and defence.
Consultation on proposed new courses that will form the basis of a "springboard for seafarers to develop careers". More seafarers will have the opportunity to train for the growing number of electric-propelled vessels taking to the water, under key benchmarks put out for consultation by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
