Department for Business and Trade

Prices slashed on 89 foreign products – ranging from pasta, fruit juices and spices to plastics and gardening supplies – over next two years     Cheaper imports will save businesses at least £17 million per year in a further bid to kickstart growth as part of the Plan for Change   Savings could be passed onto families, … Read more

The Government will lay amendments to the Employment Rights Bill following weeks of consultation with business groups and unions.  The Bill will support the Government’s mission to increase productivity and create the right conditions for long-term sustainable, inclusive, and secure economic growth, delivering on the Plan for Change. Improving workers’ rights is a key element … Read more

Major joint investment in Deeside will safeguard 147 jobs and create a further 220. Shotton Mill will become UK’s largest recycled paper manufacturer helping the UK’s transition to net zero and creating jobs in green industries of the future. Stronger relationship between UK and Welsh Government delivers boost to local economy. Announcement comes ahead of … Read more

The package of measures will build on our existing strengths in manufacturing and offer certainty to business by building on our successful programmes and committing more than £4.5 billion to 2030 in targeted funding to back the long-term future of the UK’s world leading industries as well as supporting SMEs through extending and expanding our … Read more