The Department for Education (DfE) has today confirmed a change to the maximum Plan 2, Plan 5 and PG loan interest rate which will be 7.6% in January 2024. The applicable rate of RPI to student loans from 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024 is 13.5%. This means that the maximum interest rate applicable … Read more
Welsh Secretary David TC Davies The UK Government has never been more active in its delivery for Wales than in 2023, Welsh Secretary David TC Davies has said. In a New Year message, Mr Davies said that huge progress was being made in growing the economy and delivering major projects to spread jobs, prosperity and investment right across the country. … Read more
Food banks, warm hubs and safe spaces amongst the first 800 charities to benefit from support for frontline charities and community organisations meeting increased demand for critical services Up to £38 million already allocated to support organisations carrying out vital work helping the most vulnerable Additional package of support to improve the energy efficiency of … Read more
Charities, grassroots organisations and other community groups have been awarded a share of over £150,000 from the Home Office’s Community Engagement Fund, to go towards raising awareness of the Windrush Status and Windrush Compensation Schemes. The fund is providing financial support to 16 diverse groups and organisations, who applied for grants of between £5,000 and … Read more
Quantum Detectors is a small business leading the global market for electron detector systems – cutting-edge technology helping scientists collect vast amounts of data using light. UK Export Finance and Lloyds Bank are providing a new funding package that will enable the firm to invest in new technology and export even more of its British-made … Read more
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama today at Palazzo Chigi in Rome. The leaders agreed on the vital importance of tackling the scourge of illegal migration and the shared sense of urgency that they feel on this issue. They welcomed progress to date and … Read more
Housing programmes delivered by Homes England resulted in 11,530 new houses starting on site and 11,297 new homes completed between 1 April and 30 September 2023. This represents a decrease in starts and completions compared to the same period in 2022, reflecting the on-going impact of the economic downturn on the housebuilding industry. Although actual … Read more
Vivace community member Faculty was founded in 2014 by three university friends, who had already spotted that artificial intelligence (AI) was going to be one of the transformative technologies of our time. What started with a fellowship, a training programme designed to help academic STEM PhD students transition from campus to commercial data science roles, … Read more
Stephen Conlon, His Majesty’s Ambassador and Narine Sahakyan, UNDP Resident Representative signed a Memorandum of Understanding. On 7 December 2023, the British Embassy in Turkmenistan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to continue joint work on the third phase of preparation and support of development of the draft … Read more
Photo credit: Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) The Philippines’ NAP sets the direction for the country’s adaptation priorities and identifies opportunities to mobilise investment towards these. Through British Investment Partnerships, the UK has delivered £600,000 of technical assistance through Boston Consulting Group to support the Philippines in formulating the NAP. Welcoming the NAP, … Read more
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