Prime minister Theresa May has set out plans for greater state intervention in the economy at her first regional cabinet meeting, which takes place in the North East later today.
The increasing scale of commercial activity carried out by local authorities could put council finances at risk, and town halls might lack the necessary skills for such projects, the Public Accounts...
The government has made only limited progress in cutting the cost of regulation to businesses, despite a pledge to reduce the burden by £10bn to 2020, MPs have said.
Councils are being forced to write off millions of pounds of debt owed to them in business rates because of a loophole in licensing laws, the Local Government Association has said today.
Setting up a trading company to provide services is one way to reduce costs, and several matters need to be considered to ensure your company is viable and a success
The value of knowledge exchange between UK universities and their partners in business and the public sector was £4.2bn in 2014-15, a report has shown.
Funding for public services will become “highly variable” in many county areas under government plans to make councils financially self-sufficient by the end of the decade, government has been warned.
The government’s apprenticeships scheme too often delivers poor training and may be benefiting those aged over 25 years of age more than young people, the IPPR think-tank has claimed today.
Ministerial roles and responsibilities at the newly formed Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have been confirmed today, with former communities secretary Greg Clark to lead on...
Business and energy secretary Greg Clark has announced a fresh government review of the project to build the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, postponing the signing of contracts that was set to...
The Department for Communities and Local Government has pledged that new rules governing business rate appeals will weed out speculative applications ahead of localisation to town halls.
Devolving around one-third of corporation tax to cities could help provide the local funding and incentives necessary to boost UK productivity, a report by the New Local Government Network has...
Locals councils have a “historic opportunity” to shape their financial futures by contributing to a funding review as part of business rates localisation, the communities secretary Greg Clark said...
Chancellor George Osborne has raised the prospect of cutting corporation tax by at least five percentage points as part of a plan to boost investment in the UK following the vote to leave the...
Vince Cable has been there, done that, delivered the economic warnings. Now the former coalition business secretary is predicting more turbulent weather ahead
Government efforts to spend more money through small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have lost momentum and cannot be reliably measured, the Public Accounts Committee has found.
Public sector infrastructure procurement, including tenders from councils and the NHS, will need to specifically consider using British steel, the government has announced as part of moves to shore...
David Cameron has pledged the UK government will do “everything we can” to keep the steel plant at Port Talbot in Wales open, but indicated nationalisation of the facility was not likely.
The lack of accountability for taxpayer funds spent through local enterprise partnerships is putting value for money at risk, government auditors have warned.
