Industry calls for Apprenticeship Levy payers to be able to fund wider skills training from their Levy cash. Britain’s manufacturers are calling for an urgent rethink to Government’s Apprenticeship Levy to make access to funding more flexible so that industry can develop the essential skills of the future. The call comes on the back of […]
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If you or you are an EU citizen, or have staff who are, you/they may be able to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living and working in the UK after 30 June 2021. Below is a link to the Government web page that allows staff to check if they can apply for settlement in
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The UK will leave the EU without an implementation period on 31 October 2019 unless a deal is approved or a further extension is agreed. As the UK prepares to leave the EU, you may be concerned about how Brexit will affect your financial products and services. Read our information to help with any questions
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As a result, investment by the sector has been paralysed with no evidence that there is pent up demand waiting to be unleashed and, whilst business confidence has held up with the relief of ‘no deal’ being avoided twice it remains below the levels seen ahead of the EU referendum in 2016.
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stepping up to the sustainability challenge takes the temperature of sustainability progress in manufacturing and shows that despite the challenge of Brexit
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The most striking find this quarter is that plans to increase the number of staff are at a 10 year low. Reading this in conjunction with the intentions to invest in machinery and premises and expected sales shows the sector adapting to a new manufacturing landscape both across the South West and nationally
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For tax purposes, the government definition of R&D is purposefully broad. Whatever size or sector, if your company is taking a risk by attempting to ‘resolve scientific or
technological uncertainties’, then you may be carrying out qualifying activity
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Businesses in Devon have the opportunity to apply for Devon County Council’s Business Promotion Grant this month (May). Grants of up to £1,500 are available through the scheme which aims to help companies who are looking to promote their products and services to wider audiences. The funding, which is offered through a competitive bidding process,
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Innovative NMCL package will boost the performance of the UK’s advanced manufacturing supply chain as part of the government’s Industrial Strategy commitment to the UK’s automotive supply chains. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced its selection of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Levels (NMCL) programme as the mechanism to deliver the government’s national
Parliament and this Government need to find a solution now which can give industry the clarity it so desperately needs to safeguard millions of jobs in constituencies up and down the whole country
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