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Innovations

14 March 2008

A regional loan scheme to boost viable social enterprises

Capital con

By Sir Peter Hall

14 March 2008

Why we must tame the pursuit of profit

More start-up support for women

14 March 2008

Business support packages tailored to women are to be a key part of a new government drive to encourage more women to start companies, the enterprise secretary John Hutton said last week.

Job agency urged to emphasise skills

14 March 2008

Jobcentre Plus must place greater emphasis on equipping people with skills for sustainable employment in order to tackle the problem of long-term worklessness in deprived areas, London's skills tsar said last week.

Nuclear site owner invites bids for new power plants

14 March 2008

The public body that owns 19 of the UK's nuclear power stations has invited developers to submit proposals for new nuclear power plants on its sites.

Data Check - Teen pregnancy rates

14 March 2008

+23% - change in teenage pregnancy rates in the London Borough of Barnet between 1998 and 2006.

HM Revenue & Customs statistics

14 March 2008

North-East England exported over £1 billion more in 2007 than the previous year, HM Revenue & Customs statistics reveal. The total value of goods exported from the region rose from £8.5 billion in 2006 to £9.5 billion in 2007. Nationally, total exports fell from £244 billion to £219 billion.

Financial and professional services NW's biggest growers

14 March 2008

The financial and professional services sector has experienced the biggest jobs growth over the past decade of any sector in North-West England, a study by Manchester Metropolitan University reveals. The report found that 428,000 people worked in the sector in 2007, up from 315,000 in 1997. The report is available via www.regen.net/doc.

Innovative - Canoe trail wins waterways accolade

14 March 2008

A canoe trail project in Northern Ireland and sightseeing ferry trips along the historic Manchester Ship Canal were among the winners of this year's Waterways Renaissance Awards.

Two men arrested in police probe into fraud allegations

14 March 2008

Two men were arrested in London this week in connection with a police probe into fraud allegations concerning six organisations that received funding from the London Development Agency. A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said that it also carried out searches at residential addresses in connection with the investigation.