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Testing time for claimants

21 March 2008

The new Work Capability Assessment could force many incapacity benefit claimants to sign on at job centres, but what chance have they of finding work? Jamie Carpenter reports.

Small firms to get R&D vouchers

21 March 2008

At least 1,000 small firms a year will be given vouchers to allow them to buy research and development advice and support under plans to foster innovation unveiled by the Government last week.

Scottish skills pilot 'a success'

21 March 2008

A pilot scheme in Scotland introduced to help secondary school pupils develop work-focused skills has led to an improvement in their skills, motivation and behaviour, according to a report.

Grant for manufacturing centre

21 March 2008

A £750,000 grant for the expansion of a manufacturing learning centre in Peterborough has been announced by the East of England Development Agency. The cash will help the Perkins Learning Centre offer training in production techniques to more people.

Towns urged to stress individuality

21 March 2008

Towns and cities that want to improve their reputations must focus on what is distinctive about them, delegates at the Mipim international property conference heard last week.

London loan fund's work suspended

21 March 2008

A third sector fund set up to lend money to firms in London's black community has been temporarily stopped from making new loans by the financial services watchdog.

RDA pledges to help sacked Rock staff find work

21 March 2008

All of the more than 2,000 Northern Rock staff who are to lose their jobs following the stricken bank's downsizing will be helped back into work, the agency responsible for economic development in the North-East pledged this week.

Scottish regeneration dispute not resolved

21 March 2008

A dispute between Scotland's economic development agency and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities over responsibility for local economic regeneration has yet to be resolved despite a 1 April deadline for the power transfer, Scottish Enterprise has confirmed.

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council asked to repay funds

21 March 2008

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council will be asked to repay £970,000 of £2 million it was overpaid by the Department for Communities and Local Government, Regeneration & Renewal has learned.

Whitehall officials examine complaints

21 March 2008

Whitehall officials are examining complaints that North-West Development Agency chief executive Steve Broomhead improperly helped secure a job at the agency for an associate's girlfriend. But the NWDA denied the allegation, made in a Liverpool newspaper.

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