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16 May 2008

Your comprehensive guide to funding in regeneration

Scotland 'will miss growth targets'

16 May 2008

The Scottish Government is likely to miss its targets to increase economic growth and raise productivity, according to a report published last week.

Three skills academies to be set up

16 May 2008

Three skills academies are to be set up, the Government has announced. The academies for hospitality, sport and active leisure, and creative and cultural industries are designed to solve skills shortages. The Government aims to have a skills academy in every major sector by the end of 2011.

Welsh entrepreneur fund announced

16 May 2008

A £36 million investment package to encourage entrepreneurs to set up businesses in Wales has been announced by the Welsh Assembly Government. The Start Up project will offer new firms support to help them through the early stages of setting up, with the aim of creating 8,000 firms.

Wirral tower plan agreed

16 May 2008

The first element of Peel Holdings' £4.5 billion Wirral Waters redevelopment in Birkenhead has been granted planning permission.

Controversial Aquatics Centre

16 May 2008

The controversial Aquatics Centre for the London 2012 Olympic Games was granted planning approval this week.

A doomed enterprise

16 May 2008

The Government talks a lot about helping entrepreneurs - but it's killing off a £300 million scheme to do just that, says Allister Hayman

The taxman cometh

16 May 2008

Nigel Hewitson and Julian Plescia look at the new Community Infrastructure Levy - and why a new tax for developers might not be as unpopular as it sounds

Tories must think twice about abolishing RDAs

By Richard Garlick

16 May 2008

If a general election were to be held tomorrow, it would almost certainly spell a Conservative victory and the end of many of the regional development agencies. This week David Cameron said that, in some parts of the country, "there was a very strong case" for getting rid of the agencies. Meanwhile, Doug Richard, the chair of the Tories' small business task force, was calling for the RDAs' business support teams to be replaced by a website, and Boris Johnson's advisers were poring over the financial management of the London Development Agency. Tory party hostility to one of John Prescott's proudest achievements has reached new levels.

Thames container port gets all clear

16 May 2008

Plans to build a 749ha container port in the Thames Gateway have cleared their final hurdle after the port gained government designation as a harbour authority.