Two companies involved in what appears to be a fraudulent art investment scheme have been shut down after abusing close to £1.4 million of investors’ money.
Link: Press release: Companies involved in fraudulent art investment scheme wound-up
Source: Gov Press Releases
Homes England is trialling shared office space with Coventry City Council to see if the centre of the country location could work as a new national centre for the agency.
Link: Press release: Homes England trials co-location in the Midlands
Source: Gov Press Releases
Ofsted has published a new joint inspection framework for secure training centres (STCs) that promises to focus even more closely on those are judged inadequate.
Link: Press release: A new and robust inspection regime for secure training centres
Source: Gov Press Releases
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has welcomed the report submitted today by the Digital Competition Expert Panel to the government.
Link: Press release: CMA welcomes Furman Review recommendations
Source: Gov Press Releases
A project working to challenge the social acceptance of violence against women and girls in the DRC saw women’s experience of domestic violence fall from 69% to 29% after two years of intervention.
Link: Press release: UK aid project helps cut violence against women by more than half in Democratic Republic of Congo
Source: Gov Press Releases
News statistics reveal that UK goods exports grew at the second fastest rate of the top five major economies between 2017 and 2018.
Link: Press release: UK exports grow faster than top competitors
Source: Gov Press Releases
An interactive tool to help match builders to plots of land which are ready for home-building has been launched today, to help get properties completed more quickly.
Link: Press release: Digital tool to help deliver thousands of homes
Source: Gov Press Releases
Shonaig Macpherson has been appointed as Lead Non-Executive Director for the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
Link: Press release: New Lead Non-Executive Director Appointed at the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Office of the Advocate General
Source: Gov Press Releases
Schoolgirls from Bristol bridged the gap between classroom and construction site on International Women’s Day when they visited Highways England’s M49 scheme at Avonmouth.
Link: Press release: Highways England builds bridges on International Women’s Day
Source: Gov Press Releases
A radical reshaping of financial advice services used by pension schemes for long-term investment strategies will benefit millions of savers and boost the nation’s £1.6 trillion retirement assets, under plans unveiled by the government today (12 March).
Link: Press release: Radical shake-up of advice to pension schemes will benefit savers and boost £1.6 trillion pension assets
Source: Gov Press Releases
