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Turning the Games into Gold: Government announces almost £10 billion economic boost from London 2012

The UK economy has seen a £9.9bn trade and investment boost from the London Olympic and Paralympic Games, one year into a four-year programme of activity and events.

The boost comes from businesses securing contract wins, additional sales and new foreign investment in the last year, since UKTI’s British Business Embassy at Lancaster House hosted a Global Investment Conference and a...

Plymouth firm celebrates opportunity to win public sector IT contracts

Plymouth-based technology firm Goss Interactive is toasting its success in earning the opportunity to win contracts across the public sector.

The company has secured a place on the Government’s G-Cloud supplier framework for IT services.

G-Cloud allows government departments and the wider public sector to buy the IT services they need when they need them, ready for use from...

TUC attacks tax credit cuts in the South West

Families will be more than £3,000 a year worse off by 2015 as a result of tax credit cuts, says the South West TUC.

With many tax credit changes that could leave families thousands of pounds out of pocket taking effect from today, the South West TUC has updated its tax credit calculator to help parents find out how they will be affected by the government’s recent changes.

The...

Fire authority launches cost saving consultation

Local fire fighters are launching a public consultation on draft proposals to reduce costs in the light of Government cuts.

The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority is currently consulting on a range of proposals to help it meet the reduction in government grant over the next two years. As part of its consultation it will be holding six community events across Devon and...

Thousands expected to bear the brunt of Government cuts

Plymouth City Council is gearing up to support the many thousands of people that will be affected by the cuts to benefits the Government are making.

Reduced benefit schemes will see many Plymouth residents having their benefits slashed when implemented from April 2013.

It is anticipated that these Government changes will have an impact on approximately 20 per cent of the...

Council argues for controls on pedlars and street traders

A registration or licensing system for pedlars and street traders is still needed to protect the city’s more vulnerable residents – that’s the response Plymouth City Council will be giving to a Government consultation.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is looking at repealing current controls on pedlars and changing street trading regulations to comply with EU...

Building UK’s biggest prison: a titanic waste of money

Government plans to build Britain’s biggest prison are a titanic waste of money that will do nothing to cut crime, the Howard League for Penal Reform said today (10th January).

In a move which echoes the ill-fated Titan jail proposal of the last decade, the...

Chancellor delivers budget 'for our aspiration nation'

The Chancellor, George Osborne delivered his 2013 budget today in the House of Commons, calling it "a budget for our aspiration nation".

To a packed and noisily partisan Commons chamber, Osborne was forced to announce that the forecast for growth had been downgraded to 0.6% for 2014, a cut of 50% from the Autumn Statement figure, predicted back in December.

Among the key...

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