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MARKETING - If you are good at something shout about it said a friends headmaster, the friend who incidentally became a communications director for one of the UK's top 50 companies. We have just had an enquiry from a Texas-based company whose CEO des...

COUNCIL TAX - East Hampshire District Council is considering a two per cent increase in Council Tax to support the most vulnerable people in the district. The increase, amounting to 5p a week for the average household, would add around £215,000...

SUICIDES - The National Audit Office has today published a briefing that sets out the findings from our enquiries with the Department for Work & Pensions on the information it holds on benefit claimants who ended their lives by suicide,...

ABC MEDIA OPPORTUNITY – The ABC’s Simon Collyer attended a speed matching event run by the Media Trust, where chosen charities and social enterprise companies, met a cross-section of top media people where we pitched our opportunity in eight minute d...

The winners of this year’s Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Awards 2020 have been revealed at a special ceremony in Belfast today. Image: Rugby Star Tommy Bowe. Economy Minister Diane Dodds and rugby star Tommy Bowe presented winners with their a...

NORTHERN IRELAND - Northern Ireland Minister for Communities Deirdre Hargey had ordered an end to the well-established practice of naming convicted welfare fraudsters. Hargey declared that it is “not required” of her to publish the names of people wh...

PERIOD POVERTY - By a majority decision, Holyrood’s cross-party local government committee refused to endorse a Bill put forward by Labour MSP Monica Lennon which would have put a duty on the Scottish Government to provide free period poverty pr...

PIP - The Department for Communities has appointed Ms Marie Cavanagh to carry out the second independent statutory Review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment. The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 states that the Dep...

APPRENTICESHIPS - The National Apprenticeship Service, part of the Skills Funding Agency, is a government agency that coordinates apprenticeships in England, enabling young people to enter the skilled trades. This week is National Apprenticeship Week...

TRAINING - The Department for the Economy, in partnership with Deloitte, is offering 20 places in a new Business Transformation Assured Skills Academy. The new Academy will provide participants the opportunity to learn valuable and in-demand skills i...