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  • R&D business statistics

    See R&D Scoreboard

  • R&D Scoreboard

    28 Feb 2012

  • R&D tax credits

    28 Feb 2012

    R&D tax credits are the biggest single funding mechanism provided by Government for investment in business R&D.

  • RDAs

    See Regional Development Agency closure

  • Recognised UK degrees

    28 Feb 2012

    The United Kingdom (UK) has a well-deserved reputation world-wide for providing high quality and reputable higher education. There are 157 institutions in the UK that are permitted to award a wide variety of degrees to suit most educational aspirations. All these institutions have degree awarding powers recognised by the UK authorities (UK and Scottish Parliament, Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies). These and the other two main categories of institutions recognised to offer UK degrees are listed below.

  • Regional Aid and UK Assisted Areas

    28 Feb 2012

    State Aid, provided as Regional Aid, can be used to promote the economic development of certain disadvantaged areas within the European Union.

  • Regional development

    See Economic development

  • Regional Development Agencies

    See Regional Development Agency closure

  • Regional Development Agency closure

    28 Feb 2012

  • Regional economic development

    See Economic development

  • Regional Growth Fund

    28 Feb 2012

    The Regional Growth Fund (RGF) is now a £2.4bn fund operating across England from 2011 to 2015. It supports projects and programmes that lever private sector investment to create economic growth and sustainable employment. It aims particularly to help those areas and communities which were dependent on the public sector to make the transition to sustainable private sector-led growth and prosperity.

  • Regulation

    See Better Regulation

  • Research & development scoreboard

    See R&D Scoreboard

  • Research and development

    28 Feb 2012

    These pages are intended as a guide to help companies access the practical support to invest in R&D

  • Research Councils UK

    28 Feb 2012

    Research Councils UK (RCUK) is a strategic partnership between the seven UK Research Councils

  • Resolving disputes

    See Employment rights

  • Restriction of Hazardous Substances

    See Environmental and Product Regulation

  • Retail

    28 Feb 2012

    The Retail Unit helps the sector to raise its productivity and improve its competitiveness by facilitating better regulation, incentivising innovation and regional development, and encouraging good practice in areas such as skills, employment, international trade, crime prevention and environmental sustainability.

  • Review of the Design Council

    See Design Council

  • RoHS

    See Environmental and Product Regulation

  • Royal Academy of Engineering

    See National Academies

  • Royal Mail

    See Postal services sector

  • Royal Society

    See National Academies


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