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By Mark Prisk
1 Nov 2011, Local and National Regulators Conference, London
Mark Prisk explores the role that local and national regulators can play protecting the public and supporting growth.
By Mark Prisk
28 Jun 2011, Hyatt Regency Churchill hotel, London
Mark Prisk outlines the government’s plans to help the construction industry by reforming procurement, providing greater certainty over future public projects, and supporting UK firms to compete in overseas markets.
By Mark Prisk
28 Jun 2011, One Great George Street, London
In this speech Mark Prisk discusses the government’s Plan for Growth and outlines how it will lead to a more resilient model of economic growth.
By Mark Prisk
23 Jun 2011, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London
In this speech, Mark Prisk sets out plans for the Green Investment Bank, the first institution of its kind in the world, which is designed to leverage private sector investment in new green technologies.
By Mark Prisk
25 May 2011, Cranfield University
Mark Prisk outlines the government's growth plan for British manufacturing at the National Manufacturing Debate, Cranfield University.
By Mark Prisk
12 May 2011,
Mark Prisk launches a package of government support designed to help Local Enterprise Partnerships kick-start economic development.
By Mark Prisk
14 Apr 2011, Royal Aeronautical Society Headquarters, London
Mark Prisk outlines the Government’s plans to support the UK aerospace sector so it can compete globally.
By Mark Prisk
5 Apr 2011, City of London Conference, The Guildhall, London
Mark Prisk argues for concerted action by the European Commission and EU Member States to cut the red tape and regulation that is holding back small firms striving to grow.
By Mark Prisk
18 Mar 2011, Federation of Small Business conference, Liverpool
In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses in Liverpool, Mark Prisk outlined Business Secretary Vince Cable’s plans to free business from the burden of red tape.
By Mark Prisk
17 Mar 2011, Lancashire County Cricket Ground, Old Trafford
Professional and business services are a crucial engine for growth, providing employment and underpinning expansion in every other sector of the UK economy, Mark Prisk says.
By Mark Prisk
15 Mar 2011, British Marine Federation, Superyacht UK Conference, Lancaster House, London
In this speech, Mark Prisk outlines the substantial commercial opportunities that the London 2012 Olympic Games are opening up for the UK’s maritime industries and superyacht sector.
By Mark Prisk
10 Mar 2011, Centrepoint, London
Mark Prisk argues that support for enterprise, innovation and skills are the building blocks of future economic growth.
By Mark Prisk
9 Mar 2011, Royal Institution of Great Britain, London
In this speech, Mark Prisk what Government is doing to support defence and security companies as they compete for new business at home and abroad.
By Mark Prisk
2 Mar 2011, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London
Mark Prisk argues that, if UK manufacturing is to enjoy a lasting renaissance, then Government and industry must invest in the sector’s human capital – transforming manufacturing’s public image to attract new recruits, and offering training so they can build successful careers in industry.
By Mark Prisk
18 Jan 2011, Launch of the Global Manufacturing Festival, EEF Headquarters, London
Mark Prisk sets out three priorities for the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Review – investment in innovation; support for exports; and encouraging the next generation of manufacturing talent.
By Mark Prisk
13 Dec 2010, Community Development Finance Association conference, HSBC HQ, London
Mark Prisk highlights reforms to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme that will enable community lenders to use it to finance micro-lending to small businesses.
By Mark Prisk
29 Nov 2010, The Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham
In this speech, Mark Prisk announces that the long-term future of the Manufacturing Advisory Service is secure.
‘MAS will be a national service delivered at local level. It will help SMEs to increase their productivity and address new opportunities in a number of areas - including supply chain development, the low carbon economy and lean manufacturing.’
By Mark Prisk
3 Nov 2010, Park Plaza Hotel, London
In this speech, Mark Prisk outlines the Government’s decisive action to improve the business environment and trading opportunities for UK firms in the defence and security industry.
By Mark Prisk
2 Nov 2010, BIS Conference Centre
Mark Prisk urges small and medium sized enterprises to grasp the commercial opportunities presented by the London 2010 Olympic Games, and use them to power their future growth.
By Mark Prisk
21 Oct 2010, Park Plaza Hotel, London
Mark Prisk makes the case for a smarter system of business regulation, which responds to risk without restricting innovation, so UK firms are able to compete internationally.
By Mark Prisk
12 Oct 2010, Northern Regeneration Summit, Manchester Central, Manchester
In this speech Mark Prisk sets out the Coalition’s Government’s new framework for economic development – one rooted in the real economic geography of the country.
By Mark Prisk
22 Sep 2010, British Retail Consortium Dinner, The Grosvenor, Park Lane, London
Mark Prisk assures the retail sector that the Government is completely committed to them and recognised the huge contribution they make to our economy.
He also highlights his intention to establish a new partnership between Government and the retail sector. A partnership that is ambitious both for retail businesses and UK plc.
By Mark Prisk
13 Sep 2010, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Shanghai, China
Addressing an audience of senior Chinese and British business representatives, Mark Prisk underlines the UK’s desire for closer bilateral trading relations with China in the years ahead.
By Mark Prisk
9 Sep 2010, Wolverhampton Racecourse
Mark Prisk sets out how the Government intends to support small firms, in the Black Country and elsewhere, so economic renewal will occur in every part of the country.
By Mark Prisk
13 Jul 2010, Siemens extended board meeting, Four Seasons Hotel, Canary Wharf, London
"Enterprise, investment and innovation are this nation’s route back to economic health. So we stand ready to work in partnership with every business, and every country, as we strive to get our economy growing once again, to create jobs and secure prosperity in the years ahead.”
