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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.*

 

BERR's War Memorials

 
 

UK Dept for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform

13 November 2008

Lord Mandelson has been appointed Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform.

Ministerial biographies and portfolios.

A new Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has been created, with Ed Miliband as Secretary of State.

Recent additions

Companies Act 2006

Further provisions of the Companies Act 2006 to improve company law and reduce burdens on companies - for example, a crackdown on company name 'squatters'.

Consumer Credit Act 2006

The final parts of the Consumer Credit Act 2006 which protects consumers and puts in place a more level playing field for businesses in the credit market.


* From For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon. Poppy image courtesy of Oswald Skene


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