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Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is responsible for economic growth, supporting businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. It was formed in February 2023 following a department reshuffle that saw it take on various responsibilities previously fulfilled by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Department for International Trade (DIT).


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    Employment law campaign aims to reduce costs for businesses

    by Mike Berry 14 Aug 2008
    by Mike Berry 14 Aug 2008

    The government has launched a new campaign which aims to help employers save time and money on employment costs. The...

    • Employment law
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    No new laws in crackdown on employers who abuse vulnerable workers

    by Mike Berry 5 Aug 2008
    by Mike Berry 5 Aug 2008

    Business leaders have breathed a sigh of relief after a crackdown on rogue employers of vulnerable workers announced this morning...

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    Energy efficiency has higher priority with employers than redundancies or other staff cost-cutting

    by Guy Logan 24 Jul 2008
    by Guy Logan 24 Jul 2008

    Employers now rank energy efficiency ahead of redundancies or cutting staff bonuses as a better way to save money, a...

    • Employment law
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
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    UK government retains opt-out from Working Time Directive

    by Guy Logan 10 Jun 2008
    by Guy Logan 10 Jun 2008

    The UK has secured a deal to keep its opt-out from the Working Time Directive following a meeting of European...

    • Employment law
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Maternity

    Friday Podcast: Maternity leave pension liability, policing for London 2012 and HRD 2008

    by Rob Moss 18 Apr 2008
    by Rob Moss 18 Apr 2008

    HR news and analysis including:

    legal experts warn that maternity law changes made this month could cost employers huge amounts of...

    • Employee relations
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    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

    Friday Podcast: including interviews with skills secretary John Denham and Dragon’s Den entrepreneur James Caan

    by Rob Moss 4 Apr 2008
    by Rob Moss 4 Apr 2008

    HR news and analysis including:

    an exclusive interview with skills secretary John Denham
    Dragons’ Den entrepreneur James Caan’s thoughts on...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Latest News

    MPs criticise Discrimination Law Review for failing to address gender pay gap

    by Louisa Peacock 9 Feb 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 9 Feb 2008

    MPs have slammed the government’s Discrimination Law Review for failing to adequately address pitfalls in diversity law and provide no...

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    Commission for Employment and Skills gets 10 business leaders on 20-strong list of commissioners

    by Mike Berry 11 Dec 2007
    by Mike Berry 11 Dec 2007

    The government has revealed the 20 commissioners who will be members of the new UK Commission for Employment and Skills...

    • Employment law
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    European Union deadlock over Agency Workers Directive raises threat of UK temps getting full employment rights

    by Greg Pitcher 10 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 10 Dec 2007

    Fears that domestic legislation will be passed giving temporary workers full employment rights have grown after EU ministers failed to...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
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    • Economics, government & business

    Tory leader David Cameron commits a future Conservative government to cutting red tape to make recruitment easier

    by Greg Pitcher 27 Nov 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 27 Nov 2007

    A Conservative government would make hiring staff easier every year it is in power, David Cameron claimed today.The Opposition leader...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Government peer-to-peer website aims to provide pool of skills resources

    by Mike Berry 22 Nov 2007
    by Mike Berry 22 Nov 2007

    A new website which utilises social networking technology common to sites like Facebook has been set up to help employers...

    • Action learning
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Economics, government & business

    Regulatory regime changes

    by Personnel Today 29 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 29 Oct 2007

    The Financial Services Authority is tightening up its regulatory regime, which means senior HR staff will have a greater role...

    • CIPD
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    AUDIO: Personnel Today Friday Podcast

    by Personnel Today 28 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 28 Sep 2007

    Mike Berry hosts this week’s programme which includes:

    News from the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth
    The Commision for Racial...

    • Business performance
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Latest News

    Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham admits skills envoy role was still job in progress when he took up ministerial role

    by Louisa Peacock 23 Jul 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 23 Jul 2007

    Former CBI chief Dibgy, Lord Jones of Birmingham, has admitted that his skills envoy job was only half finished when...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    Skills Bill, Employment Simplification Bill and Pensions Bill put HR in forefront of Gordon Brown’s first legislative programme

    by Louisa Peacock 12 Jul 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 12 Jul 2007

    The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has warned the government against forcing the human resources function into a ‘corporate...

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