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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).


    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Department for Education

    Apprenticeships and skills now fall under Department for Education

    by Jo Faragher 15 Jul 2016
    by Jo Faragher 15 Jul 2016

    The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has been split up and the Government’s skills and apprenticeship policy will...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Minimum wage
    • Tips and gratuities

    Restaurant tipping practices face regulation

    by Rob Moss 3 May 2016
    by Rob Moss 3 May 2016

    Service charges that are automatically added to bills in restaurants could be a thing of the past under government plans...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Employment tribunals
    • Family-friendly working

    “Shocking scale” of maternity discrimination revealed

    by Rob Moss 22 Mar 2016
    by Rob Moss 22 Mar 2016

    As many as 390,000 female workers a year have a “negative or possibly discriminatory” experience during pregnancy and maternity leave,...

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

    Apprenticeship levy legislation published in draft

    by Jo Faragher 8 Feb 2016
    by Jo Faragher 8 Feb 2016

    The Government has published draft legislation on the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.
    The draft confirms that from April 2017,...

    • Age discrimination
    • National living wage
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

    National living wage: how to steer clear of problems

    by John Charlton 28 Jan 2016
    by John Charlton 28 Jan 2016

    With the national living wage set to be introduced on 1 April 2016, employers will need to plan carefully to...

    • Financial penalties
    • Employment law
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

    New labour market enforcement director role announced

    by Jo Faragher 13 Jan 2016
    by Jo Faragher 13 Jan 2016

    The Government will create a new role of director of labour market enforcement as part of its push to tackle...

    • National living wage
    • Collective redundancy
    • Case law

    The 2015 HR quiz of the year

    by Personnel Today 16 Dec 2015
    by Personnel Today 16 Dec 2015

    All up to date with employment law? Have your finger on the pulse of best HR practice? Then take our...

    • Collective redundancy
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Military

    Collective redundancies: five things you should know

    by John Charlton 10 Dec 2015
    by John Charlton 10 Dec 2015

    There have been a slew of legal rulings related to collective redundancies in 2015, dealing with issues including the meaning...

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

    Osborne confirms apprenticeship levy in Spending Review

    by Jo Faragher 25 Nov 2015
    by Jo Faragher 25 Nov 2015

    Large employers will have to commit to spend 0.5% of their wage bill on funding apprenticeships, it has been confirmed...

    • Collective redundancy
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

    City Link directors not guilty over redundancy failures

    by Bar Huberman 17 Nov 2015
    by Bar Huberman 17 Nov 2015

    Three ex-directors of collapsed delivery firm City Link have been acquitted over their failure to notify the Government of proposed...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Dress codes
    • Minimum wage

    Monsoon Accessorize’s dress code led to it not paying minimum wage

    by Rob Moss 23 Oct 2015
    by Rob Moss 23 Oct 2015

    Fashion retailer Monsoon Accessorize has topped the latest list of companies...

    • Zero hours
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Fixed-term contracts

    Zero hours contracts guidance for employers published

    by Rob Moss 19 Oct 2015
    by Rob Moss 19 Oct 2015

    The Government has published guidance for employers on the use of zero hours contracts detailing their appropriate – and inappropriate...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Minimum wage
    • Tips and gratuities

    Restaurant tipping practices to be investigated

    by Rob Moss 1 Sep 2015
    by Rob Moss 1 Sep 2015

    Business secretary Sajid Javid has launched an investigation into the abuse of restaurant tipping, following media reports of hospitality employers...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Productivity

    Government hopes productivity plan will increase UK’s GDP

    by Jo Faragher 10 Jul 2015
    by Jo Faragher 10 Jul 2015

    The Government has today launched its “productivity plan” – a framework that it claims will reverse the UK’s lagging productivity...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Early careers

    New legal framework to protect apprenticeship system

    by Jo Faragher 15 Jun 2015
    by Jo Faragher 15 Jun 2015

    The Government has announced plans to give apprenticeships legal protection by preventing employers from abusing the term.
    Under new rules...

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