LONDON, June 4 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * £4 million funding boost over three years for business debt advice services support an additional 16,000 small businesses and sole traders * Strengthened debt advice services to provide expert advice to small businesses struggling with finances * Funding builds on the success of the Business Debtline delivered by Money Advice Trust * Additional £2 million funding this year to help modernise debt advice...
LONDON, June 4 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has published its Annual Safety Review which provides an overview of occurrences notified to the AAIB in 2025 as well as the safety action taken or planned in response to AAIB investigations concluded in 2025. * The AAIB received 783 occurrence notifications (compared to 762 in 2024) and opened 1 formal investigation and 23 field investigations. A further 56 investiga...
LONDON, June 4 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)haswelcomed global agreement on a newinternational Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) Code,due to be published next month. For eight years,the MCA'sautonomy team has represented the UK's interestsin working groups dedicated to the development of thefirstnon-mandatory International Code of Safety for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS Code). The UK delegation, co...
LONDON, June 4 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is resuming the roll-out of the I-VMS programme, having reached an agreement with CLS UK Ltd (previously Fulcrum Maritime Systems Ltd) to supply type-approved devices to the under-12m English fleet. MMO has made this decision to ensure that all English vessels are fitted with type-approved I-VMS devices that transmit positional data to the UK VMS Hub, in accordance with th...
LONDON, June 4 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The government is on track to meet its pledge to recruit and retain an additional 6,500 teachers aftersurpassing two thirds of its manifesto targetwiththree yearsto go. The figures published today show the government has now recruited4,654 additional teachers of the 6,500 pledge, with 3,008 more teachers in secondary and spe...
LONDON, June 4 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The AvianInfluenza Prevention Zones (AIPZs) in place acrossGreat Britainwill be lifted fromnoon4 June 2026, the Chief Veterinary Officer hasannouncedtoday.  The measures werefirstintroduced across the whole of England on13December2024 to prevent the spread of Avian Influenza and have been vital in protecting flocks across the country from the viruswhich is cir...
LONDON, June 4 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Catherine Colloms Catherine Colloms has been appointed for a period of 4 years, commencing on 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2030. Catherine is an experienced Non-Executive Director and Chair. She is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Industrial Development Advisory Board at the Department for Business and Trade and a Non-Executive Director of Gigaclear, the UK's rural full-fibre network. She also sits on ...
LONDON, June 4 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Following monitoring of pharmacovigilance data, the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) for Bravecto 150 mg/ml Powder and Solvent for Suspension for Injection for Dogs has been updated: Emesis and diarrhoea can occur rarely (1 to 10 animals / 10,000 animals treated) following administration of the veterinary medicinal product. Muscle tremor, ataxia, convulsion, allergic oedema, hypersensitivity reaction and ...
LONDON, June 4 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Universities will be stripped of therighttorecruitinternational students if too many drop out, as the government tightens the screws on visa abuse. Newsponsorshiprules willintroduce a sliding scale of penalties for higher education institutions thatfail torecruit responsibly. It comes afterasylum claims from work,studyand tourist visas more than tripled under thepreviousgovernment - reaching 37% of all claims, w...
LONDON, June 4 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Lex Greensill was a director of three companies within the Greensill Group, which collapsed in 2021 with combined liabilities of more than £1.6 billion * In late 2020, he caused the companies to enter into a series of transactions with US construction company Katerra that removed legal protections from a Credit Suisse fund's investment * The Australian businessman also caused or allowed $440 million receive...