Friday, 5 June 2009

UK: the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills came into existence today, following the merger of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. The Secretary of State for the new department is Lord Mandelson. For further information see here. Click here for a history of the DBERR and its predecessors, dating back to the Board of Trade formed in 1621. 

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