Useful Information for Businesses – Updates 14th to 18th September
Daily update from GOV.UK.
Covid19 Related Updates
Advice for people who are struggling to pay essential bills because of coronavirus
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Advice for those in difficulty with energy, water or telecommunications bills, or repayment commitments on credit cards, loans and mortgages, as a result of COVID-19.
First published.
Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Find out how to make your workplace COVID-secure.
Change made
Performing arts – Added priority actions to take to protect staff and customers.
COVID-19: Guidance for small marriages and civil partnerships
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Guidance for people planning to get married or form a civil partnership in England.
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Updated guidance on maintaining social distancing between different households and mandatory test and trace requirements.
GENERAL UPDATES:
Department for Education
Free schools and UTCs: successful applications
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Details of successful applications for free schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) in the pre-opening stage.
Change made
Added the list of free schools and UTCs in the pre-opening stage (September 2020).
Improvement notices and directions
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Improvement notices and directions about children’s services issued to councils by the Department for Education.
Change made
Moved ‘Improvement notice issued to Kirklees Council’ to the ‘Closed notices’ section.
Improvement notice issued to Kirklees Council
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An improvement notice issued to Kirklees Council following an Ofsted inspection in June 2019.
Change made
Added ‘This improvement notice was lifted on 1 September 2020 following a review of Kirklees’ children’s services.’
Termination warning notice to Severndale Specialist Academy
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Termination warning notice to the Severndale Specialist Academy Trust in relation to Severndale Specialist Academy by the Department for Education.
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Letters to academy trusts about poor performance
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DfE letters to academy trusts about poor or inadequate performance or weaknesses in safeguarding, governance or financial management.
Change made
Added the termination warning notice to Severndale Specialist Academy.
Local authority interactive tool (LAIT)
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An interactive spreadsheet for comparing data about children and young people across all local authorities in England.
Change made
Updated LAIT tool and version log.
DfE and executive agency spend over £25,000: 2020 to 2021
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Spending over £25,000 by the Department for Education (DfE) and its executive agencies during the financial year 2020 to 2021.
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Added ‘Department for Education and executive agency spend: July 2020’.
DfE and executive agency ePCS spend over £500: 2020 to 2021
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Spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS) over £500 in the 2020 to 2021 financial year.
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Added ‘Department for Education and executive agency spend over £500 by ePCS: July 2020’.
Package of support for students who have to defer their studies
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Details on a range of opportunities to gain new skills, undertake work placements, additional learning and career development support.
First published.
Unsubscribe from ‘Department for Education’
Department for International Trade
UK and Japan agree historic free trade agreement
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The UK has today secured a free trade agreement with Japan, which is the UK’s first major trade deal as an independent trading nation.
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UK-Japan trade deal offers boost to Scottish businesses
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Scottish wild salmon, Scotch beef and lamb are among 15 iconic Scottish products that could be protected in Japan for first time as part of the UK-Japan trade deal. Scotch whisky will also continue to benefit.
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Liz Truss opening statement for the UK-Japan agreement in principle
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Opening statement given by Secretary of State for International Trade on the UK-Japan agreement in principle for a comprehensive economic partnership.
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