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Business support news from UK Parliament.
Committee welcomes the Horizon IT Inquiry Report, urges Government to “close painful chapter of history” and speed up justice for victims of Post Office Horizon scandal
The Business and Trade Committee welcomes the first report of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry published today. The recommendations of this report mirror much of what the Committee has called for – improvement of redress schemes, in particular the Horizon Shortfall Scheme, the need to speed up redress payments and the need for free, upfront legal advice to be available to all victims.
08 July 2025
BTC report: how the UK can unlock access to Asia-Pacific markets worth £trillions
A quarter of global economic growth will come from the region in the next five years, even excluding China
28 June 2025
Industrial Strategy - BTC Chair Liam Byrne comments
Commenting on the newly published Industrial Strategy and ahead of its debate in the House of Commons this afternoon
23 June 2025
What do small businesses really need now to drive the growth mission and keep our high streets thriving?
Small business is very big business in the UK.
Covering the range from sole entrepreneurs to enterprises with up to 250 employees, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up 99.8% of all UK businesses.
16 June 2025
Industrial Strategy must deliver sweeping public-private reforms - and lower energy costs - or ministers will miss ‘once in a century’ opportunity for British economy
The House of Commons Business and Trade Committee warns that a “once in a century” opportunity for the British economy will be lost unless the Industrial Strategy is ‘funded to work’.
06 June 2025
Bank Resolution Bill completes passage through Parliament
Draft legislation to become law as Lords members agree MPs' changes on recapitalisation requirements and public costs. Catch up
13 May 2025
Short debates in the Lords
Members debate single-sex spaces for NHS staff, using frozen Libyan assets, prosthetics for amputees and improving access to banking and finance for small businesses. Find out more
25 April 2025
20 ways to fix Brexit’s growth hit: BTC report
As President Trump sets out sweeping global tariff barriers and ahead of the May summit between Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen aimed at resetting UK-EU relations, the BTC is publishing a draft ‘Green Paper’ setting out twenty ways the UK and the EU can reset their relationship for mutual benefit.
03 April 2025
Regional mayors questioned on government’s innovation and growth policies
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee will question local government, experts and innovators as it continues its inquiry into Innovation, Growth and the Regions.
27 March 2025
Still unfinished business: BTC asks Government to ‘reflect and revise’ Post Office Horizon redress plan
The Business and Trade Committee is today taking the unusual step of asking the Government to ‘reflect and revise’ its response to its January 1st report on finally achieving long-delayed justice and redress for victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal – described as the greatest miscarriage of justice in UK history.
25 March 2025
Lords concludes scrutiny of product regulation bill
Members take chance to 'tidy up' text of draft law at third reading. Catch up
13 March 2025
EFRA Chair comments on Defra’s halting of new applications to SFI
Reacting to the news that the Government is stopping accepting new SFI applications, the Chair of the EFRA Committee, Alistair Carmichael MP, said:
12 March 2025
What are the challenges for innovators in accessing science infrastructure and finance?
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee will question experts in the second session of its inquiry into Innovation, growth and the regions.
10 March 2025
Product regulation bill completes Lords report stage
Members vote on period product safety and alcohol measurements as further scrutiny concludes. Catch up
06 March 2025
Welsh businesses invited to share investment challenges in Committee roundtable
MPs from Westminster’s Welsh Affairs Committee will hold a roundtable with businesses from across Wales next month.
27 February 2025