Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

A department of the British government responsible for advising the government and implementing law related to corporate governance, business regulation, intellectual property, international trade, and other business issues. For example, it is the department that issues export licenses. The department was created in 2009 but traces its origins to the 17th century.

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A Department for Business, Innovation and Skills spokesperson said: "We do not comment on leaked documents.

Government jobs cull slammed by business leaders; Bid to shed 533 city roles 'a blow to devolution'

With support of pounds 24 million from the Welsh Assembly Government, including from the EU Convergence programmes and pounds 10m from the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), HPC Wales will give Wales a supercomputing capacity and network at a scale not attempted anywhere else in the UK or Europe.

Computer project to 'advance' Wales

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Bis) lost track of property worth pounds 24,850, written Commons answers showed.

Equipment goes missing at health dept

Networking organisation WIN has secured the cash to engage businesswomen in the arts as part of a 'learning for pleasure' innovation spearheaded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

A huge boost to women's winning ways

Business and education are now more closely linked following the merger of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) with the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), creating a new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (D'BIS, I assume, or 'The Biz').

Enterprise is vital for young

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