Sentences with phrase «business minister»

Federal Small Business Minister Michael McCormack said he would be closely watching Amazon in the early years to ensure that it paid its fair share of tax and didn't unfairly use its traditional business model of running its retail operations at a loss for year after year while making handsome profits from its Amazon Web Services cloud computing arm.

But perhaps the most damning public verdict delivered in the first 48 hours of Tory conference came from former business minister Anna Soubry.

The backlash suggests that May has not significantly strengthened her position among many Tories since the immediate aftermath of the general election, when former business minister Anna Soubry said the prime minister should «consider her position» and former chancellor George Osborne described her as a «dead woman walking».

So it's refreshing to see new Business Minister Michael Fallon's intention to wipe 3,000 pieces of red tape from the statute books over the next 16 months or so.

But the arrangement comes as Australia's major supermarkets are accused of undercutting suppliers, with federal Small Business Minister Bruce Billson on Wednesday adding to the suggestions.

Responding to today's figures that show unemployment in Wales has continued to fall, Eluned Parrott, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Business Minister said:

Matthew Hancock and Michael Fallon, two unabashed Thatcherites, have been installed as Business ministers whose primary purpose is to restrain the egalitarian and regulatory urges of Vince Cable.

«We're due on April 15th, our first baby,» small business minister Andrew Griffiths announced on Radio 5Live today.

The performance of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) in the UK will be examined in a statutory review launched by Business Minister Margot James.

FEDERAL Small Business Minister Nick Sherry is asking small business operators to respond to an options paper to identify gaps in the way small businesses resolve disputes with other businesses.

Tavares is also going to meet business minister Greg Clark shortly, Reuters reported.

The prime minister also faced questions on Europe from opposition backbenchers, including the DUP's Nigel Dodds who repeated calls for a referendum and former business minister Pat McFadden.

Former business minister Jo Swinson announced she will fight for the deputy leadership instead, saying it is «the right role for me now».

And we hear from Labour's shadow business minister Chi Onwurah about Mandy Richards — the aspiring MP who was ditched as her party's parliamentary candidate after dodgy incidents from her past emerged.

Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat MP and former business minister in the coalition government, said nine studies crossed his desk that attempted to assess the impact on wages across the economy, all of which he claims were suppressed by the Home Office.

A leaked document from business minister John Hutton to Gordon Brown attempted to alert the prime minister to the «practical difficulties» in reaching the environmental promise.

This campaign has cross-party support; earlier this year Business minister Andrew Griffiths asked the pub companies in his constituency to stop using plastic straws.

Lib Dems hope business minister Ed Davey, the party's former shadow foreign affairs spokesman, could influence a new approach to Europe by the government.

Shadow business minister Chuka Umunna has called for an inquiry into Baroness Warsi's expenses.

Shadow business minister Chi Onwurah has also revealed that she had voted in favour of the motion of no confidence in Mr Corbyn.

A leaked briefing to the prime minister, published in the Guardian today, reveals business minister John Hutton believes keeping the commitment will be expansive and «a potentially significant cost in terms of reduced climate change leadership».

The parliamentary business minister says the openness of the Scottish Parliament must be maintained by the bill.

The only business minister to meet a lobbying agency was Lord Green who meet individuals from Brunswick and Montrose.

«Me, personally, I would not dictate to businesses what prices to decide,» Small Business Minister Maxime Bernier said.

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.K. Business Minister, Richard Harrington, the report said.

A NEW range of business assistance packages funded by the Northern Territory Government were recently launched by Northern Territory Industries and Business Minister Tim Baldwin.

«The difference between the previous government and our government is that our prime minister recognizes the need that more can be done,» said Government House leader Bardish Chagger, who as small business minister signed off on a $ 69,625 relocation claim by one staffer in her office.

In a statement issued on Thursday, federal Small Business Minister Kelly O'Dwyer welcomed the new standard said it «provides certainty for farmers which will help encourage innovation and investment in the industry».

The former business minister branded Liam Fox «almost delusional» after he said the UK's trade with the EU would be «at least as free» after Brexit as it is now.

Former business minister Ms Swinson will instead contest the deputy leadership in a move that reportedly could see her support Sir Vince's bid for the top job.

Nick Hillman, a former special adviser to Conservative business minister David Willetts, welcomed the clarification around line management responsibilities.

Chuka Umunna, the former business minister who is already on the committee, is also one of the favourites for the job and has been urged to stand by colleagues in the Commons and other members of the committee.

Yesterday Jacob Rees - Mogg, the chair of the 60 - strong backbench European Research Group, blasted Business Minister Greg Clark for peddling a «project fear» agenda on the issue.

Business minister Jenny Willott's appearance before MPs this morning raised questions about whether the government is doing enough to protect the FTSE from controversial mining firms like Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), which is currently being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

He is replacing Michael Fallon, a more senior business minister, and he will attend cabinet.

Andrew Griffiths The Burton MP's move from assistant whip to junior business minister carries only a slight pay rise, but is a definite increase in status.

Lib Dem Jo Swinson, now business minister, needed the encouragement of her MP husband to ask Nick Clegg to consider her for promotion.

However, there is growing speculation the well - regarded LibDem business minister Ed Davey, who is close to Mr Clegg, would be parachuted into the Cabinet to replace the Energy Secretary.

Other Business ministers are questioned regularly at oral sessions like those for other departments.

The extent to which government plans to regulate lobbyists will leave the industry unaffected are revealed by new figures which show that business ministers held 988 meetings with outside organisations in 2012, and just two with a formally defined lobbying company.

And yet - according to Harry Wallop of the Daily Telegraph - Business Minister Baroness Wilcox has done exactly that.

Other rising stars from the party's 2010 intake, including business minister Matthew Hancock and Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss, may also enter the race, depending on when Mr Cameron departs.

Business minister Edwina Hart announced the make - up of two City region boards in November - Swansea Bay and South East Wales - in a bid to improve the competitiveness of the Welsh economy.

A briefing document given to the former UK business minister Vince Cable for a meeting with senior BP officials last year, seen by the Guardian, gives a glimpse of the firm's tight connections to British government officials.

«Britain is a global leader in offshore wind, and we're determined to be one of the leading destinations for investment in renewable energy,» British Business Minister Greg Clark said.

But pro-EU former business minister Anna Soubry urged Mrs May to «see off these ideologues who are blighting our party and blighting the Brexit process».

«It's pleasing to see the industry collaboratively working together to achieve an outcome which regulates the way suppliers and retailers interact,» a spokesman for Small Business Minister Bruce Billson said.

Business minister Margot James has revealed a list of excuses given by dodgy bosses for not paying...

Business Secretary Vince Cable and Business Minister Michael Fallon will today (Tuesday 22 October) meet business leaders — including Johnson Matthey and SABIC - to take forward the industry - led strategy which sets a vision of 50 % growth of the sector by 2030.