The Latest Breaking News from Department for Business and Trade

Human rights group’s bid to challenge Israel jet parts export ruling to be heard

Al-Haq previously challenged the Department for Business and Trade’s decision to continue licensing exports of components for F-35 fighter jets.

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2025

Reynolds agrees need for ‘urgent next steps’ with bioethanol firms over US deal

The Government is ‘open to discussion’ of potential options to support the industry, the Department for Business and Trade said.

Evening Standard · May 14, 2025

Workers in UK to be granted right to demand four-day week

Companies could be legally obliged to offer flexible working from day one except where it is ‘not reasonably feasible’

Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2024

JUST 1% of £1.1billion in taxpayer money lost to Covid business grants fraud is recovered

The spending watchdog found that 'no contingency plans existed between central and local government for supporting firms during a national emergency' when the pandemic hit and it meant mistakes were made

Daily Mirror · Mar 23, 2023

MP "deeply worried" over threat to pull the plug on Royal Mail Customer Service Points in Ayrshire

The SNP MP Allan Dorans has already written to Kemi Badenoch MP, Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade, and has urged her to step in and put a stop to the proposals.

Daily Record · Feb 13, 2023

UK urged to sack Tony Abbott as trade adviser for joining climate sceptic group

Critics say former Australian PM’s membership of Global Warming Policy Foundation board could affect trade deals

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023

Rishi Sunak breaks up Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in major restructure

Sacked Tory party chairman Nadhim Zahawi has been replaced with Greg Hands, who had been trade minister and Grant Shapps, who had been business secretary, will now be the Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary.

Birmingham Post · Feb 7, 2023