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The MDU and Armstrong Watson LLP partner to provide tax, accountancy and business advisory services The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with accountancy firm Armstrong Watson LLP to provide MDU members with access to tax, accountancy and business advisory services. As part of the collaboration, MDU members will receive… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has begun work on the UK-leg of a leading international project aiming to track the Eurasian wigeon. Titled Project Penelope, after the wigeon’s Latin name Mareca penelope, the study will follow the species’ flyway with field work carried out across the UK, Denmark and Finland. BASC, in partnership with… Read more »
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Gordon Brown has said a planned trading boom between the UK and China could create “tens of thousands” of British jobs. Speaking in Beijing at the start of a five-day tour of China and India, the prime minister said he wanted trade between the two countries to increase by 50 per cent by 2010. The… Read more »
Improving basic literacy and numeracy levels should be prioritised in early education, interim reports from the independent Primary Review released today say. The ongoing research project suggests it may be worthwhile concentrating on the “basics” rather than engaging in the hybrid approach towards primary education currently seen in England. The 2003 primary strategy emphasised “enjoyment… Read more »
