CLOSED: SEM Digital Skills Resilience project call (OC31S19P1338)

Call to run a project which focusses on improving the digital skills of individuals and directly engage employers to identify and address their business’s digital skills need.




Press release: Gove to introduce ‘Natasha’s Law’

A new law will require food businesses to include full ingredients labelling on pre-packaged foods, Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced today.




Press release: Whisky and salmon boost Scottish exports to record £1.4 billion

Total exports for Scottish food and drink worth £1.4 billion in first quarter of year as whisky and salmon continue to play vital role in UK’s exporting success




The Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

This instrument makes drafting amendments to six Northern Ireland Statutory Rules (SRs) in order to ensure operability of those SRs as a result of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. It also amends four Northern Ireland EU Exit Statutory Instruments (SIs). It does not introduce any changes to policy and simply ensures the continuity of a functioning statute book in Northern Ireland.




The Environment and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

2.1 This instrument corrects a number of minor errors in other instruments, and makes some additional amendments to correct deficiencies in domestic legislation arising as a result of the UK’s exit from the European Union. It amends:
• the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/25) (“the EIA (EU Exit) Regulations”), which relates to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), in the fields of agriculture and marine works;
• the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39) (“the EPR (EU Exit) Regulations”);
• the Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188) (“Waste (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations”);
• the Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620) (“the Waste (EU Exit) Regulations”).