Employment Rights Bill: impact assessments
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Impact assessments and analytical documents relating to the Employment Rights Bill.
Change made:
Number of small and micro business employees amended from 13 million to 9 million in ‘Employment Rights Bill economic analysis’ to mirror the figure used in the Summary Impact Assessment annex of the same document.
Time updated:
3:13pm, 9 June 2025
UK Export Finance
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Supports access to loans and other trade finance facilities for businesses that sell internationally via government guarantees.
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First published.
Time updated:
3:38pm, 9 June 2025
DBT’s digital evaluation and performance analysis strategy
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The Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) strategy and playbook outlining the approach to monitoring and evaluation of digital products and services.
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First published.
Time updated:
1:57pm, 10 June 2025
Employment reforms will ‘help solve UK’s Productivity Puzzle’
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Employment reforms will help ‘solve UK’s Productivity Puzzle’, Employment Rights Minister Justin Madders set out to global leaders in Geneva today.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
3:32pm, 11 June 2025
Market access barrier quarterly statistics: January to March 2025
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Headline summary of market access barriers resolved during Quarter 4 (January to March) of the financial year ending 2025.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
9:30am, 12 June 2025
Market access barrier statistics 2024 to 2025
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Headline figures on market access barriers reported and resolved for the financial year 2024 to 2025.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
9:30am, 12 June 2025
Market access barrier: quarterly statistics, technical annex
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A report on the methodology, revision policy and data quality for the market access barrier quarterly statistics.
Change made:
‘International Strategy and Trade Relations (ISTR)’ has been updated to ‘China, Development and Market Access Relations (CDMA)’ in the Methodology section.
Time updated:
9:30am, 12 June 2025
Market access barrier statistics
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Annual and quarterly headline statistics on reported and resolved market access barriers published by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).
Change made:
Added ‘Market access barrier quarterly statistics: January to March 2025’ and the annual market access barrier statistics publication for 2024 to 2025.
Time updated:
10:36am, 12 June 2025
UK-Japan CEPA documents
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Decisions, documents and meeting minutes from the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
Change made:
‘10 June 2025: UK-Japan CEPA Joint Committee on arbitrators – decision No 1/2025’ added to page.
Time updated:
2:36pm, 13 June 2025
Arbitrators for UK free trade agreements (FTAs)
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Lists of arbitrators agreed with the UK’s FTA partners as part of the trade dispute settlement mechanism.
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‘Arbitrators for the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)’ added to page.
Time updated:
2:36pm, 13 June 2025
UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
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Business guidance, explainers and other key documents to help you understand the UK-Japan CEPA.
Change made:
‘Arbitrators for UK free trade agreements (FTAs)’ added to collection.
Time updated:
2:40pm, 13 June 2025
