Archive - 2004

The European Commission has allocated an extra £111 million to the English European Social Fund as a result of its Objective 3ⁱ Programme achieving interim performance targets.

The European Commission has lowered the thresholds for public contracts above which they must be advertised across the EU.

The European Commission has recently published a guide to the EU rules on granting aid to businesses or other organisations for the purposes of innovation.

Transport Secretary Alistair Darling’s decision to scrap the extension of Manchester’s Metrolink system will cost the City’s economy £1.4bn a year, a new study has revealed.