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The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) will from 21 September 2010 provide a morning duty scheme at the London Office of the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT) at 10 Alfred Place London WC1E 7LR on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The LVT hears cases involving disputes relating to long residential leasehold properties, such as service charge disputes and disputes involving the costs relating to a residential leaseholder's right to extend their lease or the collective right to purchase the freehold of their building. These are the days set aside for pre-trial reviews. The aim of the duty scheme is to provide free legal advice. The scheme will be known as LEASE on Location - at the LVT.

160/10 The Government announced today that they will meet the 2010 Landfill Directive target and also published responses to two separate consultations on meeting EU Landfill Diversion Targets and on restrictions on the landfilling of certain wastes.

Business Minister Mark Prisk said:

"The manufacturing sector will be vital to stimulating the economy so I welcome the ONS statistics published today which shows a 0.3% rise in output.

"We need to be cautious as manufacturing activity may slow over the coming months but I am most encouraged that the sector continues to be more productive."

Twenty-seven companies involved in the mis-selling of health supplements have been wound up in the High Court following an investigation by Company Investigations of the Insolvency Service.

Check against delivery

Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced the 149 colleges across England that will benefit from funding of £50 million from the Government to invest in new buildings and renovate existing ones.

• Details of test routes to be withdrawn

• Skills boost for new drivers

• Countdown to independent driving

The commitment and ambition shown by councils and business to radically reshape the way business and government interact at the local level was praised by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Business Secretary Vince Cable today.

Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, Lord Sassoon, while on a visit to India,  today launched a UK financial services guide in Mumbai as a direct response to the interest of Indian banks and financial firms, keen to set up businesses in the UK.

Business Secretary Vince Cable today welcomed the appointment of Stephen Green as Minister for Trade and Investment.

158/10 Equine infectious anaemia (EIA) has been detected in a horse in Northumberland following importation from the Netherlands, Defra confirmed today.

157/10 Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman today gave her support to Thames Water’s plans for a tunnel to reduce the amount of raw sewage discharged into the River Thames.

Embargoed until 10:00am Tuesday 7 September 2010.

Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts said:

Mark Hoban MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, today announced the appointment of Margaret Cole to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Board, with effect from 7 September 2010.

At midday on Sunday 26 September, a new war memorial, built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, will be unveiled in Sussex, paying tribute to some of the one and half million Indian soldiers who fought for the British Empire during the First World War.

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An exhibition of cutting edge products was today unveiled at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to encourage a new generation of innovators, Business Minster Mark Prisk announced today.

Today a new regional National Insurance Contributions (NICs) holiday for new businesses came into effect.

Issues statement and timetable

Mr Christopher Lake and Mr Stephen Knight, the directors of a group of companies which claimed to sell financial and other business opportunities to people with poor credit histories have been disqualified from acting as company directors for a total of 16 years following an Insolvency Service investigation.

David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, today announced the appointment of two new Trustees to the board of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA).

British companies doing business in China will be helped by a new agreement between the two nations on copyright.

The Red Ensign will fly over the headquarters of the Department for Transport today to mark the UK's eleventh Merchant Navy Day.

Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by the Health and Safety Executive today, following the recent deaths of two children involving these gates.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued an alert to employers who use its Employer CD-Rom to help run their payroll systems.