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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
20 May 2013 09:30
Former Apache helicopter pilot Tim Peake is to become the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station, making him the first UK astronaut in space for more than 20 years.
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HM Revenue & Customs
13 May 2013 11:59
A Dundee businessman, who pleaded guilty to using seven aliases to commit a £166,000 VAT fraud, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
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HM Revenue & Customs
13 May 2013 10:00
Almost 5,700 litres of beer, wine and spirits have been seized by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as alcohol taskforce officers targeted illegal sales across Scotland on Thursday (9 May). During the activity in Edinburgh, HMRC officers visited 49 retail sites, checking the details of alcohol on sale.
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HM Revenue & Customs
02 May 2013 16:50
A 36-year-old man has been jailed for tax fraud after the discovery of a tobacco counterfeiting “factory” in his Renfrew flat.
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
21 April 2013 00:01
Small, medium and large companies from across the UK are today celebrating winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise - the UK’s highest accolade for business success.
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HM Revenue & Customs
12 April 2013 14:45
Almost 2,300l of spirits have been seized by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as alcohol taskforce officers targeted illegal sales across Scotland. During eight days of activity HMRC officers visited 77 retail sites in Central Scotland, from Inverclyde to Midlothian, checking the details of alcohol on sale.
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
09 April 2013 12:10
A competition to find the local community which is the most creative and successful in creating new jobs, supporting start-up businesses and promoting enterprise is now open.
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HM Revenue & Customs
08 April 2013 11:45
A Stranraer man, jailed for six and a half years in September 2012 for evading excise duty on 13 million cigarettes, has been ordered to pay £30,000 within six months or face a further 14 months in prison.
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Health and Safety Executive
28 March 2013 15:42
A County Durham construction firm has been fined for dangerous practices on a building site in Aberdeen.
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Insolvency Service
21 March 2013 11:00
Stuart Wright, a director of Opticore Ltd, a telecommunications cabling company that traded from sites in Chorley, Lancashire and Livingston, West Lothian has been disqualified for a further ten years for breaching an existing five-year ban. The disqualification follows an investigation by the Insolvency Service.
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