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Mandelson speech rouses Labour
Sep 29th, 2009 - Yahoo! News
BRIGHTON (AFP) – Business Secretary Peter Mandelson sought to galvanise the embattled Labour Party on Monday, telling its conference that it could still win next year's general election.
Lord Mandelson: change or lose, he tells Brown
Sep 29th, 2009 - Telegraph
In what was a clear message to the Prime Minister to change his strategy of contrasting his actions through the recession with the Conservatives, the Business Secretary told Labour delegates that the party needed to offer more.
General Election is 'up for grabs', Lord Mandelson tells Labour ...
Sep 28th, 2009 - Times Online
Lord Mandelson today declared that next year's General Election was "up for grabs" and that the Labour party had everything to fight for. Addressing Labour delegates at the last party political conference before the General Election...
Mandelson urges Labour fightback
Sep 28th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Lord Mandelson urged Labour to show "fighting spirit" Labour is in "the fight of our lives" but "can come back" to win the next election, Lord Mandelson has said.
UK extends vehicle scrappage scheme
Sep 28th, 2009 - Reuters
BRIGHTON, England, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Britain is extendingits car scrappage scheme to cover an additional 100,000vehicles, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Monday. Introduced earlier this year...
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1:21Protestor Slimes British Business Secretary
An environmental activist threw a green liquid in British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson's to protest his support of government plans to build a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport. (March 6)
3:03"How to Succedd in Business ..." - A Secretary Is Not a Toy 1967
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - 1967 in the video you can see 30 years old Tucker Smith , best known from West Side Story
1:43Ken Clarke on becoming Shadow Business Secretary
Ken Clarke, who became Shadow Business Secretary in today's reshuffle, talks about his new role.
1:45US, UK Should Mind Their Own Business. Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Video Courtesy, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
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The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (formerly the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and previously Secretary of State for Trade and Industry) is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. Its secondary title is the President of the Board of Trade. The Secretary of State is responsible for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (formerly the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and previously the Department of Trade and Industry). The current holder of the post is Lord Mandelson.
The idea of a Board of Trade was first translated into action by Oliver Cromwell in 1655 when he appointed his son Richard Cromwell to head a body of Lords of the Privy Council, judges and merchants to consider measures to promote trade. Charles II established a Council of Trade on 7 November 1660 followed by a Council of Foreign Plantations on 1 December that year. The two were united on 16 September 1672 as the Board of Trade and Plantations.
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