Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
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The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) was a United Kingdom government department
. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and was itself disbanded on 6 June 2009 on the creation of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
.
BERR had a wide range of responsibilities. The main areas covered were essentially those previously covered by the DTI: company law, trade, business growth, employment law, regional economic development and consumer law. The principal machinery of government changes affecting the department on creation were the removal of the Office of Science and Innovation to the new Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
and the arrival of the Better Regulation Executive
from the Cabinet Office
. Subsequently, in October 2008, responsibility for energy policy
was removed to the new Department of Energy and Climate Change
. It merged with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
in the June 2009 reshuffle to become the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
.
BERR was responsible for the implementation of the Companies Act 2006
and for promoting entrepreneurship
in the UK. In this context, it supported initiatives such as:
Departments of the United Kingdom Government
Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Cabinet ministers who are usually called secretaries of state when they are in charge of Government departments called ministerial departments...
. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and was itself disbanded on 6 June 2009 on the creation of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform .-Ministers:The BIS...
.
BERR had a wide range of responsibilities. The main areas covered were essentially those previously covered by the DTI: company law, trade, business growth, employment law, regional economic development and consumer law. The principal machinery of government changes affecting the department on creation were the removal of the Office of Science and Innovation to the new Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was a UK government department created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the Department of Education and Skills and of the Department of Trade and Industry. In June 2009 it was merged into the newly formed Department for...
and the arrival of the Better Regulation Executive
Better Regulation Executive
The Better Regulation Executive is a part of the British Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. It is in charge of leads this regulatory reform agenda across the British Government.-External links:* official website...
from the Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office
The Cabinet Office is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for supporting the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the United Kingdom....
. Subsequently, in October 2008, responsibility for energy policy
Energy policy of the United Kingdom
The current energy policy of the United Kingdom is set out in the Energy White Paper of May 2007 and Low Carbon Transition Plan of July 2009, building on previous work including the 2003 Energy White Paper and the Energy Review Report in 2006...
was removed to the new Department of Energy and Climate Change
Department of Energy and Climate Change
The Department of Energy and Climate Change is a British government department created on 3 October 2008 by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to take over some of the functions of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
. It merged with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was a UK government department created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the Department of Education and Skills and of the Department of Trade and Industry. In June 2009 it was merged into the newly formed Department for...
in the June 2009 reshuffle to become the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform .-Ministers:The BIS...
.
BERR was responsible for the implementation of the Companies Act 2006
Companies Act 2006
The Companies Act 2006 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which forms the primary source of UK company law. It had the distinction of being the longest in British Parliamentary history: with 1,300 sections and covering nearly 700 pages, and containing 16 schedules but it has since...
and for promoting entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...
in the UK. In this context, it supported initiatives such as:
- Make Your Mark, the UK's national campaign to give people the confidence, skills and ambition to be more enterprising.
- Global Entrepreneurship WeekGlobal Entrepreneurship WeekGlobal Entrepreneurship Week is the world’s largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare....
, the world's first global celebration and promotion of the entrepreneurial spirit amongst young people.