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The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) is a United Kingdom government department
Departments of the United Kingdom Government

Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Minister s and Secretary of State . These members of the Cabinet are supported by civil servants in Ministerial Departments....
. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade and Industry
Department of Trade and Industry

The Department of Trade and Industry was a Departments of the United Kingdom Government which was disbanded with the announcement of the creation of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills on 28 June 2007....
 (DTI). BERR has a wide range of responsibilities. The main areas covered are 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 is a Departments of the United Kingdom Government created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the disbanded departments of Department for Education and Skills and Department of Trade and Industry....
 and the arrival of the Better Regulation Executive from the Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office

The Cabinet Office is a United Kingdom government department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for supporting the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Cabinet of the United Kingdom....
.






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The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) is a United Kingdom government department
Departments of the United Kingdom Government

Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Minister s and Secretary of State . These members of the Cabinet are supported by civil servants in Ministerial Departments....
. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade and Industry
Department of Trade and Industry

The Department of Trade and Industry was a Departments of the United Kingdom Government which was disbanded with the announcement of the creation of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills on 28 June 2007....
 (DTI). BERR has a wide range of responsibilities. The main areas covered are 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 is a Departments of the United Kingdom Government created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the disbanded departments of Department for Education and Skills and Department of Trade and Industry....
 and the arrival of the Better Regulation Executive from the Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office

The Cabinet Office is a United Kingdom government department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for supporting the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 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, 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 of the United Kingdom 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 ....
.

BERR is responsible for the implementation of the Companies Act 2006
Companies Act 2006

The Companies Act 2006 is a Act of Parliament of the Parliament of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regulating Company within that jurisdiction....
.

BERR is responsible for promoting entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations or revitalizing mature organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities....
 in the UK. In this context, it supports initiatives such as:

- , the UK's national campaign to give people the confidence, skills and ambition to be more enterprising.

- Global Entrepreneurship Week
Global Entrepreneurship Week

Global Entrepreneurship Week is a civil-society initiative to promote the Entrepreneurship aspirations of young people everywhere. It runs from 17–23 November 2008....
, the world's first global celebration and promotion of the entrepreneurial spirit amongst young people.

Ministers at BERR

Ministers as of 14 January 2009:

  • Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - The Rt Hon. The Lord Mandelson PC
    • Minister of State
      Minister of State

      Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a "minister of state" is a junior Political minister, who is assigned to assist a specific cabinet ....
       for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs - Pat McFadden MP
      Pat McFadden (British politician)

      Patrick Bosco McFadden is a British politician and the Labour Party Member of Parliament for the West Midlands constituency Wolverhampton South East ....
      1
    • Minister of State for Trade
      Minister of State for Trade

      The Minister of State for Trade is an executive position in the Government of the United Kingdom, in both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform....
      , Investment and Consumer Affairs - Gareth Thomas MP
      Gareth Thomas (English politician)

      Gareth Richard Thomas is a Politics in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament for Harrow West ;Thomas was first elected at the United Kingdom general election, 1997....
       (jointly with DfID
      Department for International Development

      The Department For International Development is a United Kingdom government department, the function of which is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty"....
      )
    • Minister of State
      Minister of State

      Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a "minister of state" is a junior Political minister, who is assigned to assist a specific cabinet ....
       for Trade and Investment - The Lord Davies of Abersoch
      Evan Mervyn Davies

      Evan Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch, Order of the British Empire is currently a UK government minister, and was formerly Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank between November 2006 and January 2009....
      1 (jointly with FCO
      Foreign and Commonwealth Office

      The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs....
      )
      • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
        Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

        A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State is the lowest of three tiers of Political minister in the United Kingdom government of the United Kingdom, junior to a Minister of State and the more senior Secretary of State ....
         for Small Business and Competitiveness - The Baroness Vadera (jointly with Cabinet Office)
      • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting - The Lord Carter of Barnes (jointly with DCMS
        Department for Culture, Media and Sport

        The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for English culture and Sport in England in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, for example broadcasting....
        )
      • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Economics and Business - Ian Pearson MP
        Ian Pearson

        Ian Phares Pearson is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Party Member of Parliament for Dudley South , Economic Secretary to the Treasury and Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform....
         (jointly with HM Treasury
        HM Treasury

        HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy....
        )


1 - McFadden deputises for Mandelson in the Commons, since the Secretary is a Lord

Permanent Secretary

Sir Brian Bender
Brian Bender

Sir Brian Geoffrey Bender is the Permanent Secretary, of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform of the United Kingdom Government....
 was the Permanent Secretary
Permanent Secretary

The Permanent Secretary, in most departments officially titled the Permanent Under-Secretary of State , is the most senior British Civil Service of a Her Majesty's Government Ministry , charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis....
 of the previous department (DTI) since 2005 and has continued in this role for BERR. He was previously Permanent Secretary at DEFRA.

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