Department for Business and Regulatory Reform
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The UK Government's Department for Business and Regulatory Reform (BERR) was the "voice for business across Government" and the department responsible for nuclear energy policy between 2008 and 2009.
It was created in October 2008, when a reorganisation of Government saw the Department for Trade and Industry dissolved and the creation of two new departments: BERR and the Department for Energy and Climate Change.[1]
In June 2009, another reorganisation saw the merger of BERR and the Department for Universities, Innovation and Skills, to create the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. [2]
While BERR existed, Lord Peter Mandelson was the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, and Ed Miliband was the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. BERR's Office for Nuclear Development (OND) was responsible for nuclear energy policy. The OND is now part of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.[3]
BERR used two public relations companies: Gavin Anderson and Tulchan Communications. [4]
References
- ↑ 'Department of Energy and Climate Change established', Department of Energy and Climate Change press release, 3 October, 2008.
- ↑ Rosa Prince, ‘Dozens of government departments created under Labour’ The Telegraph, 10 March 2010.
- ↑ Office for Nuclear Development, Department of Energy and Climate Change website, undated, accessed 11 October 2012
- ↑ NuclearSpin Freedom of Information Act request to BERR, 11 November, 2008.
