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The Budget maintains the Government鈥檚 strategy in returning the UK to sustainable, balanced economic growth.

Full details of the Budget 2012 report are available
The announcements today are designed to help business across the UK and help the smallest firms grow and prosper. It also looks to the future by investing in research and innovation to put Britain at the cutting edge of emerging technologies.

It demonstrates the ongoing commitment to delivering the work that has already been announced through the
Main announcements for BIS include:

• 拢100m University co-investment fund to encourage universities to leverage in private sector, or charity, co-investment in long-term research partnerships.
• 拢60m investment to establish a word-class UK centre for aerodynamics.
• 拢100m to increase the supply of capital for our Small and Medium sized firms through non-bank lending channels.
• An Independent Review of Competitiveness to be carried out by Lord Heseltine.
• A relaxation of the Sunday Trading rules over the Olympics to ensure that visitors to the UK have the best experience possible. It is an opportunity to show that the UK is 鈥榦pen for business鈥�.
• A 拢1 trillion target for exports by 2020.
• Announcement of the final two Catapult Centres to help British businesses and researchers work together on the problems faced in modern urban areas and on over-burdened transport systems.

Further details will be available here later today.

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