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departmental deck chairs June 8, 2009

Posted by Bradley in : governance , trackback The UK's Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform is merging with the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills to create a new department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS). It's not obvious what the point of this rebranding is. BERR isn't even two years old - it replaced the old DTI in 2007. The reaction at science business isn't exactly a ringing endorsement:
The announcement of the new department does not say if the remit of DBIS includes rearranging the canvas covered collapsible seating on the decks of large ‘unsinkable’ ocean-going liners at risk of hitting an iceberg.

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