Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) is the voice of business in Government, leading work to create the conditions for business success, through competitive and flexible markets that create value for business, consumers and employees; and working across Government and the regions to raise levels of productivity.
Contact information
- Address: 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET
- Website: http://www.berr.gov.uk/ [External website]
- Telephone: 020 7215 5000
- Email: firstname.lastname@berr.gsi.gov.uk
Parliamentary Unit
Correspondence Section
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Ministers
Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson
The Secretary of State holds overall responsibility for the business of the Department and its policies.
Private Office to The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson
Minister of State (Employment Relations and Postal Affairs): The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP
Pat McFadden
Leads on:
- Employment relations
- ACAS
- Postal policy: Post Office and Royal Mail
- Insolvency Service (including companies investigations)
- Skills
- Strengthening regional economies (including SfIE)
- Olympic legacy
- Transformational government
Private Office to Pat McFadden
Minister of State (Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs): Gareth Thomas MP (Joint with Department for International Development)
Leads on:
- Trade policy (a shared BERR/DfID responsibility)
- UK Trade & Investment (reporting jointly to the Business Secretary and the Foreign Secretary)
- EU competitiveness and the Single Market
- Services Directive
- Consumer affairs
- Competition issues
Also Minister of State at the Department for International Development
Private Office to Gareth Thomas
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Competitiveness and Small Business): Baroness Vadera (Joint with Cabinet Office)
Baroness Vadera
Leads on:
- Competitiveness, enterprise, growth & business investment
- Small Business
- Business Council for Britain
- General oversight of Shareholder Executive and its portfolios
Also Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office
Private Office to Baroness Vadera
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting): Lord Carter CBE (Joint with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Leads on:
- Communications and Content Industries
- Electronics and IT services
- Creative industries
- Better Regulation Executive, including regulatory budgets
- Better regulation within BERR
Also Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Private Office to Lord Carter
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Economic and Business Minister): Ian Pearson MP (Joint with HM Treasury)
Leads on:
- Business sectors: aerospace, marine and defence; automotive; bioscience and pharmaceuticals; chemicals; construction; environmental industries; manufacturing, materials and engineering; retail and services
- Sustainable development and regulation, including waste electrical and electronic equipment issues
- Business support simplification
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Corporate governance, Companies Act implementation and Companies House
- Export control
- Export Credits Guarantee Department
Also Economic Secretary at HM Treasury
Private Office to Ian Pearson
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Private Offices
Private Office to The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson
Private Office to The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP
Private Office to Gareth Thomas MP
Private Office to Baroness Vadera
Private Office to Lord Carter CBE
Private Office to Ian Pearson
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Executive Agencies
Companies House
Companies House incorporates and dissolves companies, registers the information they are required to supply under companies and related legislation and makes that information available to the public.
Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD)
The Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) is the UK's official export credit agency. Our aim is to help UK exporters of capital equipment and project-related goods and services win business and complete overseas contracts with confidence.
Insolvency Service
The Insolvency Service administers and investigates the affairs of bankrupts and companies in compulsory liquidations and reports criminal offences; takes disqualification proceedings against unfit directors of failed companies; authorises and regulates insolvency practitioners; provides banking and investment services for bankruptcies and company liquidations; and provides policy advice to Ministers.
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