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Alphabet soup – from DTI to BERR to BIS

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Alphabet soup – from DTI to BERR to BIS

June 29, 2009 by Anthony Mullinder

The Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), formerly the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), has merged with the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills (DIUS), to form a new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), headed by Peter Mandelson.

The government has merged the former Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) with the former Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), to form a new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), headed by Peter Mandelson. BERR was previously known as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and, briefly, the Department for Productivity, Energy and Industry (DPEI). Four of BISs 11 new ministers are entitled to attend cabinet meetings.

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