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**Members - Please check your Directory listing below ** . This is the FINAL DRAFT of the Directory of UK Trade Associations. Please check your entry (you will be able to find your organisation from the acronym). If you have any trouble at all finding your listing, please give Jenny a call on 020 7395 8307. Please email Jenny House if there are any amendments to be made by 20th August 2008, otherwise this is the version that will go to print.

Defra is proposing to host an "Introduction to CRC" seminar for trade associations and representative bodies - detailing the key points of the scheme - on either the 23 September or 8 October.

'Science for Environment Policy' subscribers are in for a treat this month with the launch of a new service. Catering to subscriber demand, Directorate-General Environment of the European Commission has extended the popular weekly news service for policy makers to include focused thematic issues. In a recently conducted survey, subscribers requested issues focused on specific topics, believing the added context possible in a focused issue would bring additional benefits. The new thematic issues will reflect current thinking on key environmental policy issues, adding significantly to the news alert service, which already acts as an important line of communication between the international research and the public policy communities.

Government deceives migrant workers into paying £90 for something they will get for nothing

Today, the Government's £57 million hospital deep clean is due to come to an end. While most of the NHS Trusts will meet this deadline for the completion of the cleaning programmes, some will not. However the major concern in the cleaning industry now is about what will happen after the deep cleans are over.