With its latest budget announcement, the UK government has failed to recognise the importance of the design industry to the country's economy, according to the Design Council and the Creative Industries Federation. More
The UK's Design Council has weighed in to the debate about the declining number of students taking creative subjects, describing the situation as "not sustainable for design businesses or the UK economy". More
Business news: the UK's Design Council has published research that reveals how many billions of pounds the country's design industry generates each year. More
Dezeen Wire: a meals-on-wheels service that brings home cooked food to elderly residents is one of three projects that will share £100,000 awarded by the UK government's Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) to the winners of a competition that called for innovative ideas to help elderly citizens live more independent lives. More
Dezeen Wire: the Design Council in the UK is to appoint a new director for Design Council CABE following the announcement that Diane Haigh has left the post. More
Dezeen Wire: a report commissioned by the Design Council has recommended a more localised approach to supporting design and architecture across England. More
Dezeen Wire: the Design Council in the UK have announced a new Board of Trustees, following their merger with CABE in April. More
Dezeenwire: the Design Council have launched a competition to design ways of tackling violence and aggression in National Health Service Accident & Emergency wards in the UK. More
Dezeenwire: the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and the Design Council have confirmed that they are to merge from 1 April. More details below. More
Industrial designer Bill Moggridge, who designed the world's first laptop computer (above), has won the 2010 Prince Philip Designers Prize. More
Dezeenwire: a leaked British Cabinet Office list obtained by the BBC reveals the futures of the British Council and Design Council are "still to be decided", while CABE's fate is noted as "to be decided - consider consolidating functions across Government".