Following changes introduced on 28 June 2007 by the Prime Minister, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) no longer exists. He has re-engineered large parts of government, turning the remains of the DTI, stripped of trade, into a diminished department instantly dubbed BERR - Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. The main government changes affecting the department were the removal of the Office of Science and Innovation to the new Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills,  Trade is now a part of the UK Trade and Investment department and the arrival of the Better Regulation Executive from the Cabinet Office. The areas of responsibilities, many covered by DTI, are now: Company Law, Trade, Business Growth, Employment Law, Regional Economic Development, Energy and Consumer Law.

From the BERR website:

“BERR helps ensure business success in an increasingly competitive world. It is the voice for business across Government.

This website provides information about BERR’s priorities and policies. BERR and its delivery partners also provide a range of practical assistance to business.”

 
BERR Ministers:

• Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - The Rt Hon. John Hutton, MP
• Minister of State for Competitiveness - The Rt Hon. Stephen Timms, MP
• Minister of State for Trade and Investment - The Rt Hon. The Lord Jones of Birmingham (jointly with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office)
• Minister of State for Energy - Malcolm Wicks, MP
• Minister of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs - The Rt Hon. Pat McFadden, MP
• Minister of State for Business and Regulatory Reform - The Rt Hon. The Lord Drayson (jointly with MOD)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs - Gareth Thomas, MP (jointly with DfID)

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