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2 unusual facts about Department of Trade and Industry


Black Scorpion Arnis

Capt. Teodosio organized and founded Black Scorpion Arnis International in his hometown of Balete, Aklan, Philippines in 1969, and was formalized and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Trade and Industry on November 10, 1982.

Negros Trade Fair

Nikko Garden Hotel in Makati provided the space for the trade fair with the support of the Department of Trade and Industry.


Hello Pappy scandal

On August 30, 2007, Senator Mar Roxas, chair of the Senate trade and commerce committee, announced that he would propose an inquiry into this alleged game rigging after getting information from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and concerned parties.

Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay

In 1991, he was moved by her successor, John Major, to the Department of Trade and Industry as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, but he left the government at the 1992 general election.

Perween Warsi

Warsi was awarded an honorary MBA by the University of Derby in 1997 and appointed to the Department of Trade and Industry Advisory Committee on Competitiveness.

Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative

SFEDI is the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative, a company started and principally funded by the Department of Trade and Industry that worked under contract to the UK government to develop occupational standards for small business managers and advisers, primarily active in the field of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs).


see also

Competition Commission

Under the Fair Trading Act 1973 the Commission became, from 1 November 1973, the Monopolies and Mergers Commission, with wider powers to deal with references either from the Office of Fair Trading or from the Department of Trade and Industry.