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Bankers must be made to bear the cost of their reckless risk-taking
07 November 2012
By Prem Sikka
Prem Sikka, Professor of Accountancy at the University of Essex, explains how the banks are still being given far too much leeway to take gambles they cannot afford to lose.
It's time for a public inquiry into blacklisting
02 November 2012
By Sarah Glenister
New developments show the Information Commissioner's Office seized only a tiny minority of evidence when blacklist holder Consulting Association was investigated in 2009.
The Coalition: Burning good regulations and creating red tape
26 October 2012
By Ruth Dukes
The Coalition has boasted of its progress through its ill-conceived and misleadingly named "red tape bonfire", but as it burns good regulation, it is creating exactly the kind of legislation that really does burden businesses. Ruth Dukes explains:
CBI boss now comes for the unions
25 October 2012
By Roger Jeary
Deputy Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry Nathan Bentley has trained his sights on trade unions.
Update to Coalition's plans to reverse 114-year-old employment right - new briefing released
24 October 2012
By Sarah Glenister
This topic will be discussed at our forthcoming Health and Safety conferences in London and Liverpool.
Thompsons Soliticors explains the content and implications of the newly proposed amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which threatens to remove employers' strict liability when a worker is injured on the job.
Employee owner status – Business democracy or Beecroft by the back door?
24 October 2012
By Roger Jeary
The government is pretending to offer employee enfranchisement through their shares for employment rights proposals, but all they are doing is making it easier for employers to fire their workforce at the drop of a hat.
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