Ban on ‘gold plating’ of EU legislation is working
BUSINESS minister Michael Fallon says rules to stop Government departments adding to UK business costs by ‘gold plating’ EU legislation with additional regulations are having an effect. He said new...
View ArticleUK lags behind Europe for women engineers
THE UK has less women working as engineers than the rest of Europe. Since 2008 the number of female engineers has gone up just one per cent to six per cent. This leaves a huge disparity compared to the...
View ArticleIt’s not possible to accurately predict new migration numbers when...
AUTHORS of a report published today looking at the impact of lifting restrictions on migrants from Romania and Bulgaria working in the UK have said it is not possible to accurately predict the numbers...
View ArticleEmployers want EU re-negotiation on employment law
MORE than half of UK employers surveyed want a re-negotiation with the EU on employment law. The research covered 4,400 businesses of all sizes and sectors, and discovered that while the majority (64%)...
View ArticlePoliticians ‘letting British business down’ on EU debate
THE current debate on Europe is “letting British business down” with politicians making claims that the EU isn’t working for Britain rather than focussing on how to make it work better, say a group...
View ArticleEmployment law concerns highlighted by EU poll
EMPLOYMENT law was highlighted by 40 per cent of people asked about areas of UK life they would like to see renegotiated with the European Union, in a new poll. Top of the list, mentioned by 65 per...
View ArticleCampaign to ‘target depression in the workplace’
A GROUP of major European employers has launched “Target Depression in the Workplace” – a drive to combat the impact depression and its cognitive symptoms have in the workplace. One in 10 employees...
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