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Fujitsu staff call off strike as talks spark breakthrough
Unite workers at Fujitsu have suspended strike action after a breakthrough in last minute discussions with the services giant. A walkout had been planned for today with workers planning to take their grievances to the Conservative party conference in... News
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HMRC extends Business Records Checks
HM Revenue & Customs has begun an extension of its Business Records Checks programme. Piloted earlier this year in eight areas, the programme involves checks on the adequacy of small and medium-sized enterprises' business records. Opinion
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Fujitsu strikers to take protest to Conservative party conference
Striking Fujitsu workers will protest at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester tomorrow as they try to highlight the ongoing struggle between the Union and the services specialist. Staff at the Manchester office had already voted to walk ou... News
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Osborne sets out plan to ease business credit
The challenge of helping businesses get access to credit continues to stir political debate with the Chancellor George Osborne using his speech at the Conservative Party conference to outline more measures to help cash-strapped firms. Although the m... News
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Incident Reporting
Businesses are being reminded by the HSE about new incident reporting arrangements that were introduced last month. As reported on 7 June by BusinessMan, from 12 September, only fatal and major injuries and incidents will be able to be reported ... Opinion
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Reasonable adjustments must aid employee
Businesses with employees on sick leave or who need some form of rehabilitation to come back to work ought to take note of the case of Salford NHS Primary Care Trust v Smith.This case confirmed that offering a career break does not constitute a 'reas... Opinion
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Westcoast looks to spread apprentice sign-ups through channel
Westcoast is encouraging resellers to take an apprentice to help Britain improve its skills base and to grow the business through the current difficult trading conditions. The distributor is backing Microsoft's Britain Works programme, which aims to... News
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Diluting the Agency Workers Regulations
They've not even been brought into law yet but rumours are circulating that the Government - more specifically the Prime Minister - is looking at diluting the effect of the Agency Workers Regulations. Due to take effect in two days time, on 1 Oct... Opinion
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Reporting burdens for small businesses could be eased
Proposals to simplify the financial and corporate reporting requirements for small businesses are the subject of a Discussion Paper published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Financial Reporting Council. "Simple... Opinion
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Does the Web makes us all more angry and abusive?
Should we be surprised by a US poll that shows 56% of people in their teens and early 20s have been the target of online taunting, harassment or bullying? I'm not. You only have to look at the level of discourse on the web, the vitriol and abuse pour... Opinion