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A breath of fresh (healthy) air
Health and safety law is grim. It'sa trap waiting to spring on unsuspecting businesses because case law states that following an incident the organisation involved is effectively guilty until proven innocent. Combine thiswith a litigious society, and... Opinion
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No privilege for you
There's a well known principle in law called 'legal professional privilege'. In essence, it means that the anyone can consult a lawyer to seek "skilled advice" on a given legal matter without the detail behind those consultations everbeing ... Opinion
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Time for the build your own reseller promotion
A few years ago at a magazine strategy day I came up with the flippant suggestion that to promote regular reading of the magazine we produced a bit-part series that would let the reader build their own reseller. Inspired by the Nelson's Victory serie... Opinion
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£100 - It could be you!
The now annual deadline for submitting this year's - the 2009/10 - Self Assessment tax return, albeit on paper, is only five days away. If you are one of the 9 million taxpayers that needs to complete a Self Assessment return and you don't submit you... Opinion
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Short term, long grass - both connected by Cable
The Coalition Government has been making lots of lovely noises since taking office in May. Whether it's electoral reform, benefits reform or now, business reform, nothing can be placed beyond reach. In a call for evidence, the Government is taking an... Opinion
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All born equal
To somewhat limited fanfare, parts ofthe new Equality Act came into force on 1 October. The Act, originally passed by the previous Labour Government, brings all the forms of discrimination into one piece of legislation. Discrimination law is patently... Opinion
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Want to be famous? Then cheat
Douglas Adams once said that "nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules". It's this principle that the Government wants to use to get the message acrossto cheating bosses that th... Opinion
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Waste not
It seems that everyone in the supply chain - from manufacturer, to importer, distributor and retailer is at risk of prosecution for producing or handling excessive packaging waste. Obviously what is exessive is open to interpretation by those in the ... Opinion
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We're all doomed, Captain Mainwaring
No matter who you are, you will be affected by the just announced Spending Review. With 490000 public sector jobs going, cuts in police funding, a cut in Government department budgets by an average 19 per cent and a7 billion pounds cut in the welfare... Opinion
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Welcome - to interesting times...
At 12.30 today, the Government, or rather Chancellor George Osborne, will be giving the detail on the long heralded Spending Review. We all know that the Review isn't going to be pleasant. With the prospect of a double dip recession coming our way- f... Opinion