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Small businesses could gain from change in public sector procurement rules
23rd December 2010

Rules that have previously ensured that private sector staff who work on public-sector contracts are paid no more than public sector staff, are planned to be abolished by the Government. The Government’s rational is that these ‘two-tier’ rul Read more...

More scope for advertising as product placement rules are relaxed
23rd December 2010

The media regulator Ofcom is relaxing its rules on product placement, allowing businesses to advertise their goods on commercial television programmes by way of product placement. This will provide a new vehicle for some businesses to advertise their Read more...

Legislative changes in 2011
22nd December 2010

This Articles contains a brief overview of some of the legislative changes due to come into force over the next year. Vat increase The VAT rate will increase from 17.5% to 20% in January. Additional paternity leave and pay On 3 April, pro Read more...

It’s snow excuse – employment rights and obligations in bad weather
22nd December 2010

Many workers assume that if they are prevented from travelling to work because of snow and bad weather, they will be entitled to a “snow day” for which they will receive their usual pay. However, this not necessarily the case, even if police h Read more...

Immigration cap declared unlawful by high court
21st December 2010

The High Court last week ruled that the temporary government caps on migrant workers that have been in force since the summer were unlawful and should be removed. This was because the proper Parliamentary scrutiny procedures had not been followed whe Read more...