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Business savings from review doubted
A mammoth review of company law, with detailed scrutiny by MPs starting today, is unlikely to achieve the £250m savings for business claimed by the government,...
Observer: Welcome memo
Almost five years after taking over as chief executive at the world's number three carmaker, Bill Ford has discovered a thing or two about the family business. Ford...
Call to exempt economic watchdogs from new legislation
Companies operating in some regulated sectors will face damaging uncertainty unless the government changes a proposed law giving ministers greater powers over...
Rolling review to focus on schemes at work
Employers struggling to meet heavy pensions liabilities could find it easier to reduce the benefits paid out to scheme members under a ?rolling review? of regulation.
Watchdog savages agency for small businesses
The Whitehall agency charged with turning Britain into an enterprise society is ineffectual in fighting red tape and unable to say what the ?2.6bn the government spends each year on supporting small businesses is achieving.
Agency proves to be wrong tool for the job
To the entrepreneur and owner-manager struggling with all the difficulties of running a small business, the news that the government's Small Business Service is...
Boris reads riot act to CBI on red tape
Boris Johnson ticked off the CBI yesterday, claiming it "loves regulations" because they "generate employment". The shadow higher education minister highlighted an FT...
Observer: Chip on the shoulder
Most Belgians, no matter their linguistic persuasion, share not just a love of beer or chips with mayonnaise but also a loathing of tax. Few were surprised at this...
Red tape burden as heavy as ever in spite of pledges
Business could be forgiven a weary sense of déjà vu when it reads the latest ministerial pledges on red tape.
Verheugen reveals plan to cut red tape
G?nter Verheugen, EU enterprise commissioner, has announced plans to cut the burden of European red tape on business by 25 per cent, as part of a ?political revolution? in which Brussels would break its addiction to legislation.
