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Older workers most likely to work from home workplacelaw.net
Around one in five workers over 55 regularly works from home,...
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Construction firm ignored repeated HSE Inspector's warnings workplacelaw.net
A construction company has been fined for breaches of the Health and...
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Paternity leave in the UK has jumped 14% in one year workplacelaw.net
The number of men taking paternity leave in the UK has jumped by 14%...
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Energy efficiency key to reducing price shocks workplacelaw.net
The negative impact that spikes in global oil, gas and coal prices...
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Zoeftig scoops Business Awards businesscornwall.co.uk
An airport seating manufacturer from Bude was named Business of the...
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Film on the Fal returns for festival businesscornwall.co.uk
The award-winning Film on the Fal season returns to the King Harry...
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Pontoon projects completed businesscornwall.co.uk
Falmouth-based pontoon specialist Marine Designs Ltd has completed a...
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Health and safety in sawmilling hse.gov.uk
Health and safety executive advice for the woodworking industry and...
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Getting ready for London 2012 - A crucial time for planning and... hseonline
With the 'big build' phase of the project now complete, the huge task...
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RR919 - Human factors that lead to non-compliance with standard... hse.gov.uk
The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens categorises biological...
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Grimsby firm fined after worker's warehouse death hse.gov.uk
A Grimsby haulage company has been sentenced for safety failings...
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WAIT Toolkit hse.gov.uk
Since 2001, an average of 50 people in Great Britain have died each...
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The launch of Phase 2 of the Foundry Industry's SHIFT Initiative,... hse.gov.uk
National Metal forming Centre, Birmingham I am very pleased to be...
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RR925 - Healthy Design, Creative Safety - Approaches to health and... hse.gov.uk
In January 2010, the HSE and RIBA commissioned a team from the...
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Fire and explosion risks in printing hse.gov.uk
This page provides links to sources of information and guidance on...
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Waste company prosecuted after worker loses arm hse.gov.uk
A waste management and recycling company has been fined for safety...
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Farm owner fined after overlooking legal requirements hse.gov.uk
The owner of a Bedfordshire farm has been prosecuted for failing to...
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New Scaffold Yard in Cornwall
Exe Scaffolding have opened a new yard in Cornwall, this now enables us to service the whole of the South West with the back up of our...
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Interested in a collaborative work day?
Hi everyone,
In some other LinkedIn groups, we have discussed various ways to collaborate that can enhance each of our business ...

Equal pay claim could cost Network Rail millions workplacelaw.net
Network Rail is facing an equal pay claim, which if successful could cost them millions, after it was revealed that female staff earn on average £4,500 less than men doing similar jobs. The TSSA (Transport Salaried Staffs'...

Interesting quirk in the tax system - might be of benefit to some if buying business premises linkedin.com
This one is one of those apparantly pointless pieces of complexity that seem designed just to create work for accountants. It will not apply to many at the moment but if it does it could certainly be beneficial to anyone who notices it. If, after 6.4.2012, you are the first person to buy a particular property after that date and The seller owned the property before 5.4.2008 there is the o

Dress Codes
This is an interesting analysis (albeit from a clothing retailer), and I was wondering if it reflects your experiences of dress codes ...
Dresscode.jpg It appears that workplace dress codes are starting to become casual, with ‘dress down Fridays’ becoming the new norm – all week.

Has your SME taken advantage of the new £1500 grants available to help you hire your first Apprentice?
With the college and Sixth Form students finishing their studies this month there are hundreds of young, motivated and talented people ...

Church embraces solar energy businesscornwall.co.uk
A Cornish church has become one of the first in the UK to light the way for renewable energy after having solar panels fitted its roof to help reduce the electricity bills.

Owners who hate selling orion-consultancy.com
Entrepreneurs are reluctant to sell and find it distasteful, they’re either afraid to ask for fear of rejection or just plain hate everything about selling. They dislike being sold to yet they love to buy, when we understand...

Poll of the Day: Would a 'Made in Britain' label make you more likely to buy an item?
Take the survey, and help me with amazing insights on the growing products manufactured in Britain.
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Allowable interest linkedin.com
Following a recent tax case, and in light of the current economic situation, I thought I would just reiterate that not all borrowings taken on to support your own company are tax allowable. The 2 key exceptions most relevant at the moment are interest on a personal overdraft or credit card. Interest on a personal loan is fine. If the bank refuses credit to your company but suggests personal


Shekinah's employability programme in Plymouth tops performance table out of 14 cities delivering programmes through Business Action on...
64% clients who have criminal records, long term unemployment, or multiple barriers to employment have secured employment in the last 12 ...

Networking
It seems that there are few, if any, networking evenings in Cornwall. Would you attend if an evening networking event was set up?

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has said that HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC's) assessment of the impact of the introduction of Real Time Information (RTI) on small employers is inadequate....
