Forum Brief: Property ladder
Policy Consultation 17 June 2004
Comment from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Nationwide and Barclays Bank.
Forum Brief: Miles Review
Policy Consultation 12 March 2004
Comments from the Council of Mortgage Lenders and Barclays and Nationwide
Forum Brief: Pensions Bill
Policy Consultation 12 February 2004
Comment from the Association of British Insurers, Barclays, Age Concern, Help the Aged, ARP 050 and a party response from the Liberal Democrats and Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority
Forum Brief: Offshore outsourcing
Policy Consultation 6 January 2004
Unifi, Britain's biggest banking union, signed a deal yesterday to allow Barclays Bank to send thousands of jobs offshore.
Forum Brief: Credit cards
Policy Consultation 18 December 2003
Credit card companies are being allowed to mislead customers with confusing terms, conditions and interest rates, according to an influential committee of MPs.
Forum Brief: Corporate social responsibility
Policy Consultation 11 November 2003
The Institute for Public Policy Research has published a report on Tuesday entitled "A new business agenda for government".
Forum Brief: Banking competition
Policy Consultation 28 October 2003
The eight main clearing banks have given undertakings to make it easier for small and medium enterprises to switch bank accounts.
Barclays chief criticised over credit card comments
News Article 17 October 2003
The chief executive of Barclays Bank has been criticised after admitting that credit cards are a bad way to borrow.
Forum Brief: Consumer debt
Policy Consultation 16 October 2003
Following the recent study by Leeds University into UK consumer debt, the credit card industry has announced plans to commission an independent assessment of all the recent reports and the
Forum Brief: Long-hours culture
Policy Consultation 10 October 2003
One in four employees now routinely works more than 48 hours a week.
Forum Brief: Work-life balance
Policy Consultation 3 September 2003
To mark work-life balance week, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Work Foundation have both published studies on the issue.
Forum Brief: Debt
Policy Consultation 30 July 2003
Figures published by the Bank of England have revealed that personal debt increased by a record £10 billion last month.
Forum Brief: Consumer credit laws
Policy Consultation 23 July 2003
The laws on consumer credit are set for a major overhaul, the government has announced.
Forum Brief: SME 'crisis'
Policy Consultation 25 June 2003
New ESRC research on small and medium sized companies shows that SMEs are less competitive and innovative than ten years ago.
Forum Brief: London schools
Policy Consultation 11 June 2003
Stephen Twigg has called on leading businesses from across the capital to offer every London school the opportunity to forge a high quality link with a major London enterprise.
