Forum Brief: Employment relations
Policy Consultation 27 January 2003
Business representatives have warned the government not to grant further rights to trade unions.
Forum Brief: Manufacturing
Policy Consultation 23 January 2003
Nearly three quarters of manufacturing companies are operating at their lowest level for two decades, a CBI survey found on Wednesday.
Forum Brief: Stamp duty
Policy Consultation 23 January 2003
The European Union has given the go-ahead to the government's stamp duty relief scheme.
Forum Brief: John McFall responds to euro debate
Policy Consultation 23 January 2003
The Treasury select committee is currently undertaking an inquiry into "Britain and the euro".
Forum Brief: Business Improvement Districts
Policy Consultation 21 January 2003
Local government minister Nick Raynsford has published new draft guidance aimed at revitalising town centres and other business locations.
Forum Brief: Curriculum reforms
Policy Consultation 21 January 2003
Education ministers have announced that 14 to 19 year olds are to be allowed to concentrate on studying vocational subjects.
Forum Brief: Higgs Review
Policy Consultation 20 January 2003
ePolitix.com Forum members respond to the Higgs review proposals to overhaul the code of practice on corporate governance.
Forum Brief: Worker Consultations
Policy Consultation 17 January 2003
New EU legislation will not be about "co-determination or joint decision making" Alan Johnson will assure bosses today.
Business confidence low
News Article 16 January 2003
Business confidence is low according to a survey of Britain's directors.
Forum Brief: Temporary workers
Policy Consultation 16 January 2003
A TUC submission to a government consultation on the legal status of workers and employees demanded full employment rights for all types of temporary worker yesterday.
Forum Brief: Corporate social responsibility
Policy Consultation 15 January 2003
In response to a request from trade minister Stephen Timms, ePolitix.com Forum members have set out their views on corporate social responsibility.
Forum Brief: Flexible working hours
Policy Consultation 3 January 2003
A third of employees would opt for flexible working hours over a £1000 pay rise, a survey has found.
Forum Brief: Strike Days
Policy Consultation 19 December 2002
New figures from the Office of National Statistics have shown that more than 1.5 million days have been lost through strikes this year - the highest number for 12 years.
Forum Brief: pensions green paper
Policy Consultation 19 December 2002
The Department of Work and Pensions has inivited ePolitix.com Forum members to respond to yesterday's publication of the pensions green paper "Simplicity, security and choice: working and saving for retirement".
Forum Brief: Transport plans
Policy Consultation 17 December 2002
Alistair Darling has come under fire after he announced a review of the government's 10-year transport plan in the Commons.
