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Work experience under threat |
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Written by Steve
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 |
 Paper rounds and work experience for school pupils are being threatened by complicated and expensive new checks on employers, The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned.
In a letter to Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, the UK’s biggest business organisation said that the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) scheme could dramatically reduce the number of work experience placements, which are a valuable way of bridging young people’s transition from the classroom to the workplace.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 10 May 2008 )
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74% of SMEs are Meeting the Needs of Parents by Offering Flexible Work Options |
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Written by Kerry
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Saturday, 03 May 2008 |
But 58% Expect Government Plan to Extend Parental Leave to Negatively Impact their Business
Approximately half of SMEs are in favour of the government’s plan to extend flexible working to parents of older children
Flexible Working tops list of company benefits for working parents, as 54% of mums want to work away from the office and 87% of dads look to ditch the daily commute
UK dads say flexible working would make most significant positive difference to family life in the first year after a child’s birth
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 03 May 2008 )
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Government Urged To Review 1998 Act As Small Firms Suffer |
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Written by Giles
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Saturday, 19 April 2008 |
Graydon UK today called upon the Government to do more to support small businesses in protecting their cashflow at a time when the economic stability of the nation is facing increasing pressure.
Martin Williams, Managing Director of Graydon UK, highlighted the additional suffering piled upon small firms by the UK's culture of late payment of trade invoices, which has persisted despite Government legislation introduced in 1998 in the form of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act.
Martin Williams said: "The 1998 Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act simply hasn't worked and whilst the prospect of further interest rate cuts will be warmly welcomed by the UK's small firms, this alone will not cure all the ills of the ongoing credit crunch. Late payment is starving businesses of cash which is rightly theirs and is heightening the risk of them going to the wall in an already incredibly challenging economic operating environment.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 19 April 2008 )
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