The public sector will suffer as a result of the empty rates bill, Propertyweek.com reports.

The latest data loss which led to as many as 5,000 UK prison staff details being lost, has prompted the justice secretary, Jack Straw, to order an inquiry into how the incident occurred and why ministers were not informed sooner.

Corporate names will be regulated so that other firms have the right to complain if something is "sufficiently similar", Workplace Law Network reported.

An Internet Service Provider (ISP) has reported that fraudsters are cold-calling households and accusing them of committing online copyright infringement, the Register reported.

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has put together a six point strategy to "prevent new costs being put on consumers through taxes and regulation".

A national campaign for affordable housing has condemned new government schemes designed to help the market saying that the current situation is "over-inflated and unsustainable".

MPs have criticised the public sector for what they have described as the "undermanagement" of project changes which they say are costing too much, building.co.uk reports.

Over 20 gangmasters have had their licences revoked after a crackdown on those who are "abusing the system and their workers", Workplace Law Network reports.

The National Consumer Council (NCC) has called for US style data protection laws, the Financial Times reports.

The Royal Institute of Chartered surveyors (Rics) has called on the government to take "significant and decisive action" to revive a struggling housing market.