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12/03/2010
Stonemason companies urged to adhere to personal injury employment law
Stonework companies in the London area have been urged to ensure they have appropriate health and safety measures in place to prevent personal injury in the workplace.

12/03/2010
Tribunal makes ruling on holiday leave pay
An employment tribunal has made a ruling which experts believe could open the floodgates for more claims from employees.

11/03/2010
Farmer's amended will overturned by judge's decision
A judge has made a ruling that will see the second will drawn up by an elderly farmer overturned in favour of an earlier document.

11/03/2010
Police female recruitment drive 'is discriminating against men'
A police drive to recruit more women could have a discriminatory effect on men, it has been claimed.

11/03/2010
Men 'are more likely to become insolvent than women'
New figures have revealed that men are more likely to require the use of an insolvency lawyer than women.

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06/10/2009
Conservatives in new business incentive pledge

The Conservative party has pledged measures that may help new businesses if it wins the next election.

Shadow chancellor George Osborne is proposing to incentivise new firms in a bid to boost employment by providing a two-year window where no employer national insurance will be paid on the first ten employees hired.

Such a move is intended to assist business start-ups and job creation, with the party claiming 60,000 new posts can be generated this way.

Those keen on starting a new company may wish to speak to business lawyers about the legal matters involved.

The policy has come in for criticism from Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman Vince Cable.

Mr Cable argued that it would hurt existing small businesses by allowing freshly-established firms to "undercut" them and suggested Mr Osborne's figures for the number of people it will help has been "plucked out of thin air".

"All small businesses need a helping hand at this time," Mr Cable added.

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18/01/2010
Public house portfolios 'could expand in 2011'
Next year will be the best time for an expansion of portfolios of public house properties, it has been suggested.

06/01/2010
New business start-ups 'higher in 2009'
Last year is likely to have seen more business start-ups in the UK than in 2008, it has been suggested.

02/12/2009
Warning for businesses may raise insolvency issues
Banks are still substantially disconnected from businesses despite the efforts of the government, it has been claimed.

01/12/2009
Banks pledge to support firms as insolvency threat remains
NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland have issued a pledge that they will do more to support small businesses.

30/11/2009
Warning to get balance right on internships
New regulation on the use of interns in firms may go a long way to avoiding undue exploitation, it has been suggested.

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