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The insurance profession needs to prepare for the impact that increased levels of onshore fracking could have on UK households and businesses, according to a thought-leadership report out today from the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Claims Faculty New Generation Group.
New data shows that building societies give the UK’s hard pressed savers a better deal than other deposit takers do.
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed measures announced in the Government’s Spring Budget on 8th March, including the freeze on the Aggregates Levy indexation for 2017-2018 and proposals for a new set of controls on energy policy costs to replace the Levy Control Framework, alongside other plans to encourage investment, promote trade, and secure the availability of skills.
The NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK, has pledged its support to International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21st March), by urging Government to do more to promote racial equality within schools, especially throughout the looming Brexit process.
Responding to the claims made today (Monday 20 March) in the national media by Tom Watson MP, deputy leader of the Labour party, Unite’s acting general secretary Gail Cartmail said: “Tom Watson has made claims about Unite and its general secretary Len McCluskey which are entirely inaccurate.
Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake says that although the battle over Article 50 has been lost, the Brexit tussle has only just begun.
Union fears another hammering for Scottish manufacturing.
ONS identifies process plant workers, construction workers and carers as particularly at risk.
The second edition of the Bar Council's Brexit Papers has been published, which offers Government, parliamentarians, the media and the public a concise and informative evaluation of the legal challenges posed by leaving the EU, and their practical implications for the economy and society.
With the Disability, Work and Health Green Paper and an independent review into employer practice around mental health, it’s an encouraging time for employee health and wellbeing, says Bupa’s Corporate Director, Patrick Watt.
Michael Lavan, Tax Director at KPMG in the UK has commented on the Government’s decision to reverse the proposal to raise National Insurance contributions (NICs) on self-employed workers.
The Government has made the right decision to row back on its plan to hike up National Insurance Contributions for the self-employed, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) said today.
Employers encouraged to start degree-level apprenticeships to improve gender diversity.
Dr Dipti Singh is a 37-year-old from Bihar – renowned as one of the most traditional regions in India.
Given HMRC supine acquiescing at a time of record levels of economic activity is it any wonder that that funds to the Exchequer have not kept pace with this growth says GMB.
Apprenticeship standards in construction are set to increase following the Government’s approval for two new apprenticeships in bricklaying and plastering, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Access to employment rights, the practices of recruitment agencies and an alarming trend toward schools using unqualified staff to replace qualified teachers, were all among the key issues debated by members from across the UK at the NASUWT’s 2017 Supply Teachers Consultation Conference.
As National Apprenticeship week 2017 comes to an end, Dods Monitoring examines what the Government needs to do to make the apprenticeship levy a success.
The post-Brexit period is a dangerous time for working people who look to Unite to give leadership, says Len McCluskey, who is seeking re-election as General Secretary of Unite.
Failure to support adult reskilling and retraining means we may fall behind our international competitors as Brexit approaches, says Gordon Marsden MP.
A taxing week for Wes Streeting as he learns the hard way that private remarks can be for public consumption – and is baffled by a Brexit-free Budget statement
To mark National Apprenticeship Week, Leenert Den Hollander, Vice President & General Manager at Coca-Cola European Partners reflects on CCEP's work with young talent.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the next step in the fight for equality will be in finally creating a Budget that works for women
The glossy launch of Healthcare Science Week by the NHS tomorrow (Friday 10 March) masks a world of overwork, stress, plummeting morale and staff shortages, Unite, the biggest union representing healthcare scientists, has warned.