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From Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs
  • Government names employers who fail to pay the National Minimum Wage

    Employers who owe their workers thousands of pounds for failing to pay them the National Minimum Wage have been named.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme Roadshow

    Edward Davey speech to the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme Roadshow.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Acas Council members reappointed

    Employment Relations Minister announces the reappointment of 3 members to the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Council.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government acts to improve e-cigarette safety

    The government has put forward a number of tips to help consumers stay safe.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Shared Parental Leave can help close pay gap

    Jo Swinson MP blogs for BritMums about Shared Parental Leave.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New approach to give second-hand car buyers a better deal

    Proposals to tackle problems within the used car industry and give consumers greater protection have been backed by Consumer Affairs.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Timber company director is disqualified for accounting records failings

    Robert Ewan Wynne disqualified as a company director for failing to ensure proper records were kept, filing returns and paying tax.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • High Court serves restaurant owner with six year ban

    Simon Geoffrey Kealy (“Mr Kealy”), sole director of The Cardiff Restaurant Company Limited (“CRC”), has been disqualified for 6 years by the High Court on 29 August for trading to the detriment of creditors, in particular HM…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Twenty-four year ban for directors who falsified student records

    Frederick William Wilson and Philip Michael Hyams, directors of failed training services provider Focus Four Limited (“Focus”) have received lengthy disqualifications after the company was found to have falsified student inf…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Directors share disqualification for failing to pay company’s tax

    Directors of Club Media Systems Limited disqualified for a total of nine and a half years for failing to provide agreed services or paying company paid tax.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Street trading and pedlary laws to be modernised

    Reforms to street trading rules will make them both stronger and fairer, Consumer Affairs Minister Jo Swinson said today (16 October 2014).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New standard boosts mining and energy transparency

    The UK has been admitted as a candidate country for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government sets out evidence for 2015 National Minimum Wage rate

    Government submits evidence to the Low Pay Commission which will help decide the level of the National Minimum Wage from October 2015.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New right for fathers and partners to attend antenatal appointments

    Fathers and partners now have the right to take unpaid time off work to accompany expectant mothers to up to 2 antenatal appointments.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consumers given new weapon in fight against rogue traders

    Consumers will have greater powers to challenge unscrupulous rogue traders and get their money back under new rights.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £13m shortfall, 2,500 dissatisfied clients: former members of legal firm Wolstenholmes get combined 70 years’ director disqualifications

    Former members of Wolstenholmes LLP disqualified as directors for trading fraudulently and failing to keep proper books and records.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Insolvency Service non-executive board appointments

    The Insolvency Service is pleased to welcome Alan Graham and Tracy Bleakley as new non-executives on its board with effect from 1 September.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Insolvency Service non-executive board appointments

    The Insolvency Service is pleased to welcome Alan Graham and Tracy Bleakley as new non-executives on its board with effect from 1 September.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Medium-sized businesses to face less accounting paperwork

    An estimated 11,000 UK medium-sized businesses could benefit to the tune of £8 million a year as result of changes to accounting rules.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 285,000 working couples eligible for shared parental leave

    Couples finding out now that they are expecting a child will be among the first eligible to take advantage of new shared parental leave.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government