Archive: Business And Industry

Comment: Multinational companies must start paying their fair share

Lord Collins of Highbury: "The prime minister’s pledge to tackle tax avoidance as part of the UK presidency of the G8 needs to move from rhetoric to deeds."

UK businesses abroad use schemes to avoid paying taxes in poorer nations

Comment: Get the tax dodgers to pay for the cuts

Comment: Why Starbucks shouldn't pay a penny more tax in the UK

Comment: Tackling cash-in-hand by cutting VAT

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BSIA appoints Christo Bosch as Business Development Manager

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Christo Bosch, who joined the Association this week as Business Development Manager.

Rio Tinto completes divestment of talc business

Rio Tinto has completed the divestment of its talc business to Imerys, a world leader in adding value to industrial minerals, for an enterprise value of US$340 million. The company acknowledged receipt of the binding offer from Imerys on 23 February 2011 and subsequently accepted the offer on 10 June 2011.

ESRC-funded projects mean business

The ESRC is pleased to announce that it is supporting five new projects in partnership with business which will continue to apply academic knowledge and thinking to business problems.

CPA: Pessimism Grips Construction Industry

The latest Construction Trade Survey published today shows that construction activity fell sharply in Q3, despite a return to growth for the UK economy as a whole. Of greater concern, however, the forward looking indicators of orders and enquiries, were also negative, reinforcing concerns that the sector is unlikely to experience growth until at least 2014.

Comment: Cameron's 'us against them' EU argument weakens Britain

Robert Ackrill: 'Cameron talked about the relation between Britain and the EU, rather than Britain in the EU'

The Lisbon treaty already gave national parliaments greater powers. So what exactly is Cameron fighting for?

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CBI conference 2012 as it happened

The CBI conference is a critical opportunity for politicians to impress business leaders

We've been live-blogging from the CBI conference in central London, as Cameron, Miliband, Boris and co courted Britain's business leaders.

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Comment: Cameron's war rhetoric masks a cynical power grab

Alex Stevenson: Judicial review changes will only help slipshod civil servants

The prime minister is using the rhetoric of war to justify rolling back a fundamental part of Britain's constitution.

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Ed Miliband living wage speech in full

Ed Miliband: 'People aren't sharing fairly in the rewards'

Read Ed Miliband's speech on the living wage in full.

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Analysis: Balls has some good ideas – but do his figures work?

Ed Ball's speech in Manchester aimed to take infrastructure decisions out of party-political hands.

A wise speech which reveals Labour's pre-2015 election strategy.

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Chuka Umunna speech in full

Read the shadow business secretary's speech to the Labour party conference in full.

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Tories blitz red tape despite Cable's scepticism

An obvious photo choice for this story, really

Fresh Conservative ministers are embarking on a frenzy of cutting red tape, to the apparent bemusement of business secretary Vince Cable.

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Comment: PFI is dead, long live PFI

Nelson Ogunshakin: 'There appears to be a link between experience in PFI and the final cost to the taxpayer'

The public has lost faith in private finance initiatives (PFI). We need a new way of accessing private funding.

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Miliband wants 'patriotic' manufacturing approach

Politicians should be more patriotic when it comes to manufacturing, Ed Miliband argues today

Politicians should patriotically support British manufacturing even if it means backing companies based overseas, Ed Miliband will say later.

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David Cameron pro-business speech in full

David Cameron: 'Business is not just about making money it’s also the most powerful force for social progress the world has ever known'

Read David Cameron's speech defending the ethics of capitalism in full on politics.co.uk.

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Cameron: I'll kill off health and safety for good

David Cameron, prime minister, comments on plans to kill the "health and safety monster"

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Barber: Health and safety claims are actually in decline

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber comments on plans to kill the "health and safety monster"

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Jones: Cameron speech 'appalling and unhelpful'

Richard Jones, head of policy at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and Public Affairs, comments on plans to kill the "health and safety monster"

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Ministers tackle the paperclips

Government's efficiency spotlight turns on stationery and office services

Improving the way the government purchases its stationery and office services has already saved £1 billion, Francis Maude has announced.

Cable: I'm not quitting the Cabinet

Vince Cable has brushed off the suggestion that he is considering resigning, just four days after calling David Cameron "very unwise".

Food waste measures fall short of law change

Pre-packed food requires best-before date by law

Ministers have shied away from changing the law when it comes to a review of food waste.

Cable 'plotted court challenge' against coalition

Business secretary Vince Cable encouraged colleges to mount a legal challenge against the government, it has emerged.

Coalition downplays regional growth cuts

The government has unveiled the first round of its three-year funding to help struggling businesses, but Labour has accused ministers of refusing to invest in growth.