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Businesses must invest in midlife and older workers to unlock economic growth, says think tank Phoenix Insights

Phoenix Insights, the think tank addressing the challenge of longer lives, is calling on businesses to boost economic growth by supporting lifelong learning opportunities among mid and late-career workers, including giving clearer job and career progression assurances for those who retrain Never Too Late to Learn report says UK lags behind other OECD countries in its… Read more »

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HRH The Princess Royal is the new BASC Patron

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is delighted to announce Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal as the Association’s new Patron.   In response to her acceptance, BASC Council chairman, Eoghan Cameron, said: “We are privileged that The Princess Royal has accepted the invitation to become our new Patron. The news has been warmly welcomed… Read more »

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Questions over Tory pension compensation plan

A coalition of building societies has questioned whether one of the Conservatives’ flagship pension policies is legal or costed. The Conservatives’ pension spokesman, David Willetts, today launched his party’s eight point plan for improving pension provision. He suggested that the unclaimed assets in bank and building society accounts could be used to rebuild the pension… Read more »

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Livingstone pledges action on empty homes

London Mayor Ken Livingstone today pledged to deal with the thousands of London homes that lie empty for months on end. Speaking at a press conference to launch a week of action on empty homes, the Mayor said it was “unacceptable” that so many houses were unoccupied when there were thousands of families living in… Read more »