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Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
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The Office of Fair Trading has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Bart Smith as its first chief operating officer. Mr Smith, currently director of performance improvement consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, will head the OFT’s resources and services teams, bringing together the management of finance, human resources and business infrastructure. The establishment of the post of COO is part of… Read more »
Four new commissioners have been appointed to the Equal Opportunities Commission by Minister for Women Patricia Hewitt. The appointees include Mohammed Aziz, director of Faithwise and already a commissioner at the Commission for Racial Equality, and Frances Hasler, head of user and public involvement at the Commission for Social Care Inspection will join the commission… Read more »
