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UK companies unprepared for strategic risks
UK companies are failing to press home their competitive advantage ...
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Fighting fraud
Following the recent UK case of former City secretary Joyti De-Laurey, who was jailed for seven years for defrauding her bosses of nearly £45m, many businesses do not realise that they may soon be req
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Growing fear of terrorist attacks
More than one in three companies (36%) expect terrorists to deliberately target their organisation or staff, according to research released by RAND Europe and Janusian Security Risk Management, the se
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CRE seeks employers' views
The Commission For Racial Equality is asking British employers to take part in a consultation on its revised code of practice in employment
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Gratuitous care claims could hit public sector
As the compensation culture continues to boom, local councils and other public sector organisations are being warned that gratuitous care claims could be the next emerging trend to increase the drain
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Hazards from EU Enlargement
A new study suggests that EU harmonisation could erode the cost advantages that newly-joined states currently enjoy, and could leave British importers liable if products sourced from these countries d
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Law cannot stop Spam
The Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam and Sybari Software recently announced the results of a European study into the law regulating unsolicited commercial communications (o
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Biodiversity Risks Ignored
eISIS Asset Management has published a report on how the world's major extractive companies approach the issue of biodiversity
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D&O Premiums still increasing
A report from Tillinghast, part of Towers Perrin, after research among 2,139 companies in the US and Canada, shows that Directors and Officers (D&O) liability insurance premiums increased by approxima
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Protecting IPR
In March MEPs voted by 330-151 (with 39 abstentions) to support a proposed directive protecting intellectual property rights and aimed at helping combat the increase in counterfeiting and piracy
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Need to review Turnbull?
UK risk management professionals believe that the landmark 1999 Turnbull report on internal controls now needs formal review Two thirds also feel that audit committees are becoming too overloaded.
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Ethical funds grow
The amount of funds under management in UK ethical retail funds has reached a new high according to Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRS) and the ethical fund market has grown faster than that o
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Corporate killing warning
eCity law firm Norton Rose has released research on the Government's proposals for a new corporate killing bill
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Government consults on chemicals
The UK government has published a consultation document seeking views on revising the UK chemicals strategy
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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY GUIDANCE
A new publication, The Corporate Responsibility Code Book by Deborah Leipziger, is a guide for companies trying to understand the landscape of corporate responsibility and searching for a route toward
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MANAGING MERGERS
The UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched a case study-based report on the management of international mergers and acquisitions
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IT EXPOSURE
Despite the heightened threat from global terrorism, research from Compass Management Consulting suggests that companies' security and disaster recovery plans are not up to scratch and that companies
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PLAN FOR EMERGENCIES
eDraft legislation, tighter regulation and the persistent threat of terrorism are redefining the extent to which UK organisations are expected to plan for an emergency, according to a new report from
