All UK articles – Page 31
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Features
Smelling a rat?
Lee Coppack discusses the reasons for Rentokil-Initial's desire to abandon its final salary pension scheme and the problems companies face generally in funding pensions
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Documentary evidence?
Chris Haden highlights how inadequate document control is leaving the financial services sector open to massive financial risk in the light of anti money-laundering legislation
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UK fire regulations may require a new approach
Is current industry practice in fire risk assessment enough to meet the forthcoming regulation in this area? Not according to Dr Jason Clement, who says companies are missing out on the full benefits
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Reasons to be fearful?
What effect might the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 have on strategy? asks Campbell Dye
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The less than holy trinity of executive power
Lee Coppack discusses why concentrating too much power in the hands of one person can be dangerous
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Analysis
Controls fail to curb fraud
Fraud is costing UK businesses nearly £2bn a year and a new report reveals that employees are finding it 'staggeringly easy' to get away with it
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Editor's Letter
Comment
What are the main challenges facing European risk managers - and how are they dealing with them?
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Analysis
Combined Code - Compliance rate drops
The proportion of FTSE 350 companies fully compliant with the revised Combined Code has dropped by half to 28%, compared to the 58% that were fully compliant with the former Combined Code in 2004, acc
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Analysis
Compensation Bill needs to go further
A recent report shows that compensation culture continues to hit UK businesses and local authorities, and highlights weaknesses in proposed legislation
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Legal Jurisdiction - a venue to sue
The differences between common and civil law in the EU are causing unexpected problems for companies, explains Maria Kielmas
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Analysis
'Green' buildings good for business
A new study of buildings in North America and the UK reveals a clear link between the market value of commercial property and its environmental friendliness
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Learning from the London terrorist attacks
Mike Osborne looks at the recent London bombings and the lessons the business community can learn from them
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Analysis
Age discrimination law challenge
Some UK companies will find it difficult to comply with the Age Discrimination Act, due to become law in October 2006, while a new report suggests that senior management need to give more support to c
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Analysis
FRAUD HITS COMPANIES AS WELL AS INSURERS
According to a study released last month, insurance fraud in the UK business community costs at least £550m a year
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Focus on four
What are the key concerns of European risk managers? Sue Copeman talked to four of the national risk management associations
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Securing the future
On 7 March the UK Government announced its new sustainable development strategy - Securing the Future With risk managers increasingly focusing on reputational issues, good sustainability management ca
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Old and dynamic?
Your HR department may be looking to recruit a workforce of young go-getters, but forthcoming equal treatment regulations will ban age discrimination Marian Bloodworth discusses what this means for UK
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Illness or disability managing the difference
Amendments to the UK Disability Discrimination Act came into effect on the 1 October 2004 Tim Ablett reviews a recent seminar on the issues businesses face in the light of this legislation.
