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News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A survey has highlighted the importance placed upon working conditions by employees. Entitled What Workers Want, the study...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. According to the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA), the number of foreign workers being exploited is higher than expected....

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Human rights organisation Privacy International has noted that the forthcoming employee blacklist is potentially illegal, it has emerged....

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. If all information is given to the provider, home-based workers should be covered by employer liability insurance, the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A representative from the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) has re-iterated how much employers liability insurance is an...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has sought to raise awareness of the issue of work-related stress. Highlighted...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a call for safe systems of work. As a consequence...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The publication of a report relating to the health of those of working-age in the UK has been...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Employers' liability could be tested as a result of claims made by sufferers of hand arm vibration syndrome...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Small business owners could be among those deterred from offering certain types of pension schemes as a result...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced the forthcoming prosecution of a Kent-based tradesman for allegedly conducting...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to Britain's businesses in relation to accidents...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Small businesses should take advantage of the newly written employment guide from the Forum of Private Business (FPB), the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The positive impact of flexible working arrangements have been highlighted by the International Stress Management Association (ISMA). According to...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are finding it increasingly difficult to communicate with graduates, it has...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Due to limited resources, smaller firms are more likely to settle employment tribunal cases before a hearing takes place,...

Introducing flexible working patterns can help small firms to adapt to their customers' needs, according to one expert. Lynette Swift, of Swiftwork, has said that although less rigid working patterns can be disruptive to small firms, it can "make a...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The salary gap between the male and female executives is widening, a new survey has found. According to the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The results of a new survey have uncovered the costs of bullying in Britain's workplaces. According to the results...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK government has upwardly revised its official statistics recording the number of foreign workers present in the UK....

Many small businesses do not adequately maintain their health and safety records, according to Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) president Lisa Fowlie. This could cause problems for these firms if there is ever a breach of standards, Ms...

The Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has explained the importance of having employers liability insurance. Lisa Fowlie, president of the IOSH, suggested that employer's liability insurance is "the ultimate", and protects businesses if employees try to sue for...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages & information for small businesses. Homeworkers do not always receive the same rights and benefits as their office-based colleagues, according to comments...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, invoice finance, landlord insurance and buy-to-let mortgages Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the UK should seek advice on employment law, it has been claimed. According to comments made by...

The UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning on employee safety following an accident at an electronics manufacturing firm in Enfield. Following the accident, which resulted in an employee losing the tip of his finger, the HSE...

Many UK-based small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are averse to taking on staff, it has been claimed. According to comments made by a representative from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), many SMEs avoid employing staff in an effort...

The UK's employers should take action to close the training divide, a new report has claimed. According to the results of a study by the Trade Union Congress (TUC), there is a marked difference between the training of unskilled and...

Health and safety should be a high priority for the UK's small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). According to Ray Allger, a representative from the Health and Safety Commission (HSC), the management of health and safety issues within the workplace is...

Employees who take sick leave due to stress related illness have a big financial impact on their employer's business. According to comments made by Ray Allger, a representative from the UK-based Health and Safety Commission, SMEs may face a significant...

Employers are increasingly making use of social networking websites during the recruitment process, it has been claimed. According to Anne Fairweather, head of public policy at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), although social networking website users should show caution...

The Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors has advised plumbers to take a common sense approach to the new smoking laws when dealing with customers. Members have been warned about the potential health problems that can come about from passive...

According to a Trade Survey Report from the Construction Products Association and the Construction confederation, the construction industry has increased output again in the second quarter of 2007, up on the same period in 2006. Building contractors have reported strong...

Prejudice against older employees in the workplace has not been dissipated by recent regulatory changes, it has been claimed. According to Philip Walker, co-founder and chairman of the Campaign Against Age Discrimination in Employment (CAADE), rather than legislation both employers...

According to new information from the Health and Safety Commission, 241 employees died at work in 2006, an increase on the 217 figure from 2005. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the construction industry suffered the greatest number of fatal injuries, accounting for 31%...

Insurers are warning sole traders who plan on taking on staff to meet increasing demand over the summer that they need to take out employer's liability insurance. Since 2005, sole traders have not been required to take out employer's liability...

Self-employed workers who operate away from home tend to appreciate the importance of purchasing dedicated self-employed insurance, but many people who work in home offices do not realise that the cover applies to them as well. Cornhill Direct, one of...

The Corporate Manslaughter Bill is likely to lead many firms to review their company insurance policies, experts believe. Under the proposed legislation, which is expected to be passed this summer, companies will face a criminal conviction and unlimited fines in...

Over half of the UK's small business owners have been the victim of abusive and threatening behaviour either at work or while away on company business, a new survey has shown. Research by business insurer Zurich has revealed that 54...

The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has urged employers to concentrate on preventing genuine threats to worker safety and to "get a life" by not getting distracted by trivial risks.