26,500 retailers will go bust by 2015, says BDO

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There's a new kind of shopper in town - and retailers who don't take steps to accommodate them won't live to tell the tale, according to BDO. In a new report called 'Transitions to the new consumer', the accountancy makes the grim prediction that 26,500 retailers will go bust in the next five years. And it's not because we'll be spending less; it's because they're not adapting fast enough to post-recession conditions. A classic example of Schumpeter's creative destruction? Perhaps - but it won't help this supposed private sector-led recovery . . .

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http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/bulletin/mtdailybulletin/article/1035251/26500-retailers-will-go-bust-2015-says-bdo/

'I Hate Ryan Air' site shot down

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Ryanair is set to win the 'I Hate Ryanair' domain after the site was ordered down - because it started earning money . . .

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http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/bulletin/mtdailybulletin/article/1034531/i-hate-ryanair-site-shot-down/

Inflation: steady but controversial

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Inflation rates hold firm, but the government is catching flak for switching its indexes. And that's before it's moved to Google's new one . . .

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http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/bulletin/mtdailybulletin/article/1034426/inflation-steady-controversial/

Make laws on strikes more stringent, says CBI

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The CBI has called on the government to toughen the rules on strike action. With fears that unions will turn increasingly to strikes in response to public spending cuts, the employers' organisation has urged a reform of the laws on industrial action. In its report, Keeping the wheels turning: modernising the legal framework of industrial relations, the UK's leading business group outlined a package of measures to update employment relations legislation.

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http://www.eaassociates.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=33351&d=601&h=160&f=260&u=40c38D45&m=7759

PAYE reforms will need time and money

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Government plans to introduce far-reaching changes to the PAYE system are worth exploring, the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has said, but will involve substantial amounts of time, money and attention to detail if they are to work. The CIOT was responding to HM Revenue and Customs' discussion paper on proposals to reform the entire PAYE regime through which more than 40 million people pay their taxes..
 
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Right to request flexible working to be extended

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More parents are to get the right to request flexible working patterns. The government has said that it plans to extend the right to ask for more flexible ways of working to parents of children aged under 18 as from April 2011. A consultation will also be launched later this year on the feasibility of allowing everyone the right to make the request.

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http://www.eaassociates.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=33334&d=601&h=160&f=260&u=40c38D45&m=7759

Work-based learning

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“Work-Based Learning is an exciting approach to learning, firmly rooted in the workplace and designed to enhance continuing professional development and support business development.

The Business School offers tailor made University accredited and professional programmes through a work-based framework that support specific requirements from individual companies and organisations.

Work-based projects that student/employees undertake as part of their programmes are identified in negotiation with employers to have maximum benefit to support organisational objectives allowing them to compete in current and future markets.”

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http://business.leeds.ac.uk/corporate-services/