This is an abbreviated article by Liz Barclay – read the full article at Business111.com/news Nearly 40,000 financial firms are coming under tougher rules governing serious workplace misconduct. The changes should make it harder for abusive managers to escape scrutiny by moving jobs. It is a major step for the City—but bullying andContinue reading “The City is tackling workplace bullies—but what about everyone else?”
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Britain cannot expect young people to serve a country that may prosecute them decades later
We ask young men and women to join our Armed Forces, obey orders, go where politicians send them and, when necessary, kill Britain’s enemies. Then, decades afterwards, we reserve the right to haul them back before lawyers and investigators and judge decisions made in seconds on the battlefield through the very different standards ofContinue reading “Britain cannot expect young people to serve a country that may prosecute them decades later”
Pharmacy tax bomb could devastate Britain’s high streets
This is an abbreviated article by Liz Barclay – read the full article at Business111.com/news Hundreds of community pharmacies could disappear as soaring business rates collide with already stretched NHS funding. A National Pharmacy Association survey of 420 pharmacies found 48% were considering closing and 55% looking at relocating to escape unaffordable rates.Continue reading “Pharmacy tax bomb could devastate Britain’s high streets”
Too hot to trade as extreme weather hammers productivity and pushes business bills higher
This is an abbreviated article by Liz Barclay – read the full article at Business111.com/news Britain’s scorching summer isn’t just uncomfortable. It’s becoming an economic crisis. Extreme heat had already cost the UK an estimated £4.4 billion by the end of July, according to analysis from green thinktank Verdant. June alone reportedly costContinue reading “Too hot to trade as extreme weather hammers productivity and pushes business bills higher”
Trump says Strait of Hormuz “new US territory”
Donald Trump’s extraordinary decision to publish a map labelling the Strait of Hormuz “new US territory” might have been intended to frighten Iran. Instead, it underlined how little progress Washington has made in reopening one of the world’s most important trade routes. The declaration has no standing in international law and has notContinue reading “Trump says Strait of Hormuz “new US territory””