Dan Martin
Editor BusinessZone.co.uk
12th Jul 2012
News: Equal pay TV experiment branded "risky" by legal expert
A Channel 4 television programme that challenged the employees of a plumbing company to share how much they earn with each other has been...
Culture
3rd Jul 2012
News: Government attempts to inspire UK's future workforce
The government has launched a scheme to encourage employees to go into state schools on a volunteer basis and talk about their careers in...
Future
23rd Apr 2012
SMEs refuse staff extra day's holiday for Diamond Jubilee weekend
Two thirds of small-and-medium-sized companies are refusing to give employees an extra day's holiday to honour the Q ueen's Diamond Jubilee...
Change
16th Mar 2012
The Apprentice 2012: The candidates unmasked
The BBC has revealed the latest crop of wannabe executives to compete in The Apprentice . Here are the contestants appearing in the new...
Acquisition
21st Feb 2012
Neet employer funding: 'Why fill in forms for a social experiment?'
The government's new £126m training scheme for young people has drawn a mixed response, with one entrepreneur claiming that it will only...
Acquisition
31st Jan 2012
Trades require more - not less - recognition, says Wolf report contributor
As the government announced today that it would axe vocational subjects ranging from nail technology to horse care from school league...
Strategy
25th Jan 2012
EU data protection law proposals to make "huge demands" on HR
The European Commission is suggesting changes to existing data protection legislation that could see employers fined up to 2% of their...
Strategy
5th Jan 2012
Start-up NI holiday created only 1,000 jobs, admits PM
The Prime Minister has confessed that the Coalition Government's scheme to exempt start-ups from paying National Insurance contributions...
Acquisition
3rd Jan 2012
SME manufacturing initiative to create 23,000 jobs, claims Government
The Coalition Government claims that a new version of an initiative intended to secure the future of England's beleaguered small and medium...
Business
10th Nov 2011
Regional Growth Fund to create 4,000 SME jobs
The Regional Growth Fund , which has been heavily criticised for only benefiting big companies, is to provide £500m in funding to small-to-...
Acquisition