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Posted 20/10/2010 Public sector cuts could mean that nearly 150,000 small businesses face insolvency next year, it has been claimed. Trade body R3 said that ten per cent of small...
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Posted 02/07/2013 Following the liquidation of the retail chain Woolworths, several thousand jobs were lost. The recognised trade unions of the employees brought claims alleging that the administrators had failed to...
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Posted 17/07/2013 Sandra Patton, who heads the clinical negligence team at Ashtons Legal, has secured compensation of £810,000 for a 76 year old man, Mr T, who had to have...
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Posted 24/10/2010 Anyone buying a business should try to negotiate the price downwards in order to ensure they will gain a profitable investment. This is the advice of Susan Schreter,...
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Posted 02/11/2010 Women are still facing gender-based discrimination in the workplace, according to one expert. Beverley Skeggs, professor at Goldsmiths University of London, said females in executive positions constantly come...
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Posted 10/11/2010 A new survey has revealed that 86 per cent of entrepreneurs feel now is the right time to buy a business. The poll, carried out by BusinessesforSale.com and...
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Posted 20/06/2013 A review reports that England’s healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) may have attempted to cover up their own failings and in so doing have left patients...
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Posted 10/07/2013 Julie Crossley, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £7,500 for the family of an elderly Norfolk lady who died prematurely in hospital after being given...
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Posted 09/11/2010 A woman is suing Hilton Hotels for £60,000 after alleging that she was discriminated against on the grounds of her race. Juliette Giscombe, 57, claims she was forced...
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Posted 05/11/2010 A widow has secured a clinical negligence compensation payout after her husband died from a blood clot following a routine operation. Chris Harper, 60, went to have a...
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Posted 12/06/2013 It has been announced that the largest database of those diagnosed with cancer is to be set up in England. The hope is that collating all the data...
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Posted 29/11/2011 A group of female former employees of Birmingham City Council have won a landmark equal pay case against the local authority.Some 174 cooks, cleaners, caterers and care staff...
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