Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Gordon Brown delivers his final Budget today before the anticipated general election in May. Many commentators expect the chancellor to include several pre-election sweeteners to encourage the business vote.

Personnel Today has presented your feedback to the government calling for meaningful HR data to be included in company reports.Acting...

The TSSA insists that if call centre jobs are outsourced to India the company should repay millions of pounds of taxpayers money granted in subsidies

Personnel Today's reader petition adds weight to CIPD calls for proper accounting of employee value on the last day of consultation on Operating and Financial Review proposals

Some business groups have expressed concern that maternity pay is to rise and will last nine months by 2007, with futher improvements for workers promised in the next parliament

The minimum wage will rise by 9% to £5.30 if Labour wins the General Election, Tony Blair is expected to announce tomorrow.

Three Yorkshire companies charging fees to provide non-existent jobs have been wound up following an investigation by the DTI.

The public sector pensions gap is much bigger than government predictions suggest

The DTI has published the annual common commencement dates where consumer, corporate, and intellectual property measures will join employment legislation introduced this year.

Compnaies that supply anti-pollution goods and services believe the CBI has convinced the Government that anti-pollution policies will be bad for business and cost jobs

Better Regulation Task Force says health and safety, food regulation and anti-money laundering laws are being over-zealously applied and increasing the burden on business

Better disclosure on directors' pay is leading to improved dialogue between companies and shareholders, according to research published by the Department of Trade and Industry.

UK women are increasing their share of UK entrepreneurial activity, which is growing fast

The DTI’s Trade and Industry Committee has begun an inquiry into the effect of occupational segregation on the gender pay...

The Government is considering a proposal to add an extra bank holiday to help to improve the work-life balance.