Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

By Kaye Maguire, solicitor in people services at KLegal
More than 2 million employees in the UK currently use IT...

The
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) claims its £17.3m investment in a civil
aerospace research programme as ‘crucial to...

Trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt has written to 500 of the UK’s
top companies to urge them to benchmark...

HR has been identified by the DTI as having a central role to play in
improving the UK’s competitiveness in...

For the first time, the DTI has spelled out exactly what it believes UK employers need to do to make the UK more competitive

The
DTI will try and forge closer links with ‘key economic figures’ as part of its
new strategy for raising...

The DTI has developed forms
which employees and employers may use when either making, granting or refusing
requests for flexible...

The Government has announced its intention to allow employers to keep
mandatory retirement ages if they can justify them as...

The
new head of the GMB union is demanding the break-up of the Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI).
Kevin...

Proposals
to curb excessive pay-offs for directors who quit failing companies have been
announced by trade and industry Secretary Patricia...

The DTI’s appeal against a
landmark tribunal ruling, giving employment rights to older workers, was heard
last week, with a...

The
DTI has announced proposals to prevent large stores trading on Christmas Day
and spoiling the festive season for workers....

The Liberal Democrats have called for the Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI) to be abolished and its workload distributed...

Employers have expressed relief over the Government’s decision not to
significantly amend the Employment Relations Act 1999.
It was feared...

One in three of the UK’s top board directors say skills shortages are the
most important problem facing their company....