23/03/2017. Openreach will achieve total independence from BT Group without the delay and disruption normally associated with such a structural separation, after BT’s agreement to all the changes necessary to address competition concerns removed the necessity for Ofcom to impose

Views on the design and implementation of the locally-administered discretionary small business rates relief scheme announced in Spring Budget 2017 are being sought by the Dept for Communities and Local Government.  10/3/2017 ‘Business Rates: Consultation on proposals on the design

03/03/2017 A comprehensive review of Royal Mail and its delivery of the universal postal service by the postal regulator, Ofcom, has concluded that the regulatory framework introduced in 2012 is generally working well. It will consequentially be extended from 2019,

27/02/2017. In a landmark High Court case hailed as a ‘big win for smaller firms’, a small US computer design and data management business, Argos Systems, has defeated the Sainsbury-owned UK retail giant, Argos Limited, which had sought to prevent

21/02/2017. How to reward local authorities for achieving growth in business rates and help them share and manage risk are key questions in a consultation marking the latest stage in reforming the local government finance system to allow authorities to