Piloting the 100% business rates retention scheme (E) A prospectus inviting a second tranche of English local authorities to apply to pilot the 100% business rate retention scheme that will fulfil the government’s manifesto commitment to give local government greater

Council Fined for Data Protection Act Breach(UK) A council that left personal information about a group of particularly vulnerable people exposed online for five years in a ‘serious and prolonged breach’ of the Data Protection Act has been fined £70,000

HSE makes cost recovery dispute process independent (E, S, W)  Disputed invoices raised under the Fee for Intervention (FFI) scheme, which was introduced in October 2012 to make businesses breaking workplace health and safety law pay any costs incurred by

Supporting Working Parents With Premature Babies (UK) The law relating to the complicated issues relating to the birth of premature or sick babies to working parents is explained in new guidance from Acas that also explains how employers can help

Cutting ‘Utility Company-Created’ Congestion (England) The options for the future of a scheme that has significantly reduced the congestion caused by utility company road works during trials in London and Kent by charging the companies by the hour to carry