Lorry drivers need lorry satnavs (E, W)

Transport
All lorry drivers who opt to use satnavs should be compelled to use commercial models with special features for lorries, argues the Local Government Association following the latest catalogue of accidents involving lorry drivers led astray by car satnavs. ‘Truck
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Managing government’s digital records (UK)

Information
Much of the digital records accumulated by the government over the past 20 or so years “is poorly organised, scattered across different systems and almost impossible to search effectively”, admits a report compiled by the Cabinet Office in response to
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Building an Industrial Strategy (UK)

Business
An industrial strategy that will enable the UK to build on its strengths to create a vibrant economy that delivers long term benefits to every part of the country is proposed in a Green Paper published by the Dept for
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Changes to Automatic Enrolement (E, S, W).

Employment
13/02/2017. New employers, who are due to become subject to automatic enrolment duties during 2017 and are known as ‘post-staging employers’, will benefit from draft legislation that provides certainty about when AE duties apply to new employers outside the AE
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Investing Through Open-Ended Funds In Illiquid Assets (UK).

Finance and Legal
13/02/2017. The practice of investing open-ended funds in illiquid assets – eg land and buildings, infrastructure and unlisted securities – is the focus of a Financial Conduct Authority discussion paper seeking views on the problems that can arise how well
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