As an associate of the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association, Graham Allen (CMM Rural and NRGsense) was a guest at the House of Commons on the evening of Tuesday 1st March. The Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Agriculture for Wales and Shadow Minister of Agriculture set forth their vision, parliamentary aims and perceived future involvement…
The use of complicated and extensive Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) is under government review, Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, has announced. Last year, research from consumer group Which? found that some of the longest T&Cs were over 38,000 words, longer than Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”! The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is now asking consumers who have…
The UK has seen a double-digit rise in economic crime against corporates in the last two years with 55% of organisations affected (up 11% since 2014), according to PwC’s latest Global Economic Crime Survey. Sixty per cent of economic crime in the UK was committed by external perpetrators, up from 56% in 2014. While there…
Councils will be expected to compete to process planning applications and offer fast-track application services, such as those available for getting a passport, in a shake up of the planning process. Ministers want pilots to tackle the lack of incentives for councils to improve and speed-up their planning services by giving applicants the choice of…