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New mayor woos London business
As Ken Livingstone took up office in July, the issue of regeneration began hotting up again across the country, with more government money on offer and a real opportunity for business to get involved at local level.
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Plus ça change.....
EU governments have made an unprecendented appeal to companies to help tackle social and economic issues. Catelijne Wessels is working for EBNSC to help organise the business response. Here she examines the real issues for companies from a European perspective.
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Speaking Out - Chris
Staples: Not another partnership!
The word 'partnership' was used 6,197 times in the UK Parliament in 1999, up from 38 times in 1989, Demos reported recently. 'Let's be clear what it actually means', says Zurich Financial Services' community affairs director.
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Comment: Giving made
simple, but barriers remain
The annual budget process has always been a great set-piece occasion for the Chancellor to present the whole government programme. Here let's focus on just two aspects, charitable giving and the so-called regulatory burden.
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Giving made simple, but
barriers remain
Behind the headline promises of more money for health and education, Gordon Brown’s budget in March contained important announcements on charitable giving and companies’ wider role in society.
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Comment: Mind the Skills
Gap
Two years on from the start of the government’s New Deal youth employment scheme, education and training remains as high as ever on the national agenda of economic concerns.
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Mind the skills gap
Two years on from the start of the government’s New Deal youth employment scheme, education and training remains as high as ever on the national agenda of economic concerns.
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Comment: Seeking
Prosperity in a disunited world
Globalisation is fast becoming a catch-phrase like community - so often used that it loses its meaning and with it, the power to define the issue.
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Seeking prosperity in a
disunited world
Riots in Seattle, protests in Davos, discord between developed and developing worlds: can companies counter growing opposition to globalisation by endorsing the UN’s Global Compact?
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Speaking Out - Stephen
Byers: Increasing Britain's competitiveness
With the DTI now given responsibility for policy on the 'new vision' for business, here the secretary of state says why corporate responsibility matters.
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Comment: Off with their
heads
The UK government has adopted the 'big bang' solution to improving performance among business-led training and enterprise councils - by unilaterally abolishing them. Now it is again asking business to be in the driving seat of the new structures.
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