... jurisdiction so that the High Court is used for bigger and more complex claims only. The government also confirmed it will go ahead ... in the county courts: creating a simpler, quicker and more proportionate system’. This consultation proposes: ... maximum value for small claims from £5,000 to £15,000 More effective enforcement Acas chair Ed Sweeney says: “Acas Pre-Claim ...

... Social Responsibility’ (CSR) means something to many more people than it did six months ago, but it probably doesn’t mean the same ... welfare activity. In reality, it is all of those things and more, an umbrella term for business ethics and accountability, with ...

... in the 2018 HOT 100 compared with 19 last year, plus several more that include engineering or energy as their additional specialisations. ... confidence – has suffered from the Brexit confusion and more latterly from the doubts surrounding public-private funded projects and ...

... Sussex, where head of procurement Tim Murray is based, is more practical than prestigious. It might not boast the latest in design ... hundreds of locations around the UK, OCS operates a fleet of more than 2,000 vehicles, which include everything from standard company cars ...

... In general terms, discriminating on grounds of age is no more acceptable than any other form of discrimination. People should be judged ... hurdles to eliminate age discrimination is equal to, more difficult than or easier than overcoming cultural hurdles to eliminating ...

... frustrated by the online experience and quickly move on? More than a decade of online recruitment should mean that the answer is always ... in useability, says that visiting some recruitment sites is more like going back 10 years in web design terms. He cites inaccessibility, ...

... first; the profiles are virtual CVs and they’re probably more up-to-date than someone’s actual CV.” The website also offers a means ... is making it harder all the time; it’s becoming more and more restrictive on what you can do for free. But any intelligent ...

... the Games and most of the successful businesses will need more staff to cope. With more than 500,000 people per day expected to attend the event, there are huge ...

... if it is to progress and become nationally competitive once more. After all, Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy had a cast and ... the quality of graphics is now improving, this makes it more appealing to the film industry.” What’s more, Cairns says the ...

... What snobbery, I hear you cry – these days plumbers earn more than teachers. You can’t get them out of bed for less than a ton. We ... away, rattling out stories, our writers are usually in more traditional journo haunts, practising more traditional journo activities, ...