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Minimum wage enforcement rules announced

7 December 2007

New powers to crack down on rogue employers who avoid paying the minimum wage have been outlined.

'Plough transport cash into cities'

7 December 2007

Transport planners must funnel transport funding into large urban centres, rather than spreading it evenly like "jam" across a region, in order to maximise the economic benefits of their investment, a think-tank report has urged.

Jobs for disabled to go in closures

7 December 2007

Seventeen factories that employ people with disabilities are to be shut in an effort to cut costs and get more disabled workers into mainstream jobs, the work and pensions secretary has announced.

Figures show Wales has higher proportion of adults without qualifications

7 December 2007

Wales has a higher proportion of adults without qualifications than England and Scotland, according to figures from the Welsh Assembly Government's statistical directorate. But the figures also show that the gap between Wales and the rest of the UK has narrowed since 2001. The figures are available via www.regen.net/doc.

Empty words

By Sir Peter Hall

7 December 2007

The DfT has turned into the Department for Air Transport.

A critical friend

7 December 2007

Interview: We speak to Will Hutton, chief executive of the Work Foundation.

Fifth of Olympic Park workers local

7 December 2007

One in five of the current Olympic Park workforce is a local resident, the body responsible for building the Games venues said last week.

Commercial floorspace being built in Thames Gateway 40% higher

7 December 2007

The amount of commercial floor space being built in the Thames Gateway is 40 per cent higher than in 2006, says research by property adviser GVA Grimley. The Gateway to Opportunities is available via www.regen.net/doc.

Tesco ordered to sell site to boost retail competition

7 December 2007

Tesco has been told by the competition watchdog to sell the site of a former Co-op store in Slough to increase competition in the town.

Data Check - R&D spending rise and fall

7 December 2007

+17% - change in expenditure on R&D by UK pharmaceuticals industry between 2005 and 2006.