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Posted 28/04/2012 The UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported that there is still no evidence that mobile phone use harms human health. Scientists have looked at numerous studies of...
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Posted 12/12/2012 Ashtons Legal’s French Legal Services team will be back at The France Show in January 2013. The France Show, which will be taking place at Earls Court from...
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Posted 19/11/2012 Experts have warned that more research is needed to find out how to reduce the number of babies born early. Prematurity is the second most common cause of...
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Posted 19/04/2012 Unite has confirmed fuel tanker drivers will abide by employment law if they launch strike action as a result of a new breakdown in talks with employers.No agreement...
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Posted 24/09/2012 Stories of French notaries holding up property transactions that involve foreign buyers shouldn’t deter British people from buying in France as in the rare instances that this happens,...
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Posted 06/12/2012 Competition minister Jo Swinson has announced that the new Groceries Code Adjudicator will be given greater powers to fine large supermarkets who deal with suppliers unfairly. In a...
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Posted 19/09/2012 A leading private contractor to the Government has admitted presenting false data to the NHS more than 250 times on the performance of its out-of-hours GP service in...
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Posted 13/11/2012 The BBC has reported this week that careless, insincere and unclear communication has fuelled a surge in complaints against the NHS in England. This is according to the...
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Posted 18/02/2011 Residential conveyancing demand from first-time buyers could rise considerably if house prices fall naturally, one industry expert has implied. Housing minister Grant Schapps recently hosted a discussion aimed...
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Posted 10/03/2011 The number of businesses facing insolvency fell by ten per cent in January 2011, statistics have revealed. According to Experian’s most recent Insolvency Index, 1,266 businesses went under...
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Posted 12/11/2012 Statistics provided by the Government’s Compensation Recovery Unit show that there has been a fall of almost 24,000 in the number of claims for ‘whiplash’ in 2011/12 as...
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Posted 27/09/2012 The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that a worker who becomes unfit for work during a period of statutory annual leave must, under Article 7(1) of...
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