UK: [PM] David Cameron pushes for workplace shake-up

Business leaders are set to welcome radical new plans to overhaul employment rights which the Government hopes will make it easier to hire new workers and spark a boost to employment and growth.

 

 

 

In a major report to be published as early as this week, the Coalition will reveal the findings of the Beecroft Report which was commissioned by David Cameron to look at workplace deregulation.

Although the Government has yet to [...]

The fourth biggest company in the world has its debt downgraded by both Moody’s and Fitch rating agencies.

BP, which is the world’s third largest energy company and the fourth biggest company in the world, even bigger than HSBC Bank and UK’s biggest company, has its debt downgraded by both Moody’s and Fitch rating agencies. It’s also placed on negative watch status, as cost associated with oil leak and consequences of the ongoing environmental disaster hit not only it’s profits, in a major way, but bond investors even [...]

This came out over the weekend and is very interesting indeed…

It’s nice to know I’m not alone in my perception of this problem…at 64 I’ve been tracking the gradually evolving process for just over fifty years.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/story/print?guid=8BF3DECB-FB92-4D23-A74A-B8B4A5B69F7B

After another big plastering of “recovery” articles hit these MarketWatch pages recently…I purposely posted a “do I have your attention”…scathing comment…on Friday, April 30th…concerning the importance and relevance of this average 450,000 first time un-employment filings number…that’s been rolling through… week after week…for several years [...]