by BFC | Mar 30, 2011 | BFC News
The ‘Intellectual Property Awareness Survey of Business’ has shown that only 15 percent of small companies have ever sought advice on safeguarding their ideas. Only 11 percent of firms overall assign responsibility for managing intellectual property (IP) rights. This...
by BFC | Mar 30, 2011 | BFC News
This will ensure that everyone – from the multinational to the lone trader – can deal with the threat of bribery simply and effectively. Justice Secretary, Kenneth Clarke, said: ‘I have listened carefully to business representatives to ensure the Bribery Act is...
by BFC | Mar 18, 2011 | BFC News
Business will be freed from the burden of red tape under a package of sweeping reforms to regulation, it was announced today. In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses in Liverpool, Mark Prisk revealed Business Secretary Vince Cable’s plans for a range of...
by BFC | Mar 7, 2011 | BFC News
Growth and Innovation Fund will boost investment in training and help businesses grow Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable, and Minister for Skills, John Hayes, today launched a £50 million a year fund to help businesses develop the skills they need to drive...
by BFC | Mar 2, 2011 | BFC News
LOFA, the Leisure and Outdoor Furniture Association, is the latest trade association within the furniture industry to join forces with the furniture’s industry’s political lobbying group, the British Furniture Confederation (BFC). Martin Jourdan, chairman of the BFC...
