All Breaking News articles – Page 79
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Online onlyUK business better prepared for disaster: Study
BSI British Standards finds that 81% of FTSE companies could last one week before feeling serious detrimental effects following a disaster
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Online onlyOSHA issues final rule on PPE
Says employers will pay final cost for almost all personal safety equipment used by workers
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Online onlyFlu vaccine supplies fall short of those required in pandemic: Study
Study finds that new technologies and strategies could boost pandemic vaccine supplies
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Online onlyIdentities of 25m people lost in the post
Experts say non-encrypted information could be easily hacked
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Online onlyNew business continuity standard is a route to competitive advantage: Aon
Gaining certification for business continuity plans is the next step in strengthening competitive advantage for organisations
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Online onlyShipowners face further rate hikes after surge in expensive P&I claims: Aon
P&I clubs are already initiating increases of 10-20% in shipowners’ premiums at the next renewal, says the broker
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Online onlyTUC calls for tougher enforcement to tackle H&S 'crime wave'
TUC general secretary calls for greater enforcement powers and activity, including a statutory duty on directors
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Online onlyCommercial litigation increases 25%
The number of high court commercial law cases is now at its highest for six years
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Online onlyEnvironmental insurance premiums stabilise, coverage expands: Willis
Broker expects environmental insurance premiums to remain static over next 6 months but policies could be enhanced
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Online onlyCulling completed at bird flu farms
The total number of poultry culled is approximately 28,600
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Online onlyIPCC confirms need for urgent global climate action
The IPCC releases its Synthesis Report calling for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Online onlyBSI plans nanotechnology standards
In January 2008 BSI will launch six standards dealing with nanotechnologies terminology and three guides
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Skill shortages still apparent in UK labour market
KPMG says the availability of candidates to fill UK job vacancies deteriorated again in October
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Online only1 in 10 firms has fully integrated ERM: Aon
Aon's ERM report underscores culture, strategy, resources drive success
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Online onlyCorporate Manslaughter could make firms more risk averse: Blunkett
MP David Blunkett has warned that companies could become more risk averse as a result of the new Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act
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Online onlyClimate change accelerating faster than UN forecasts: Report
A new report finds that temperatures and greenhouse pollution are rising faster than predicted by the IPCC
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Progress made on ERM, but still not mainstream: Report
ERM has yet to become embedded in most companies' day-to-day activities
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UAW members at Ford ratify new contract
Workers voted 81 % in favor of the four-year pact
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French strike disrupts energy and rail services
Transport and energy workers have begun open ended strike action in protest of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s cost-cutting reforms
