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News & EventsNEWS - Flexible work for parents plannedNew rights to make working more flexible for parents are being planned by the government. Ministers are considering legal rights for parents to work part time, the ability to choose working hours and paid leave when children are ill. Firms could be forced to undertake compulsory pay audits to reveal whether they are paying women less than men. Constitutional affairs minister Harriet Harman is to unveil the plans before the Labour Party conference. She told the Independent on Sunday that Labour intended to challenge Conservative leader David Cameron who has revealed his own family policies. "We are really upping the stakes," she said. "We need to have a robust and rigorous approach to public policy on the family. More: news.bbc.co.uk news.scotsman.com www.guardian.co.uk news.independent.co.uk www.mirror.co.uk www.thisislondon.co.uk NEWS - 1 Aug 06 - The age-old problem of accessing enough finance to start-up and grow a small venture is the number one challenge facing female-run companies over the next year. The worrying revelation stems from the consensus among women who recently attended a London road show on how awareness of business funds can be heightened. Speaking to invoice body FDA, the overwhelming majority agreed that female entrepreneurship in the capital is being hampered by a perceived lack of funding. Such a perception became a realty for almost half of female business owners, who blamed an absence of capital for delaying the birth of their self-employed career. Yet a strong determination to ‘go it alone’, charged mainly by the desire to be their own boss, meant that 50 per cent of women aim to start-up within the next six months. More: www.freelanceuk.com Previous News & EventsFebruary 2010November 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 January 2009 November 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 January 2008 January 2008 November 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 November 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 January 2005 January 2005 January 2005 |
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