When an individual makes a protected disclosure (aka ‘blows the whistle’) they should not be subjected to a detriment or dismissed as a result. This article explores when ‘whistle-blower’ protection can be relied on by an employee or worker. Summary of Whistleblower Protections The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) …
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BRINGING home not one, not two but seven awards from the recent Queensland Regional Sausage King Competition, the products on offer at Zacs Meats are like crown jewels for the local butchery. Owner Stephen Austin said before their recent haul of accolades, the most they had taken out was three …
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It has been a rough two months for Neil Woodford and his former devotees but today he earned a little respite as Burford Capital released results. The litigation funder posted some stellar half-year numbers, with profits up 36% to $225 million (£180 million) and revenue climbing 40% to $287 million. Woodford …
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PUBLISHED: 17:00 24 July 2019 Hannah Somerville The unfinished extension has cost Alan Street £44,775 to date. Picture: Polly Hancock Archant A Hornchurch IT consultant has revealed the destruction wreaked on his home by builders who disappeared after he paid them £44,000 for a botched extension job. Email this article …
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PUBLISHED: 12:00 21 July 2019 Tom Wright An artist’s impression of Strawberry Gardens extra care facility planned for Yatton. Picture: Housing 21 Housing 21 Building work has begun on a care facility but concerns have been raised about it causing traffic problems once up and running. Email this article to …
Read More »Councils will be expected to take rubbish collection, cleaning and school dinner provision back in-house under plans to reverse four decades of outsourcing to be announced by the Labour party today . In the biggest shake-up of local government since the Margaret Thatcher-inspired reforms of the 1980s, a future Jeremy …
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Labour is set to mount a fresh assault on business with the shadow chancellor expected to set out plans to bring billions of pounds worth of outsourced public services back in house if it wins power. John McDonnell is understood to have drawn up draft laws that would force government …
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Questor Income Portfolio: ‘Nothing has changed’ was the company’s message to shareholders this week. But there was a surprise lurking in Premier Oil’s statement It was a blow for this column when in May Royal Mail announced that it would cut its dividend for the 2019-20 financial year. It was …
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On 9 October 1990, just weeks before the downfall of Margaret Thatcher, the then transport secretary Cecil Parkinson addressed the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth. On the future of British Rail, he was unequivocal. “The question now is not about whether we should privatise it, but how and when,” he said. The “when” …
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Investors placed bets on William Hill on hopes that a mega casino deal in the US will help the bookie tap America’s emerging sports betting market. Caesars Entertainment, which owns Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, was snapped up by Eldorado Resorts on Monday in a $17.3bn (£13.6bn) tie-up that will …
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