9 September 2011 | Mark Archer
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is encouraging UK food and drink manufacturers to develop export links with China by supporting the British presence at its leading 2011 exhibition, FHC China, which...
4 May 2011 | Mark Archer |
At a time when the UK coalition government is looking to cut bureaucracy and reduce the level of compliance costs on UK companies, the EU comes back and says "Non" - we are the supreme legislators and...
Tags on this discussion: Consumer Protection; Food Standards Agency; Manufacturer Liability; Food Contamination; Food Regulation; Product Liability' Consumer Litigation EU Europe European Commission Food Retail
12 April 2011 | Mark Archer
Ed Davey, the Junior Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills announced in a debate in Parliament last week that the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill will be laid before Parliament as soon as possible....
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14 February 2011 | Emma Cameron
JJB Sports PLC (JJB) has been fined by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) after it failed to disclose to the market full details of its acquisitions of the retail chains Original Show Company (OSC)...
Tags on this discussion: corporate Directors' Duties Disclosure and Transparency Rules Listing Rules
23 December 2010 | Mark Archer
As if directors do not have enough to think about at this time of year, what with New Year cashflow worries, and their families asking for more and more at Christmas, then the Department of Business, Innovation...
Tags on this discussion: banking contract law corporate Directors' Duties
5 November 2010 | Emma Cameron
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published a consultation document "A Long-Term Focus for Corporate Britain". This is the first step of a government review into economic short-termism...
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17 September 2010 | Tim Constable |
The Bribery Act 2010 continues to make headlines. The Bill is now an Act, some sections are already in force with the balance due to come into force shortly.
See my article on the Act published...
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4 June 2010 | Emma Cameron |
Following on from recent criticism of the takeover of Cadbury Plc by Kraft Foods, the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel (Committee) has published a consultation paper to discuss shortcomings in the...
Tags on this discussion: corporate corporate finance Mergers and acquisitions Takeover
28 May 2010 | Emma Cameron
Following Kraft Foods’ takeover of Cadbury Plc in February 2010, the US company has had its knuckles rapped by the Takeover Panel for its conduct during the offer stage of the deal.
The issue in question...
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25 May 2010 | Richard Phillips
Before the general election, I looked at what the three main political parties were proposing for corporate governance, takeovers, businesses and regulation. All the parties had clear-cut policies in these...
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