Comments on: Accessibility Statement

By: BALAKRISHNAN RAMANATHAN

BALAKRISHNAN RAMANATHAN — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:17:25 +0000

A great effort.Please take it to its logical conclusion.Once fully developed,I am sure that this will be epochal.

By: ian smith

ian smith — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:34:52 +0000

I have worked for a large retailer for the past 13yrs.over the yrs i have seen this company slowly chip away at the basic rights of its employees. i think the sugested scraping of the sunday trading act 1994 will be the finile nail in the coffin for retail workers home and family life.

By: Jonathan Ellis

Jonathan Ellis — Mon, 30 May 2011 09:31:28 +0000

Re: the hall marking of silver and gold

as an individual and collector i am concerned about the scrapping of these regulations on a number of counts
- as a purchaser of jewellery it provides some measure of guarantee as to the quality of the product
- it protects the trade from fakes
- it gives credibility to the industry
- it provides valuable historical data for the benefit of later generations

By: imtiaz malik

imtiaz malik — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:38:15 +0000

i woul;d like to say some thing about sunday trading/xmas day trading
the present day regulations can be accepted as they are inforce although not benficial to the working staff because most of the employers have taken away sunday premium.if they are allowed to oppen 24hrs than the staff will be over loaded with work pressure aqnd it will ruin their private life aswell.Same is with the xmas day trading every one respects their relegious days, by making the stores open on this particular day this respect is feared to be lost. In other EU countries the stores are even shut on sundays usually and on Xmas and half day on boxing day.

By: imtiaz malik

imtiaz malik — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:37:37 +0000

i woul;d like to sau some thing about sunday trading/xmas day trading
the present day regulations can be accepted as they are inforce although not benficial to the working staff because most of the employers have taken away sunday premium.if they are allowed to oppen 24hrs than the staff will be over loaded with work pressure aqnd it will ruin their private life aswell.Same is with the xmas day trading every one respects their relegious days, by making the stores open on this particular day this respect is feared to be lost. In other EU countries the stores are even shut on sundays usually and on Xmas and half day on boxing day.

By: Glenys Bateman

Glenys Bateman — Tue, 24 May 2011 09:03:59 +0000

To whom it concerns,

I would like to make a comment about the Sunday trading act’s.
I believe that they should be left as they are, larger store’s have consistently got greedier and have eroded staffs rights.
I believe that retail staff are now being overworked as it is.
Shop workers have families they need time with, last Christmas for the first time I had to work
on boxing day (Sun). It ruined my Christmas has I worked Xmas eve, off Xmas day, then in Boxing day.
I worked New years eve and again New years day(Sun),
This also effect’s Easter Sunday, we have had these bank holiday’s for hundreds of years.
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The shops are already open enough hours, you should be looking to go back to slightly shorter hours.
This plea will again fall on deaf ears I feel, because its down to greed.

“Keep Sunday’s as they are”

By: Karen Reed

Karen Reed — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:10:30 +0000

I was horrified to learn that the Government was even considering scrapping Hallmarking! This remain one of the very few ways that a lay person can be sure that they are buying what they believe they are buying, so apart from always shopping at often high priced prestige stores our sole choice would be to be at the mercy of charlatans??!? Not a very bright idea I humbly suggest and definitely not an improvement of any sort. Please don’t let this happen.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:12:32 +0000

NO to change! 14 hours a day is enough to do your shopping

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 20 May 2011 11:58:54 +0000

Sunday Trading should be left as it is Shops should stay shut on Christmas Day and Easter Sunday I am not religious but you need to spend time with the family if you cant get what you want from a supermarket between the hours of 8am and 22.00 hrs Monday to Saturday and 10am to 16.00 hrs then there is something wrong with people

By: Mrs.Marjorie Titchen

Mrs.Marjorie Titchen — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:44:54 +0000

Whrn first introduced small guest houses has lower requirements, now we have all been required to be in line with the biggest. One size fits all especially if it is expensive.

With a six bedroomguest house I have spent two thousand pounds and expected to pay another £1300 for hardwiring which I think is draconian.

They tell me that anybody letting one room for one night at any time must have this.

You should warnthose letting for the olympics of this.