News & Updates
15.05.12 – EQUALITIES RTC ANNOUNCEMENT
EQUALITIES RED TAPE CHALLENGE ANNOUNCEMENT (15 May 2012) Red tape will be cut through a raft of reforms unveiled by the Home Secretary today. The announcement follows a government-wide review of whether current legislation is achieving its aims. As part of the Red Tape Challenge, members of the public, businesses and industry experts were invited [...]
23.03.12 – FOCUS ON ENFORCEMENT
LAUNCH OF FOCUS ON ENFORCEMENT (23 March 2012) A new initiative to identify ways to improve the way regulations are enforced has been launched by Business Secretary Vince Cable today. Focus on Enforcement gives business the opportunity to suggest areas for review of compliance and enforcement arrangements, and to provide experiences of regulatory enforcement and [...]
19.03.12 – ENVIRONMENT RTC ANNOUNCEMENT
ENVIRONMENT RED TAPE CHALLENGE ANNOUNCEMENT (19 March 2012) Environmental regulations will be made simpler and more effective while remaining as strong as ever following a review of red tape Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman announced today. Simpler and smarter environment regulations will provide savings to businesses of more than £1billion over five years and protect the [...]
15.02.12 – DOWNING STREET INSURANCE SUMMIT
DOWNING STREET INSURANCE SUMMIT (14 February 2012) Government sets out measures to tackle compensation culture, reduce legal costs and cut red tape. The Prime Minister met with the insurance industry, consumer and business groups yesterday (14 February 2012) to discuss the rising premiums that many drivers, families, consumers and businesses are facing, and the action [...]
25.01.12 – PM RTC BLOG ON LINKEDIN
25.01.12 – PM RTC BLOG ON LINKEDIN LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 135 million members worldwide, today announced its support of a Government initiative to promote new enterprise in the UK by reducing the burden of regulation. As part of the ‘Red Tape Challenge’ campaign launched by the Prime Minister , [...]
04.01.12 – No10 RTC WEB CHAT
10 Downing Street are hosting an exclusive webchat, at 11.45am on 12 January, on the Disruptive Business Models theme. new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: ‘search’, search: ‘#redtapewebchat’, interval: 30000, title: ‘Red Tape Challenge – No10 Web Chat’, subject: ”, width: 250, height: 260, theme: { shell: { background: ‘#d11b64′, color: ‘#ffffff’ }, tweets: { background: [...]
22.12.11 – SIR GUS O’DONNELL ON THE RTC
SIR GUS O’DONNELL, HEAD OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, WRITES IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ABOUT THE RED TAPE CHALLENGE Sir Gus O’Donnell, Head of the Civi Service, has called the Red Tape Challenge his “favourite case study” of Government Departments and the Civil Service thinking creatively and reaching out to SMEs, in an article in the [...]
15.12.11 – ROAD TRANSPORT ANNOUNCEMENT
ROAD TRANSPORT ANNOUNCEMENT – GOVERNMENT SLASHES MOTORING RED TAPE (15 December) Drivers are to be released from reams of red tape currently required by government, Transport Secretary Justine Greening announced today. Our Road Transport Red Tape Challenge spotlight was live between 20 May and 17 June – and received over 2000 comments. Within the Road [...]
15.12.11 – EMPLOYMENT: YOU SAID, WE DID
EMPLOYMENT – YOU SAID, WE DID (23 November) Last month, the Government announced its plans to radicaly reform the employment law system – cutting unnecessary demands on business while safeguarding workers’ rights. The full BIS press notice can be found here. Your comments on our Employment Red Tape Challenge theme were used to produce this [...]
HEALTH & SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT
HEALTH & SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT (28 November) The Government has announced plans to begin a major cut back of health and safety red tape as early as January, following the publication of the Löfstedt Review into health and safety legislation on the 28 November. The full DWP press notice can be found here. Professor Löfstedt’s report [...]
