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The Government has announced a range of changes to make it simpler for businesses to apply new product conformity markings for most products placed on the market in England, Scotland and Wales.

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has published a Corporate Plan, setting out a work programme for its first operational year.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is seeking evidence on the use and the potential impact of two substances that their addition to the UK REACH Authorisation List could have.

We reported earlier this year that the Department for Education (DfE) had invited comments on proposed amendments to the 2021 statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), with a view to making changes for September this year (see Have Your Say on Keeping Children safe in Education).

It may sell “probably the best lager in the world” but Carlsberg now has a significant safety fail on its record after pleading guilty in Birmingham Crown Court to charges relating to an ammonia gas leak at one of its breweries.

In a speech to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has announced plans to unlock export opportunities worth more than £20 billion by resolving around 100 priority trade barriers.

New data published by Ofsted has revealed a decrease of around 4000 early years providers in England between April 2021 and March 2022, which is the largest annual fall since 2015/16.

With 6.5 million workers planning to quit in search of better jobs in the next year, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has stressed the importance of considering job quality in the round, noting that pay is not a “silver bullet” for keeping staff.

In a move that recognises rising living costs and the competitive recruitment market, one of the UK’s largest professional services firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), is to make what it describes as its most significant increases to staff pay for a decade.

Having considered the views and evidence provided during consultation, including responses by representatives of the goods road transport sector, the Government has decided not to continue with the permission of additional cabotage rights.