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  • The Business Impact Target, Growth Duty and Small Business Appeals Champion: Consultation on scope and guidance

    This consultation sets out which regulators the Government proposes to bring within scope of the Business Impact Target (BIT), Growth Duty and Small Business Appeals Champion. It also seeks views on draft statutory guidance that is intended to support implementation of the Growth Duty and the Small Business Appeals Champion. This consultation is relevant to regulators and businesses and members of civil society subject to regulation. More
    Closed 18 March 2016

  • Damages Directive Implementation

    The Damages Directive is designed to make it easier for businesses and individuals to claim for compensation when they have been victims of a breach of European competition law. The consultation sets out the UK Government's proposed approach to the relatively minor changes required to implement the Directive in the UK. More
    Closed 9 March 2016

  • Innovate UK’s Integration with Research UK

    The government has announced that it will take forward Sir Paul Nurse’s recommendation to bring the seven Research Councils under a new overarching body – Research UK. It will also look to integrate Innovate UK into Research UK, to strengthen collaboration with the research base and the commercialisation of discoveries in the business community. We would welcome your views on how we could maximise the opportunities from Innovate UK’s integration into Research UK. More
    Closed 19 February 2016

  • Consultation on the level of banded support for new solar PV under the Renewables Obligation

    This consultation was carried out by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. In July 2016, the department merged with the Department for Business and Innovation and Skills to form the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The consultation sets out the Government’s proposals for reduced support under the Renewables Obligation (RO), to apply from 1 June 2016. The proposals will affect solar PV generating stations with an accreditation date from 23 July 2015 onwards... More
    Closed 27 January 2016

  • Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice

    The consultation on higher education entitled Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice sets out a broad range of proposals to reshape the higher education landscape to have students at its heart. Its core aims are to raise teaching standards, provide greater focus on graduate employability, widen participation in higher education, and open up the sector to new high-quality entrants. We are seeking views on proposals to: introduce a... More
    Closed 15 January 2016

  • Long Residency Eligibility Criteria

    We intend to introduce new eligibility criteria for student support to allow people who have a long residential connection to the UK to enter higher education. A recent Supreme Court judgement required the government to consider adopting more tailored eligibility criteria to those without settled status in the UK. The new criteria will avoid breaching avoid breaching the rights of similar applicants. More
    Closed 8 January 2016

  • Tackling Exploitation in the Labour Market

    More people are working in the UK than ever before. Over 2 million private sector jobs have been created since 2010, resulting in 600,000 fewer workless households [1] . 73.4% of people aged 16 to 64 are now in employment [2] and an increasing proportion of women and older people are participating in the labour market [3] . The UK has a strong statutory framework to ensure that those in work are entitled to work in the UK, are paid at least the National Minimum Wage – and from April... More
    Closed 7 December 2015

  • Switching Suppliers - making it easy for consumers to switch

    If you knew you had won £200 on the lottery, would you forget to claim it? Probably not. Yet consumers across the UK are effectively ignoring significant savings every year when they stick with their current providers of essential but routine services. We’re very familiar with the concept of comparing tins of beans, or headphones, or holidays. We look at price, quality of product and customer service and we are happy to change providers in search of a good deal. But what about those... More
    Closed 4 December 2015

  • Independent Review of Self-Employment - Share your Story

    Julie Deane OBE, Founder and CEO of The Cambridge Satchel Company The Prime Minister asked me to carry out an independent review into self-employment and to make recommendations as to how the UK can create a more flexible and supportive environment for those who want to work for themselves. I am keen to hear a wide range of views from as many people and as many different sectors as possible. Whatever your occupation or business model, if you work for yourself, I want to hear about your... More
    Closed 30 November 2015

  • Tips, gratuities, cover and service charges - a call for evidence

    The payment of tips, gratuities, cover and service charges is prevalent in a number of sectors. Concerns have been raised about the treatment of such payments in the hospitality sector particularly in relation to the percentage of each payment that goes directly to the employer. This call for evidence is to gather information on how tips, gratuities, cover and service charges are collected and current practice in relation to whether and how much employers deduct from their employees. More
    Closed 10 November 2015

  • Reforming the Business Energy Efficiency Tax Landscape

    This consultation was carried out by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. In July 2016, the department merged with the Department for Business and Innovation and Skills to form the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Please see full consultation document at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-reforming-the-business-energy-efficiency-tax-landscape Subject of this consultation: Following the announcement of a... More
    Closed 9 November 2015

  • Extending and Simplifying Primary Authority : Keeping the UK Competitive

    Primary Authority provides businesses with consistent, tailored, assured advice they can rely on and provides regulators with flexible ways of working. This gives businesses greater confidence to invest and grow and increases regulator efficiency. Operational since 2009, Primary Authority makes it easier to comply with regulation and run a business in the UK. The scheme is very successful. Since its introduction, It has been extended, having proved very popular with business and has... More
    Closed 5 November 2015

  • Consultation on a review of the Feed-in Tariffs scheme

    This consultation was carried out by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. In July 2016, the department merged with the Department for Business and Innovation and Skills to form the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. This consultation proposes a set of measures to control costs under the Feed-in Tariff, including revised tariffs based on updated technology cost data, a more stringent degression mechanism and deployment caps leading to the phased closure of... More
    Closed 23 October 2015

  • Freezing the student loan repayment threshold

    We're seeking your views on keeping the student loan repayment threshold at £21,000 for 5 years. More
    Closed 14 October 2015

  • Apprenticeships levy: employer owned apprenticeships training

    This consultation invites you to comment on the government’s proposal to introduce an apprenticeship levy to enable employers to choose and pay for the apprenticeship training. The consultation seeks views on: paying the levy; how the levy should work for employers who operate across the whole of the UK; how to make sure that employers paying the levy have the opportunity to get more out than they put in; how best to give employers control of... More
    Closed 2 October 2015

  • Posted Workers Consultation

    Posted workers are individuals who are employed in one European Member State but sent by their employer to work temporarily in another Member State before returning home. The 1996 Posted Workers Directive (96/71/EC) provides a framework so that both businesses and workers can take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the single market. The Directive supports the freedom to provide services across the EU and provides both fair competition for businesses and respect for the... More
    Closed 24 September 2015

  • Devolving Sunday Trading Rules

    Large shops (those with a relevant floor area of over 280 square metres / 3,000 square feet) have restricted opening hours on a Sunday, but smaller shops can open all day. This consultation seeks views on whether the Government should devolve Sunday trading rules as part of its localism agenda in order to give local areas greater control of their local economy and improve the well-being of local citizens. The Government is consulting on two options for devolving Sunday trading... More
    Closed 16 September 2015

  • Consultation on tackling intimidation of non-striking workers

    The Government is reforming and modernising the rules relating to picketing. The Trade Union Bill makes key aspects of the Code of Practice on Picketing legally binding. In addition the Government is consulting on: whether the legal framework should be strengthened, including whether there should be a new criminal offence for picketing and what other enforcement there should be. updating the Code of Practice on Picketing to cover social media; whether the Code should be... More
    Closed 9 September 2015

  • Hiring agency staff during strike action: reforming regulation

    The recruitment sector is regulated by the Employment Agencies Act 1973 and the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (the ‘Conduct Regulations’). Currently Regulation 7 of the Conduct Regulations prohibits employment businesses from providing agency workers to cover the duties normally performed by an employee of an organisation who is taking part in a strike or other industrial action, or to cover the work of an employee covering the duties of an... More
    Closed 9 September 2015

  • Consultation on ballot thresholds in important public services

    Trade Unions can play an important role in the work place. They have a legitimate need to represent their members’ interests, and sometimes that involves balloting for industrial action. However, there is also a responsibility to ensure that industrial action is only used as a measure of last resort and where there is clear and ongoing support for doing so. The Trade Union Bill which the Government introduced in to Parliament in July includes provisions to ensure... More
    Closed 9 September 2015

  • Small Business Commissioner consultation

    Small businesses are not always sure where to turn to help them sort out disputes with other businesses. There are existing dispute resolution bodies which provide valuable services. But for general contractual issues, including where smaller businesses feel that other businesses treat them unfairly, the Government is concerned that not enough small businesses are able to settle their problems with larger corporations sufficiently quickly and inexpensively while maintaining their business... More
    Closed 21 August 2015

  • Small Business Commissioner Survey (disputes and dispute resolution)

    The Government is determined to see smaller businesses thrive and grow, to help support our economy, both locally and nationally. We are proposing to establish a Small Business Commissioner to lead a culture change in how businesses resolve – and ultimately avoid – commercial disputes. We have published a consultation paper setting out our current thinking and seeking views on its scope, functions and powers. This survey is crucial in complementing the consultation paper by seeking... More
    Closed 21 August 2015

  • Competition regime: Competition and Markets Authority - government's strategic priorities

    This consultation is on the government’s proposed new Ministerial Strategic Steer for the Competition and Markets Authority. The Steer outlines the government's strategic priorities for the CMA. When the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was established the government issued a non-binding Ministerial Strategic Steer outlining the government’s strategic priorities for the CMA. The Steer provides a transparent statement of how the government sees competition fitting with its... More
    Closed 16 August 2015

  • A dual mandate for adult vocational education

    The consultation document – A Dual Mandate for Adult Vocational Education: summarises what has been done since 2010 to promote a high quality system of vocational education and taining for adults across further and higher education sectors analyses England's weaker performance on higher level vocational education with many of our comparator nations Identifies 3 core themes associated with higher level skills and recognises the importance of individuals being given a... More
    Closed 16 June 2015

  • Consultation on Support for Postgraduate Study

    At Autumn Statement 2014, Government announced its intention to introduce a new loan system for postgraduate taught Master’s students. For the first time, anyone under age 30 who is eligible and accepted to study a postgraduate taught Master’s course, in any subject, will be able to access an income contingent loan of up to £10,000. Our objective is to support the highest levels of skills to support the UK economy, and increase participation at postgraduate taught level by... More
    Closed 29 May 2015

  • Mapping the UK knowledge landscape (CST)

    The Council for Science and Technology (CST) is investigating the UK’s knowledge landscape. The aim of this project is to build a picture of the whole research landscape in the UK and to develop a stronger evidence base. This will help to inform future strategic decision-making and help the UK to maintain and develop its excellence in research. More
    Closed 30 April 2015

  • Recovering unpaid Employment Tribunal awards survey

    A survey on experiences of enforcement of unpaid employment tribunal (ET) awards and Acas conciliated settlements (COT3). As part of our wider work on improving the rate of payment we have commissioned further research on unpaid awards due to deliver its findings in June 2015. This survey will complement that research by giving people the opportunity to share their experiences of trying to recover unpaid awards, how they chose (or did not choose) to take action, what the outcome was... More
    Closed 27 March 2015

  • Alternative Providers of Higher Education: Improving Quality and Value For Money

    This consultation seeks views on three proposals aimed at improving the overall outcomes for students and value for money at alternative providers of higher education. Together these proposals aim to improve the likelihood that students at alternative providers will succeed in their courses, complete their qualifications, and go on to benefit from their higher education experience. We aim to do this by supporting students to make well informed choices and encouraging providers to put... More
    Closed 27 March 2015

  • Updated guidance on The Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012

    BIS is seeking the views of stakeholders on draft revised guidance on the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012. Contributions should be sent by close on Friday 20 March 2015. More
    Closed 20 March 2015

  • Proposed Amendments to the Employment Tribunal Postponement Procedures

    This consultation seeks views on the proposed changes to the rules governing Employment Tribunal postponements. One of the concerns about the Tribunal system voiced by stakeholders, is the time it takes. Unecessary and short notice postponements can increase the length of the process and lead to additional stress and costs for those involved. In response to this, and subject to parliamentary approval. the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment (SBEE) Bill will include measures to... More
    Closed 12 March 2015
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