If you’re in the food business, and you’re not across the fact the Food Act 2014 has been introduced, you need to be – especially if you’re one of the countless ventures that should have already registered.
Local employers who hire migrants would do well to double-check they’re complying with all of their employment obligations, lest they be banned from employing foreign staff, under new laws which came into effect on April 1.
At school, (yes that was a few moons ago), I remember there was one guy who had an incredibly difficult existence. I can’t recall a single thing he did that would even begin to explain the insidious hostility levelled at him day in, day out, yet he was “The Target”.
New minimum wage rates have just been introduced, providing a good time for employers to ensure they’re up with the pay play – remembering the cost of breaching these laws can be more painful than many realise.
If you’ve ever been at the helm of any venture, you don’t need me to tell you about the hard graft, long hours and sheer breadth of critical decision-making required to keep a business’ engine room firing.
In his song, Italian Restaurant, Billy Joel sums up a piece of fraud prevention advice I regularly give to small business owners: A bottle of white, a bottle of red … perhaps a bottle of rose instead.
