Company And Commercial Law Under The Spotlight

The Red Tape Challenge has over the past months has made a great impact on doing away or improving current legislation and regulation and is proving to be a great way for the public and firms to have their say over nuisances and matters that get in the way of doing business effectively. Running since it’s launch during April 2011, it has already looked at numerous areas of  business and now it’s the turn of Company and Commercial Law building on the Companies Act 2006, looking at areas such as the audit regime to assist small and medium sized companies as well as the approach to filing documents at Companies House.

Some of the main considerations are

-Internal workings of companies and partnerships: Rules on shares and share capital, requirement to hold information at business premises and rules on meetings and resolutions.

-Accounts and returns: The content, form and auditing requirements of financial accounts and other reports.

-Business names: The rules covering company names.

-Disclosure of company information: The regulations covering the information companies must supply to the official register.

The company law theme will run from 26th January to 16th February 2012; have your say on a wide range of issues. Read More > Red Tape Challenge

The New Business in You 2012 Business StartUp Campaign

The new 2012 startup business drive – has been launched for 2012. “There’s a business in everyone –  What’s the business in you?”  launched by The PM David Cameron.

2011 saw more than a 20% increase in new business startups recorded, year-on-year, and the new 2012 launch campaign is set to increase further on the 470,000 or more recorded businesses 2011.

The Olympic year of 2012 is a unique moment for Great Britain globally as is for the business community. The ‘Business In You’ is aimed as a partnership between private enterprise and Government to highlight support for start-ups and growing businesses and encourage entrepreneurial spirit in 2012.

Whether looking to test ideas, or develop financial and planning skills,the campaign is to give support and inspiration that new startups are looking for by using successful, real-life examples. It also provides links to key business support tools, highlighting top tools available from BusinessLink, StartUp Britain and a whole range of partners. Read more >  Business In You 

Brighton Half Marathon 19 February 2012

Now in its 22nd year, the Brighton Half Marathon is one of the longest established and most popular seafront road race events in the UK. The Main registration is SOLD OUT and closed for the 2012 Brighton Half Marathon. There are limited Half Marathon Premier Packages left  here. You can run for Charity here, register for Youth Races here or become a Volunteer here. Full information about Race Day can be found here. If you have any questions regarding race day please check FAQ’s here. Brighton & Hove Business team wish good luck to everyone and if you can’t make it on the day you can make a donation to The Sussex Beacon  here

The Holiday Inn Hotel Seafront Brighton

The hotel accommodation provider to the forthcoming  London 2012 Olympic Games are the chosen host venue for staging The Brighton & Hove Business Days events 2012,  January through to April 2012.

The Holiday Inn Brighton-Seafront is an excellent location for business meetings and conferences in Brighton. It boasts a central location overlooking the sea, 9 fully equipped meeting rooms all with wi-fi internet and air conditioning and an outdoor terrace which is great for breakouts. Room are all designed to motivate and inspire, and their quiet surroundings make it an ideal location for meetings.

The first business 2 business event networks on 26 January 2012 and is FREE to all businesses, large and small, across Brighton & Hove and Sussex.  Simply register your attendance online at Brighton & Hove Business Days

Internships, Work Experience and Mentoring

New Coalition Government initiative has more than 100 major UK businesses signed up to a new initiative featuring internships, work experience, mentoring and ‘blank’ cv’s -  all coming under the spotlight of the compact.

The compact proposes asking for CVs without the name or the school details of candidates in order to remove the risk of discrimination during the application process. Firms pleding include Tesco, barclays and Coco Cola  which requires them to recruit “fairly and without discrimination” by using application forms that don’t allow candidates to be screened out due to the school they went to or their ethnicity.

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Requirements of the compact

Businesses and organisations that sign up to the compact must agree to: support communities and schools to raise aspirations through, for example, reading and mentoring schemes or encouraging their staff to go out to schools and inspire pupils about their careers; open opportunities up to all young people by advertising their work experience places through schools, online and in other public forums, rather than just giving places to informal contacts; make access to internships open and transparent, with financial support such as providing expenses or accommodation, or by treating the internship as a job that can be paid under national minimum wage law; and, recruit fairly and without discrimination, using application forms that don’t allow candidates to be screened out because they went to the wrong school or come from a different ethnic group (including through using “name-blank” and “school-blank” applications where appropriate).

Tendering information

The Intellectual Property Office carry useful weblinks for tendering opportunities -  read more > Brighton & Hove Business  -

The new style Spring 2012 Business Days FREE events, being held at The Holiday Inn Brighton Seafront, including all -day Business 2 Business networking, starting 26 January 2012 are pleased to welcome back The Intellectual Property Office.

The IPO will be providing free up-to-the-minute guidance and presentations for businesses covering topics such as patents, copyrights, trademarks, infringements and especially how to protect your growing brand. They will further help with  IP guidance  relating to The London Games 2012.  Online firms, website designers, new media, digital related industries are especially welcome to attend this event along with general business, product and services. Register online to attend > Brighton & Hove Business

Protect your growing brand

If your business missed the opportunity during 2011, to attend the free Autumn presentation provided by The Intellectual Property Office, at  The Brighton & Hove Business Show, then register free today to attend this latest up-to-the minute FREE business presentation at Holiday Inn Brighton, 26 January 2012 and spend the day in good company with scores of other businesses exhibiting and networking at The Business Days Events this Spring whilst learning more about @The_IPO  Registration is required online > Brighton & Hove Business

Back on track with LOCOG

LOCOG Presentations – 26 January 2012 – The team from LOCOG – the huge organising body behind the Olympic Games  – The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd -  representatives will be back providing further information about London 2012 to Sussex Businesses, being less than 200 days away to the largest event staged in the UK.

If your business missed this opportunity during 2011, to attend the free Autumn presentations provided by The Brighton & Hove Business Show, then register free today to attend these up-to-the minute presentations at Holiday Inn Brighton and spend the day in good company with scores of other businesses exhibiting and networking at The Business Days event whilst learning more about @London2012. Register > Brighton & Hove Business

Small Business Advice Sought On Fraud

More than £780 million a year is being lost by small businesses due to actions of fraud according to latest research. Small Businesses are being provided with an opportunity to share their experiences about fraud and requirements to self-protect and prevention.

During 2012 Action Fraud are actively seeking advice from small businesses to ensure the best service and offers to improve their online resources. This is a genuine opportunity for small businesses to tell Action Fraud what is relevant, useful and helpful.  Read more > Action Fraud 

 

Olympic Venues Signed Up Under Legacy

The cabinet’s first meeting of the year will be spent at The London Olympics site, to mark 200 days until the start of the Games as three more venues have secured future operators under The Legacy -  the Aquatics Centre, handball arena and observation tower. The future operators of six venues have now been secured and organisers say they are confident for signing up the remaining two, the stadium and the media centre,  ahead of the opening ceremony.

Jeremy Hunt, Culture Minister states

“… an area of London which had been used as the city’s “dumping ground” had been completely transformed by the Games project.

“That just wouldn’t have happened if we hadn’t been hosting the Olympics…”

 ”…To have got to the situation where six of the eight major facilities now have a proper legacy use is a big milestone and we want to get the other two sorted as well…”

The Olympics will run from 27 July to 12 August and the Paralympics from 29 August to 9 September.

Brighton & Hove Business Days Events will be hosting LOCOG representatives 26 January 2012 to present up to the minute news to businesses in the region about Jobs at the Games, last minute Tendering, The Torch Relay and The Olympic Legacy. Read more here > Brighton & Hove Business Days Events