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  • Companies Act 2006: executive summary of evaluation report

    Executive summary of a 2 volume report on the Companies Act 2006, by ORC International for the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: BIS monitoring and evaluation
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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  • Companies Act 2006: main findings of evaluation report (table)

    Summary table for the main findings of a 2 volume report on the Companies Act 2006 by ORC International for BIS.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: BIS monitoring and evaluation
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
    • Updated:
  • Know your consumer rights campaign: case study

    Case study on the ‘Know your consumer rights’ campaign led by BIS in partnership with the Office of Fair Trading and Consumer Focus.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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  • Reducing alcohol misuse: social marketing campaign - case sudy

    Case study on the social marketing campaign to combat alcohol misuse.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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  • Credit and store card regulations and users rights: case study

    Case study on tackling increasing concern about debt affordability and potential irresponsible lending practices.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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  • Regulation of injectable cosmetic treatment providers

    Case study on the regulation of the providers of injectable cosmetic treatments in a rapidly growing market.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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  • Salt reduction programme (Food Standards Agency, 2004): case study

    Case study on the 2004 Food Standards Agency (FSA) salt reduction programme.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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  • The framework for economic growth: supporting evidence

    Explains the background to the growth framework and examines how the UK performs in a range of policy areas. BIS economics paper number 9.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: BIS economics papers
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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  • The framework for economic growth: summary of supporting evidence

    BIS economics paper number 9 - summary.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: BIS economics papers
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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  • Simplifying consumer law

    Research report for BIS. Makes recommendations on how the various pieces of legislation on the sale and supply of goods and services to consumers…

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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  • Impact of regulation on small businesses

    Report to government by the Better Regulation Executive.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
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  • Implications of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill

    The report produced by the Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil & Energy Security on the implications of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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  • Making automatic enrolment work – a review for the Department for Work and Pensions

    The review considered the best ways of introducing automatic enrolment into workplace pensions.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
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  • National Illegal Money Lending Project: interim evaluation

    Presents the findings and evidence from a review of the effectiveness of the illegal money lending national project that started in 2007.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: BIS monitoring and evaluation
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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  • National Illegal Money Lending Project: summary of interim evaluation

    Summarises the interim evaluation of the illegal money lending national project.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: BIS monitoring and evaluation
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
    • Updated:
  • Business regulation: age restricted products

    Reviews the regulation of age restricted products.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Better Regulation Delivery Office
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  • Downloads and other digital products: do consumer rights apply?

    Research report for the department that analyses whether current consumer protection legislation applies to digital products, primarily downloads…

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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  • UK Continental Shelf: map of UK-Ireland lost areas

    Map illustrating UK-Ireland lost areas of continental shelf.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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  • Safety lessons: working at height on ships

    A safety message to the shipping industry about ensuring you have safety measures and rescue procedures in place.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: MAIB safety information and flyers
    • Organisation: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
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  • What businesses are doing to influence consumer demand for low-carbon goods and services

    Report for BIS on research that aimed was to understand what drivers are behind business actions to encourage the take up of low-carbon products…

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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