business law change ideas

The UK public have submitted 314 law change ideas relating to business.

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Streamline the Tax and Benefits system.
11 Comments Get out of Europe

We should leave the EU.

Repeal the laws that have taken sovereignty away from the p
1 Comment paper work Scrap work permits Scrap work permits entirely.If someone is legally resident in the UK, let them work and contribute t
bank holiday Scrap Bank Holidays (and add 8 days to annual leave)
1 Comment empty property Empty property tax
3 Comments agricultural land Allowing low impact development on agricultural land
Bowl of small soily carrots Change the organic farming system
2 Comments Abolish the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Quango
2 Comments bank holiday Removal of Sunday and Bank Holiday trading restrictions
36 Comments driver-cpc-hours1 Drop The Driver CPC
2 Comments Desk with sheets of figures, tax Abolish business rates

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36 Comments Drop The Driver CPC
11 Comments Get out of Europe

We should leave the EU.

Repeal the laws that have taken sovereignty away from the p
3 Comments Unisex Toilets Lift Restrictions on Unisex Toilets

There are several regulations under HASAWA and elsewhere that restrict or prohibit unisex toil
3 Comments agricultural land Allowing low impact development on agricultural land
3 Comments Unisex Toilets Lift Restrictions on Unisex Toilets
2 Comments Enact the Bank of England (Creation of Currency) Bill 2010
2 Comments bank holiday Removal of Sunday and Bank Holiday trading restrictions
2 Comments Legalise building and selling computers
2 Comments Desk with sheets of figures, tax Abolish business rates
2 Comments Abolish the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Quango
2 Comments Metricate Britain

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2 Comments Metricate Britain

Metricate Britain so Britain is in line with the rest of the world in regards to the universal
Ammendment to the Arbitration Act 1986

The Arbitration Act 1986 was supposed to make the resolution of business to business disp
Speeding up Traffic Flow

One of the biggest daily holdups is that at the Dartford Crossing.   Tolls are colle
Creating new jobs without additional funding

The UK government has said during this period of austerity they will not be

Allow visitors from outside the EU to volunteer freely in the UK
bring back British Standards in construction
something politicians find hard to grasp about drugs
Share Undreground Ducting to offer many services.
Joining the Metric World
Automate the Dartford Tolls to the Congestion Charge Standard
Stop control by the Patent System
Repeal Part I of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1987
Curb HMRC Powers (and the way they use them)
High Court Enforcement for Business Owners Houses
Abolish penalties for nil HMRC returns, specifically CIS
Procurement: end charges to see the tenders
Financial Education
better register of country court judgements
Repeal/Amendment to the Smoking Ban
Vat charged on zero-rated items at cafes(specifically Motorway Services)
Repeal the ‘Work at Height Regulations 2005′
Coalition’s internet ‘consultation’ sham as ministers reject every single suggestion
Scrap On/Off peak price increases
Repeal British law allowing for accumulation of extreme wealth
Make it easy to open a bank account
I challenge the government and anybody to prove the contrary of this
Abolish the Government
Stop rich foreign investors from buying land in poor countries
Reform Insurance Premium Tax (IPT)
debt-free money for public works
UNFAIR BANK CHARGES RECLAIM AND DAVID CAMERONS LETTER TO MARTIN LEWIS
3 Comments Lift Restrictions on Unisex Toilets
more restrictions on advertising/sales
Energy companies must pay YOU interest if they hold your money.
Lets see control over immigration.
ABOLISH NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE
Sunday Trading Laws
Raise or scrap limits on maximum investment by individuals in co-operative businesses.
payment terms for businesses
Scrap VAT on used goods
How to reform the foreign aid to better help the third world develop, increase food security, reduce CO2, increase forest cover in the UK and build cheap and affordable houses for British people.
1 Comment Why our drug laws are not working
Scrap National Insurance contributions & increase Tax
remove the opening restictions on Sunday in England and Wales
Freedom / Pope / don’t dig-away human rights law
Make dealing with the revenue simpler
Smoking Ban in Public Houses (From a NON-Smoker)
Employment Referencing Law
One version only of Small Company Accounts
Law of Distraint should be amended.
Repeal the National Minimum Wage and replace with a “Top-Up Benefits System.”
Remove this pointless red tape: The right to request flexible working
Reduce business rates in town centres and increase them in out of town parks
Make metric labelling compulsory as the primary unit of measurement on all items sold in all UK retailers
2012 Olympic Laws
Consumer Protection
Motor Caravan Aires and Wild Camping in suitable locations
END RESTRICTIONS ON SUNDAY TRADING
Reform the National Minimum Wage to allow profit-share enterprises
Sunday Trading Laws
Smoking Ban – Let’s have a referendum!
Regional disparities
3 Comments We want the governement to explain this –Sativex– vs–Cannabis–
Access To UK Citizenship
Repeal European Union Membership
Circumvent the Glass Ceiling
Equal Pay for Equal Work
towing allowances on post 1997 driving licences
Stop companies using premium rate numbers
Repeal Laws which Prevent Working From Home
HOW TO IMPROVE HOUSING MARKET FAST WITH A BETTER CONVEYANCING SYSTEM (i.e., take a leaf from North of the Border!)
Encourage young entrepreneurs, don’t hold them back
Tax Foreign Lorries
Fairer insurance law for consumers…
Streamline the Tax and Benefits system.
Repeal the cartel offence (s.180 Enterprise Act 2002)
What’s the point in Law if you can’t get it upheld.
Supermarkets to contribute
Bankers, contribute to society!
Abolish the No Win No Fee System
Support British Industry!
Unneccesary Closure of Roads
Scrap the Funds for Liabilities burden on telecoms companies
BAN TASER WEAPONS IN USE BY THE POLICE
Cut Legal and Accountancy Fees
Repeal Sunday trading laws
New Type of School – Centre of Enterprise
11 Comments Get out of Europe
Stop the Lawyer & Accountant Gravy Train
Commercial Leases. Landlord & Tenant Act Review
All official answers must be committal not noncommittal
Overhaul The Companies Act And Various Revisions For SME’s
Stop police searching & fining chefs, carpenters etc under s139 of Criminal Justice Act 1988 (CJA) and/or Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 and other knife related laws.
1 Comment Scrap work permits
Categorise Smoking in pubs
Repeal the European Communities Act 1972 (UK)
Remove the ability of councils to go against the wishes of the majority to satisfy their twisted ideologies
Ban lorries from using the fast lane
HSE reductions on Business & improvement for the Public
Tax Caravans and require they stop every 3 miles
Abolish business tax relief on house improvements
Redundant Farm Buildings Conversion
Repeal the 2004 Christmas Day Trading Act
repeal cto’s review mha 2007 consider civil/human rights/freedoms
Taxing burden on award winners
1 Comment Cut FREE boilers and central heating installations
I dont want automated cold call telephone calls
Repeal the Financial Services & Markets Act 2000
Scrap Bank Holidays (and add 8 days to annual leave)
The only idea you need: make all laws apply to MPs
Financial Education – Free to be Rich
Money Laundering Regulation overkill
Unfettered outdoor advertisement
Repeal Sunday shopping restrictions
1 Comment Move environmental taxes from point of disposal to point of sale
Remove requirements that research be funded based on “impact”
Abolish work permits
Cutting red tape for small farms
Lower 12.8% employers National Insurance to reduce unemployment.
Introduce an ‘Assured Shorthold Tenancy’ for commercial property
Entrepreuners’ Nightmares in the UK
Freedom for temporary trading, pop-up businesses and one-off events for profit.
A TAX SYSTEM FOR THE DIGITAL AGE… ‘The George Tax’
Amend minimum wage legislation to allow internships
Abolish Value Added Tax
let milk be milk – repealing pasteurisation laws
Cap NHS salaries from £30k not £21k
Abolish the Cattle Passport Scheme and The British Cattle Movement Service
1 Comment Amend Vehicle Excise and Registration Act & Regulations
reduce minimum hols back to 20 days inc bank holidays
Scrap Farm Subsidies
Smoking ban law: amendment
Website directories/networks for the Self-Employed
Simplify viewing of British Standards publications (BS numbers)
Repeal the Sunday Trading Legislation
Laws should only stipulate the intent for which they have been written.
Require courier services to offer local collection depots.
Remove the right to conduct industrial blackmail.
Remove the right to commercial confidentiality for all contracts entered into by national, reagional and local government
1 Comment Empty property tax
Scrap partial exemption from VAT
Start Managing the EU Social (slush) Fund
‘Waste carriers license’ making criminals out of inocent workers!
CLOSE DOWN BUSINESS LINK and….
Allow interior landscaping companies to use any pesticides designated for “home & garden use” in their clients’ premises
Fuel Duty Inflation link
Allow apprentices over 22 to opt out of the higher rate of the minimum wage
Abolish the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme to save bureaucracy, avoid payment recycling and huge complications
How to generate massive tax revenues while significantly reducing crime and its associated cost?
out of the EU
Deregulate Sunday Trading
REDUCE VAT on refurbishment & home improvement
1972 Superannuation Act
Give Unemployed / Criminal People Meaning In Their Lives
Reduce the VAT threshold
Company Law – Necessary Reforms
Regulate advertising through the tax system
Remove the Display Screen Equipment regulations
2 Comments Legalise building and selling computers
Remove Sunday Trading Restrictions in England & Wales
Give parents back responsibility for their children and stop penalising employers
Companies Act – Unnecessary Forms
Freedom of movement
Digital Economy Act 2010
Self-Taxing Of Cannabis, An Idea For Legitimacy
Revise Company Law
No business taxes, employee taxes or VAT
Make sure MPs have read legislation before voting on it
Remove all ewducation acts since 1976
Equalise HMRC interest penalties
3 Comments Allowing low impact development on agricultural land
1 Comment Require Unemployment benifit claimants to Clock On and Off
daylight saving, keep at BST, cost saver
Integrate Inward Migration policies w/NESTA
Allow shops to open for longer on Sundays
Government to list 5 existing laws per day on YF for public comment
INCREASE PERSONAL TAX ALLOWANCES FOR SELF EMPLOYED PEOPLE
End subsidies of the aviation industry
Free street trading.
Remove need to file annual return for dormant businesses
Enable Home Businesses
Great Repeal Bill – Part 1
More generous tax breaks for businesses who move into deprived areas
Outlaw toll roads and toll bridges
Legalise Filesharing
Safety Laws in the UK
Cease Bureaucratic CRB & Medical Checks.
Cut down statutory HR Laws
Change the PCI DSS Compliance regulations
2 Comments Enact the Bank of England (Creation of Currency) Bill 2010
Scrap Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act 2003
Change the organic farming system
Replace capital allowances with accounting depreciation and 100% allowance for small businesses
Provide a simple way to open financial accounts
Retailers suffering heavy penalties on age restricted products – simply wrong
Government Union Subsidies
Scrap Data Protection fee collection
Stop making and broadcasting Televison Adverts about tax issues, etc
No more PFIs
Require businesses to create entry-level jobs
What is the point of fire extinguishers?
Drop the opt-out from the Payment in Euros directive
VAT business bar
Excessive bank charges
Repeal Diving at Work Regulations 1997 for Recreational Training
Stop PAT testing power cords
stopping the waste of money on outsourced Gov IT contracts
Repeal health assessments for night workers
Productivity and pay of nurses
Housing, Benefits & Jobs
The new industry list for Britain
Repeal Civil Penalties Imposed on Businesses
1 Comment Leave the EU – that should stop most of the daft, expensive legislation
bank charges missed direct debit charges
Allow free market places in towns and cities
get rid of business rates for small businesses that fund themselves:
Bring public sector pay and conditions inline with private sector
When delayed by roadworks people should be compansated by the government.
Replace National minimum wage with a Regional minimum wage
Simplify premises licenses processes for online businesses
Ease the deadlines for VAT & PAYE/NIC payment
Money laundering regulations – no de-minimus limit
P11D return of benefits and expenses
2 Comments Abolish the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Quango
Stagger the vat threshold for business
Remove the need for multiple CRB Checks
Regulate to encourage more than to discourage
Raise the Business Bar
Enact broader safe harbours for internet businesses
Underage Drinking Responsibility
Regulate Auditor Expenses
Scrap Maternity Leave
Equal treatment employers and Jobseekers
2 Comments Removal of Sunday and Bank Holiday trading restrictions
Playing music in business premises
Scrap the Sunday Trading regulations
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006
Legalize Drugs
IR35
ABOLISH TRADE UNIONS
Rude words on the internet
Change the way in which public sector IT projects are handled
Merge the territorial police forces in London
Limit Self Assessment and Record Keeping for Hobbyist and Micro Businesses
repeal the law that gives councils a monopoly on markets
1 Comment small business rate relief and micro companies
British Standard Time
Streamline Hydrogen Vehicle Licensing
Place a lower limit on WEEE regulations
Allow rental of hardware which uses software
Abolish Sunday Trading Restrictions in England
Scrap ‘Waste Transportation Licence’ requirements for small businesses and sole traders
Codification of Banking laws
Clear paths of snow without fear of reprisal
No corporation tax return for very small companies
Obligatory Credit Insurance Against CAUSING bad debts
36 Comments Drop The Driver CPC
Non-paying customers: end this scourge of small businesses
ammend sunday trading
Reduce the powers of VOSA
Abolish the Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECA) Scheme
Blank P11D forms not required
Abolish or amend the Distance Selling Regulations
Ongoing Competency in Certificates of Professional Competency
The 1992 trade union and labour relations act should go
Abolish Thatcher’s anti-union laws
Opt out of EU Procurement Regulations for Public Contracts
Abolish Thatcher’s anti-union laws
Encryption laws
Scrap Copyright for personal/non-profit use
Scrap Copyright for personal/non-profit use
2 Comments Abolish business rates
Bring back Call Centres to the UK
Opt out of EU regulation 261
Sunday Trading
Legalisation and control of all drugs
Update the Gambling Act (w.r.t. Lotteries).
Remove FSMA2000 Restrictions on Info Sharing for Start-Up Biz Funding
Abolish Double NI Contriubtions For Self Employed
Expenses Taxation (IR480)
100 mb broadband minimum
Scrap ‘tax on account’ robbery of small businesses
1 Comment Lets remove Part P of the building regulations
Make the Tax System Simpler!
Consumer Credit Licences
Digital Economy Act
Rewarding Ethical Companies Using The Tax System
Save Britain’s Digital Economy by Repealing the Digital Economy Act
Repeal requirement for no smoking signs.
Trading Laws
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 – Amend
Deregulate Sunday trading laws
End Sunday Trading Law
The statutory regulation of managing agents
Stop making private and personal details completely public
Repeal excessive construction warning signs legislation
Restrict the buying of Alcohol to support smaller businesses
Sunday trading
Health and Safety – Removal of the burden of risk assessment and recording of findings
Remove the Challenge 25 policy.
“Fit and Proper” register for bookeeping services
Scrap or limit maternity/paternity pay and leave for small businesses and public sector
1 Comment Abolish Software Patents
Abolish Sunday trading restrictions
Legalisation of Cannabis
Money Laundering Rules
1 Comment Copyright Law – personal backup of video games
Prostitution
End IR35 immediately
2 Comments Repeal the Digital Economy Bill
Reducing bureaucracy for businesses
Reducing the burdens on businesses
Eliminating the disadvantages of EU rules
Improving business registration

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