First Voice


	August \| September 2001

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Small firms still suffering payment delays at the hands of large companies

Queen’s Speech brings limited cheer for members

FSB’s foot and mouth loans top £110,000

Small firms lukewarm on Brown

Scams continue to trap the unwary

Stakeholder pension deadline imminent

New service calls banks to account

Youth wage rises

FSB joins alliance to tackle care sector crisis

Number of start-ups falls...and it could get worse

Staff abscences still a problem

OFT lauches Stop Now Orders

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FSB joins alliance to tackle care sector crisis

The National Care Coalition (NCC) is a new umbrella body, comprising independent, private and not-for-profit care organisations, which aims to fight for the future of professional quality care for the elderly. The coalition seeks to raise a number of issues:

That all clients can continue to receive good quality care;
That care staff are properly remunerated;
That services are tendered and purchased within a framework of equality and fairness;
That care services are tailored to suit the needs of the client; and
That the political game of cat-and-mouse, played out between central and local government, over who is ultimately responsible for the funding of care, is ended.

For the full News, see pages 4-5, 7-8, 27 of the August/September 2001 issue of First Voice

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