Ministers will have to answer to a panel of business experts before proposing new red tape measures, under plans to be announced by Vince Cable

Lord Young has been appointed enterprise tsar with a remit to cut red tape for small business and told by David Cameron to be 'brutally honest'.

The UK must toughen its regulatory system and bring it into line with that of the European Union, the British Chambers of Commerce urges as business steps up pressure on the political parties over red tape.

The UK must toughen its regulatory system and bring it into line with that of the European Union, the British Chambers of Commerce urges as business steps up pressure on the political parties over red tape.

A Conservative government would cull redundant regulators and curb the cost of new regulations, in a drive to reduce the red tape burden on business, Ken Clarke, shadow business secretary, is set to announce

Business groups have attacked the new employment laws coming into effect this spring, claiming the sheer volume makes a mockery of the Government's pledge to reduce red tape and encourage firms to employ more people.

Is it impossible for small companies to win public contracts? Public procurement is generally seen at least as a daunting task for smaller enterprises. The Small Business Act for Europe was launched by the European Commission 25 June 2008 to lower the hurdles faced by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The aim was neatly put by Commission president José Manuel Barroso: Less red tape...

Mark Prisk is Minister of State for Business & Enterprise and is MP for Hertford & Stortford: Cutting the burden of regulation is vital if we are to help the private sector grow. This is especially the case for small and medium sized enterprises that face disproportionate costs from unnecessary red tape. Under Labour the burden of

Union lackey of recent bottled water fame, our new immigration minister, Phil Woolas is sticking his nose where it doesn't belong. They may have control of some of our largest banks, they have strangled small business to within an inch of life through the incessant introduction of red tape, compliance and other anti-business bullshit, but as yet they have no right to tell us who we should employ. ...

A GOVERNMENT department that has produced a raft of booklets, forms and charts to keep drivers safe while on official business has been accused of engulfing staff in red tape.