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The first company to be charged under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
01/05/2009
Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings is reported to be the first company charged with the criminal offence of corporate manslaughter following the death of an employee who was killed while taking soil samples from a building site when a pit collapsed. One of its directors has also been charged with the common law offence of gross negligence manslaughter.
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Active Risk Management Refutes
12/03/2009
On Friday, February 20, Lynne-Marie Howden 43, a director of a business consultancy company, was found guilty of careless driving after crashing into another car on the A429 in Warwickshire in November 2007.
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Rates reach a new low
06/03/2009
The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 0.5% - a fresh all-time low - and says it will now boost the money supply to help revive the economy.
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