Business calls for tough line on 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 urged in a report published on the 20 April 2010 as UK business steped up pressure on the political parties over red tape.

Tim Ambler of the London Business School, the co-author of a report for the BCC, said he was 'very unimpressed' by all the parties' manifesto pledges on regulation, which failed to take the impact of EU legislation into account.

The British Chambers of Commerce: Homepage http://www.britishchambers.org.uk/

BCC:Worlds Apart: The EU & British Regulatory Systems, 2009 http://www.britishchambers.org.uk/policy-maker/policy-reports-and-publications/worlds-apart-the-eu-and-british-regulatory-system.html

BCC: Press Release, 20.4.10: Tick box approach to EU law is not good for British business http://www.britishchambers.org.uk/press-office/press-releases/

BCC: Is regulation really good for us?, April 2010 http://www.britishchambers.org.uk/assets/downloads/policy_reports_2010/is_regulation_really_good_good_for_us.pdf

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