Unravelling Red Tape: Business leaders welcome taskforce pledge on EU regulation

BUSINESS leaders in the West Midlands have welcomed a pledge from the Prime Minister’s Business Taskforce to ease the burden on firms of unnecessary EU regulations.

David Cameron said he would be taking the fight on red tape to the EU after business leaders said the regulatory burden was costing them billions of pounds.

A relaxation of the rules on issues such as health and safety compliance could alone save firms around £2bn, while other measures could include simplifying waste collection and chemical... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...

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