Do you know who carries the employment risk for your agency workers? This is a question that businesses should be asking themselves - most employment agencies engage their workers under 'contracts for services' which are intended to deny the existence of any employment relationship but this has created a grey area as to who is recognised as the worker's employer.

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Marketing is crucial function of every business but it is not something that can be done just sitting in an office.

Listening to customers means meeting them and assessing the market. Monitoring the competition means being out there constantly looking for trends, changes and new developments.

The International Trade Centre (ITC) for Liverpool City Region provides a one-stop-shop service for international business support on Merseyside with a team of International Trade Executives, many of whom are overseas market specialists.

On 14th September Advisors from the Euro Info Centre North West will also be here all day to help you to find your perfect business partner in Europe

No one knows the true depth of the problem but undoubtedly there are tens of thousands of illegal workers within the three nations that comprise Great Britain.

Thousands avoiding, and being aided in their avoidance by unscrupulous employers and others within, creating a massive black hole in the aim to create a level employment field with full employment and health and safety protection.

Businesses in the North West are being urged to think about water as a valuable commodity that is potentially being poured down the drain.

Envirowise will be offering North West companies advice on the benefits of conducting a full review of their water use during next months' Water at Work Week - which takes place from 17-21 September. But there are simple steps that every business can take now: