23 Quotes by John Cridland

There is also a real danger that providers will create structures for artificial reasons to get around arcane rules governing market entry, rather than creating partnerships that add public value.

The opportunity to simplify regulation and get rid of duplication must not be missed. Britain's future competitiveness depends on it.

The private, voluntary and public sectors have all raised this as an issue, so the system clearly isn't working as it should.

It welcomes new powers for shareholders to vote through proportionate liability for auditors, which should result in a fairer sharing of the burden between companies and their auditors.

The temptation to overwhelm them with unjustified employment law, just to placate the trade union movement, must be resisted.

Against this background firms are cutting back on their investment plans and expect the rate of job losses to increase.

Companies still need to get the job done,

As it stands, (pension) trustees will feel compelled to make companies adopt aggressive new funding plans regardless of the impact on the business or on scheme members.

This is an attempt to broker a compromise that has completely backfired,