Consumer Policy Review back issues from May 2004:
Pension price cap plea
May 01, 2004; ... News and views from Consumers' Association CA is urging the Government not to increase the charges on stakeholder pensions, after research shows that a rise in costs would put many people off investing in a pension. A CA survey found that 72 per cent of people would choose to put ...
Cruise warning
May 01, 2004; ... Holiday Which? has warned that cruise ships may not be doing enough to stop the spread of gastroenteritis among passengers at sea. It wants ...
Care homes
May 01, 2004; ... The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has agreed to investigate a number of concerns raised in a supercomplaint about the care homes industry. The supercomplaint was made by CA in conjunction with 28 other organisations. One of the main ...
Estate agents told: put your house in order
May 01, 2004; ... Which? has launched its Move It campaign, aimed at tacking rogue estate agents. The campaign follows research which found that there is wide mistrust of estate agents. In a survey, 70 per cent of people thought that estate agents frequently give misleading information about properties, and over ...
Stopping the superbug
May 01, 2004; ... A Which? survey has revealed that poor basic hygiene in hospitals could be to blame for many of the incidences of MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant superbug. More than 800 nurses were surveyed, and almost 70 per cent of them said insufficient handwashing by healthcare staff was a ...
Cosmetic claims
May 01, 2004; ... Claims such as 'dermatologically tested' or 'dermatologist approved' on many cosmetics and toiletries are potentially misleading, Health Which? says. Such claims imply that a product has reached a certain level of safety or effectiveness, but there are no standard industry-wide definitions on ...
Cereal offenders
May 01, 2004; ... As part of its ongoing nutrition campaign, CA has named and shamed major food manufacturers by revealing those big-brand breakfast cereals that contain excessive levels of sugar, salt and fat. CA looked at 100 breakfast cereals and found that 85 per cent contained a lot of sugar, nine ...
Stakeholder pensions' role in in solving the pensions crisis
May 01, 2004; ... John Jory, of stakeholder pension provider B&CE, puts stakeholder pensions in perspective, and looks at possible future pensions developments ABSTRACT As the pensions crisis rolls on, the Government faces huge challenges. Accusations of 'fiddling while Rome burns' are ...
Recommended surfing
May 01, 2004; ... 1 Council on Foreign Relations www.cfr.org For: home of a highly influential body, with lots of free information Against: main articles are off-limits without paying 2 Institute for International Economics www.iie.com For: excellent site chock full of ...
The real face of corporate social responsibility
May 01, 2004; ... Andrew Pendleton argues that laws are needed to enforce the good intentions of corporate social responsibility espoused by multinationals ABSTRACT Voluntary action by multinational companies is not enough to guarantee that the human rights and the environment of poor communities ...
Estate agents' regulation: renovation required
May 01, 2004; ... Andrea Baron of Which? shows how weak regulation of estate agents is failing house buyers and sellers, and presents the options for improvement ABSTRACT Consumers entering the home buying or selling process are greatly disadvantaged by the way estate agents operate. In the ...
Taking care of business: care homes under scrutiny
May 01, 2004; ... Stephen Lowe examines CA's supercomplaint to the Office of Fair Trading about the care homes market - and assesses the OFT's response ABSTRACT The Enterprise Act 2000 allows for 'designated consumer bodies' to make supercomplaints to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) about markets ...
Publications
May 01, 2004; ... Jagdish Bhagwati. 2004. In Defense of Globalisation. OUP. New York. It takes a brave person these days to write anything positive about the rather vague group of forces that comprise globalisation. However, Jagdish Bhagwati has never been one to shy from a verbal battle. One of the ...
Recommended reading
May 01, 2004; ... William W Lewis. 2004. The Power of Productivity: Wealth, Poverty and the Threat to Global Stability. Chicago University Press. Chicago. Remarkably broad study of the process of micro-economic competition and productivity. The detail in the book is remarkable although the folksy style ...