Article: 53% of small businesses would like more bank holidays; Only 9% would like less.

Article: THE MONDAY DEBATE: Should we abandon Bank ...
The Mirror (London, England);  March 31, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Bank Holidays mean travel chaos so here is our guide ... would it be better to abandon national Bank Holidays and have more annual holiday entitlement ... branch of the Institute of Directors BANK Holidays were first introduced in the days ...

Article: Debate: Is it time we scrapped bank holidays? Next ...
The Independent - London;  August 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... makes up our full tally of just eight bank holidays. (Scotland has, of course, an extra ... entitlements? The business disadvantages of bank holidays have been well rehearsed. First ... some businesses that operate over bank holidays, for example seaside attractions and ...

Article: Business backing more bank holidays; Eight in ten ...
M2 Presswire;  October 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... October 2004-CRONER: Business backing more bank holidays; Eight in ten agree more bank holidays will boost productivity(C)1994-2004 ... businesses are joining the campaign for more bank holidays, saying more time off could actually increase ...

Article: Bank holidays: let's be rid of this 19th-century ...
The Independent - London;  August 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... moving in quite the opposite direction. Bank holidays were a late 19th-century means of ... that had been abolished. They were bank holidays because when banks were closed no other ... Through all this change, however, bank holidays have remained inviolate. There is ...

Article: Union calls for extra bank holidays could cost ...
Leisure Report;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... workers can expect extra pay for working bank holidays if the TUC gets its way. The TUC reported ... it wants three additional statutory bank holidays to be introduced, with employees offered ... This would increase the UK's annual bank holidays from eight to 11, in line with other ...

Article: Warning of jobs axe over extra days off Bank ...
Evening Times;  March 9, 2005 ;     590 words ... ... company paid their workforce for all bank holidays. Labour's vow comes seven years ... currently include the existing eight bank holidays in that entitlement. Union leaders ... Scotland are currently missing out on paid bank holidays. Most of those losing out - 133 ...

Article: STUC calls for all to be given paid bank holidays
The Scotsman;  June 4, 2002 ;     588 words ...UNIONS yesterday called for paid Bank Holidays to be made legally enforceable after ... government to change the law, so that bank holidays are given the same status as public ... entitled by right to paid time off on bank holidays - while the rest of the population ...