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Cable vows to cut back red tape

Hundreds of thousands of businesses are to be exempted from health and safety inspections under moves announced by Business Secretary Vince Cable today.

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Businesses: 'Excessive regulation costs time and money'

The Government's efforts on deregulation are welcome.

Today's announcements are good news if they are the beginning, not the end, of the deregulation story.

Excessive regulation costs time and money, both of which businesses would rather spend on developing new products, hiring staff and building up British business both here and abroad.

– Alexander Ehmann, head of regulatory policy at the Institute of Directors

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