Nanny's Burden on Business

It seems that Nanny is proving to be rather an expensive "luxury" to have around these days.

A report from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) shows that UK firms have been landed with a stonking £39BN bill for the implementation of Nanny's avalanche of regulations, introduced since Blairy Poppins took power.

The BCC's "business barometer", compiled by London and Manchester Business Schools, reckons that 46 major pieces of legislation have been introduced in the last six years.

These rules and red tape have placed an intolerable financial burden on business. BCC Director General, David Frost, said:

"British businesses are fed up with the spiraling costs of regulation,".

Maybe it is time that we put dear old Nanny into a retirement home.