JOHN CAUDWELL
@johndcaudwell
QUOTES
November 23, 2011.
JOHN CAUDWELL: COMMENT ON EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION CONSULTATION.
Commenting on the government’s announcement that it is launching a consultation into changing employment legislation (BBC News - Unfair dismissal: Vince Cable ponders new hire-and-fire rules http://bbc.in/vRNOE2 ), John Caudwell, who created thousands of jobs in his mobile phone business, said:
“It’s a step in the right direction, but nowhere near radical enough.
“Interestingly, changing employment rules to help drive recruitment and growth was something I flagged up last week when youth unemployment figures were in the news - http://bit.ly/volZae .
“What this serves to illustrate is that the government is still behind the curve, because if people in business like me are flagging up these ideas and then government is making big announcements about similar ideas a week later, then perhaps they should be spending a great deal more time listening to UK companies who are trying to fight their way out of downturn with one hand tied behind their back.
“It’s those companies – and business people like me who have been there, done it and got the scar tissue – who know what works.”
In 2006, John Caudwell sold his 10,000-employee mobile phone business, which included Phones 4u, for £1.5bn. John now concentrates on charitable and philanthropic work including Caudwell Children @caudwellkids.
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