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The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which has campaigned for many years to remove the DRA, welcomed the proposal.

"Our research has shown that many employees wish to work past retirement for differing reasons and many employers are already benefiting from allowing such flexibility," said Dianah Worman, diversity adviser at the CIPD.

She went on to say that the DRA abolition will allow employers to continue to benefit from the knowledge, skills and experience of their older workers.

Ms Worman also encouraged all firms to look..

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Denny's, a family restaurant chain, is to make the transition to the UK and will be launching a number of franchised sites around the country.

The company has stated that it will be launching approximately 30 restaurants in Manchester and a similar number in the West Midlands, which should create new restaurant jobs in these regions.

Steve Dunn, speaking on behalf of the company, has highlighted the country's favourable attitude to businesses as one of the key reasons behind its decision.

He said: "Following the recent Emergency Budget and the lowering of corporation tax, we see a bright future in the UK."

In other news, the Sun has..

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Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, is to abolish the organisation and reassign its duties to different departments, it has been claimed.

Safety, hygiene and the non-ministerial department's other regulatory functions are to be run by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, while its other duties are to be moved over to the Department of Health.

Andrew Burnham, health spokesman for the opposition Labour Party, has accused Mr Lansley of caving in to big business.

He said that this most-recent decision is the latest in a number of steps suggesting that he is not willing to stand up to the..

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A recent international Pew Research Center poll revealed that countries such as India, Argentina and Russia were mostly in favour of giving men an advantage over female candidates, with 77 per cent of people in Nigeria also backing the view.

The New York Times stated: "The survey found that, despite self-professed egalitarian ideals, many survey respondents agree that men are more deserving of work than women are."

Britain, Spain and America were the countries which opposed the view most strongly, with over 80 per cent..

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The Independent spoke to Vivek Singh, of London's Cinnamon Club, who said that although London's Hindostanee Coffee House first started serving Indian dishes 200 years ago, only in the last ten years have chefs started to create sophisticated dishes.

"We had long wanted to get across the fact that Indian food is gourmet, a world away from the bowls of gloopy brown mess I saw in Indian restaurants here when I arrived in the eighties," added Namita Panjabi, co-director of Masala World.

The expert added that mixing up food on a plate is..

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Clair Bowman, features manager for The Restaurant Show 2010, told Harpers.co.uk that the event this year is set to be the best yet and will offer a vital service to the industry as a whole.

The event is in its 22nd year and runs from October 11th to the 13th, giving restaurant managers a chance to share top tips on how to enhance business.

"We have a number of really exciting features, key industry networking opportunities and high profile competitions running over the three-day event, providing even more entertainment for our visitors,"..

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The payments company ClickandBuy released the application, known as Buxter, which can allow friends to move money around and repay their share of bills or contribute to a friend's birthday present, for example.

"Whether it is the lunch money you owe a friend or the virtual item you want to buy in your favourite game, Buxter is there to provide you with safe and simple payment solutions," its website stated.

The application helps users with the whole process and all that Facebook users have to do is choose a friend who they want to start..

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Burger King is starting the new venture in Waghausel, Germany, and has worked together with Wirsol Solar AG in order to create the eco-friendly restaurant, which could be recreated in the UK.

"This new energy-efficient restaurant uses renewable energy systems, such as solar photovoltaic and wind turbines that are estimated to save nearly half of this restaurant's yearly electricity costs," said Jonathan Fitzpatrick, senior vice president of franchise operations for BKC's Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

The restaurant features..

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Hungarian-born Egon Ronay died on June 12th and will be remembered as a critic who helped Britain embrace fine dining after decades of post-war austerity.

Born in Budapest in 1915, Ronay moved with his family to the UK in 1946 and worked in various London restaurants before he opened his own establishment, The Marquee, which focused on French cuisine.

He once said: "I think the guides certainly have had the effect, particularly in mass catering, of telling people that they could no longer get away with murder, because I..

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Andrew Hawes, director and co-founder of consultancy Newton, has highlighted the fact that many companies have now ended their recruitment freeze and are beginning to take on new hires again.

He added that while these measures were tough and necessary during the recession, more firms are beginning to focus on recruitment.

"It is much more about getting themselves in a really lean, good position and I think inevitably that will feed into more recruitment," he explained.

Mr Hawes added that companies are due to expand these operations in the near future as they begin to get themselves into better positions for..

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