Following the introduction of the Enterprise Act 2002, a UK bankruptcy will now normally last no longer than 12 months and may be less, if the Official Receiver files in court a certificate that his investigations are complete.

* UK Copyright Law fact sheet ( April 2000 ) a concise introduction to UK Copyright legislation

This concurs with evidence from the UK of a decrease in attendance numbers after the introduction of fees.

The introduction of a sub-consultant grade to enable those who have recently received a UK Certificate of Completion of Training may be necessary.

Since the introduction of a national minimum wage in the UK in 1999, its effects on employment were subject to extensive research and observation by the Low Pay Commission.

As performed currently in the UK a typical show will start with the arrival of Mr. Punch followed by the introduction of Judy.

* The British Constitution A general introduction to the constitutional function of the UK Prime Minister

Before the introduction of postage stamps, mail in the UK was paid for by the recipient, a system that was associated with an irresolvable problem: the costs of delivering mail were not recoverable by the postal service when recipients were unable or unwilling to pay for delivered items, and senders had no incentive to restrict the number, size, or weight of items sent, whether or not they would ultimately be paid for.

Following the introduction of the postage stamp in the UK, the number of letters increased dramatically as the use of the stamp rapidly accelerated.

The introduction of the ZX Spectrum led to a boom in companies producing software and hardware for the machine, the effects of which are still seen ; some credit it as the machine which launched the UK IT industry.

* December 1 – A train crash at Tattenham Corner railway station lead to the introduction of the current drugs and alcohol policy for railways in the UK.

* Okasha, Samir (), " Philosophy of science: A very short introduction ", Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Dodge vehicles would not return to the UK until the introduction of the Neon, badged as a Chrysler, in the mid 1990s.

The UK edition includes a foreword by Stephen Fry, and the US edition, instead, has an introduction by Christopher Cerf.

Following the success of the first benchmark Disability Standard 2007 saw the introduction of the Chief Executives ' Diamond Awards for outstanding performance and 116 organisations taking the opportunity to compare trends across a large group of UK employers and monitor the progress they had made on disability.

* The introduction of an “ employment premium ” ( 2002 ), similar to tax credits in the UK and US, providing a state subsidy to low-wage earners.

Because of this, the fourth series saw the introduction of many ' outdoor ' scenes, filmed around places such as medieval castles across the UK, and composited into the blue room using the usual chromakey technique.

This was followed by the introduction of the ' Signal ' brand in Europe in 1965 ( UK patent 813, 514 ).

In his introduction to the 1926 UK edition, A.

* 1926, UK, Methuen, includes an introduction by A.

Some British television programmes, particularly those made by or for ITC Entertainment, were shot on color film before the introduction of color television to the UK, for the purpose of sales to U. S. networks.

* Director Jane Campion's introduction to the 2008 UK reprint of Frame's autobiographies

In the United Kingdom the Home Office reported that identity fraud costs the UK economy £ 1. 2 billion annually ( experts believe that the real figure could be much higher ) although privacy groups object to the validity of these numbers, arguing that they are being used by the government to push for introduction of national ID cards.

In early 1971, they provided some catchy tunes for inclusion in a television publicity campaign heralding the introduction of decimal currency to the UK.

Later, it was additionally used to switch subscriber dialled trunk calls after its introduction at Bristol in 1958.

The Model 302 telephone subscriber set was manufactured by Western Electric from 1937 ; manufacture of entirely new units was ceased after the introduction of the Model 500, but Model 302 units were continually remanufactured as such at least until 1958, and as the Model 5302 telephone which was simply a change to a more modern housing, well into the next decade.

For example, using the right billing platform to address a variety of subscriber demographics or having the appropriate subscriber density to financially justify introduction of the service are a few factors that affect decisions to offer triple play service.

This new equipment could accept tone dialling and allowed the introduction of telephones with keypads instead of a dial.

( A collection of 64 essays with many pieces from the Annales — the long introduction is excellent, and contains many good references ).

Highlights of the 1950s included the much-heralded marriage of Abner and Daisy Mae in 1952, the birth of their son " Honest Abe " Yokum in 1953, and in 1954, the introduction of Abner's enormous, long lost kid brother Tiny Yokum, who filled Abner's place as a bachelor in the annual Sadie Hawkins Day race.

* The DOS operating system was the primary operating system for the Apple Computer's Apple II family of computers, from 1979 with the introduction of the floppy disk drive, until 1983 with the introduction of ProDOS ; many people continued using it long after that date.

Despite caveats in the introduction to the DSM, it has long been argued that its system of classification makes unjustified categorical distinctions between disorders, and uses arbitrary cut-offs between normal and abnormal.

With the introduction of the third actor ( an innovation attributed to Sophocles ), acting also began to be regarded as a skill to be rewarded with prizes, requiring a long apprenticeship in the chorus.

Nanda, these scriptures were Nehru's " first introduction to the religious and cultural heritage of .... provided Nehru the initial impulse for long intellectual quest which culminated ... in the Discovery of India.

The disruption of the river's natural flow, run-off from agriculture, and the introduction of pest species like the European Carp has led to serious environmental damage along the river's length and to concerns that the river will be unusably salty in the medium to long term — a serious problem given that the Murray supplies 40 % of Adelaide's domestic water.

The use of prefixes can be traced back to the introduction of the metric system in the 1790s, long before the 1960 introduction of the SI.

In-flght refueling, long a dream of airmen, became a reality in 1954 with the introduction of the KC-97 Stratotanker into active service.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press The editors ' long introduction gives a clear and very useful overview of theories of vagueness, and they collect many classic papers on the subject.

Konstanze sings in a kind of sinfonia concertante with four solo players from the orchestra ; the strikingly long orchestral introduction, without stage action, also poses problems for stage directors.

The introduction of compulsory gymnastics in Swedish schools in 1880 rested partly on a long tradition, from Renaissance humanism to the Enlightenment, of the importance of physical as well as intellectual training.

This served adequately until the introduction of the steam engine, the telegraph, and rail travel, which made it possible to travel fast enough over long distances to require almost constant re-setting of timepieces as a train progressed in its daily run through several towns.

* The introduction of a " parity " system ( although in a weakened form ) on the supervisory boards of all companies employing over 2, 000 workers, a reform which West German trade unions had long fought for.

60 minute blanks, which were widely-available in the early years of the format's introduction, were phased-out long ago and are rarely seen.

During a long tenure of office, mainly as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state.

Despite the introduction of modern technology, the external appearance and locations of many of the classrooms have remained unchanged for a long time.

His most important innovation was doubtless the introduction of the phalanx infantry corps, armed with the famous sarissa, an exceedingly long spear, at the time the most important army corps in Macedonia.

Increasing microcomputer storage capacities led to their introduction, eventually followed by long filenames.

So long as the local economy is functioning at less than full capacity, the introduction of local currency need not be inflationary, even when it results in a significant increase in total money supply and total economic activity.

Not long after its introduction, Creative Labs introduced the competing Sound Blaster card.

At the time of the introduction of the Golden Snitch, a standard Quidditch pitch consisted of an elongated oval playing area long and wide.

In the introduction for The Criterion Collection DVD of Jean Renoir's The River, Martin Scorsese, who has long championed Powell and Pressburger's works, considers The Red Shoes, along with the Renoir film to be the two most beautiful colour films.