MEPs are calling for EU legislation to be put in place if voluntary measures fail to boost the number of women in senior positions. They believe that women should make up 30% of top management in the largest listed EU companies by 2015 and 40% by 2020.
The Government has put in place a moratorium for micro firms on all new domestic regulations for the next three years. But the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is concerned that micro firms will continue to be hit hard by new regulations that come from Europe – 72% of the total cost of UK regulation now originates from Brussels.