15/04/11 News special: Details of summary of joint commitment.

08/04/11 KFC, one of the world's leading quick service restaurant companies, has signed up to a scheme that will cut local red tape for its operations in hundreds of outlets across the UK.

05/04/11 CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has signed a primary authority partnership with the City of London Corporation - a legally binding agreement that means the corporation will act as a single point of reference for health and safety regulations for CBRE in the UK.

21/03/11 LBRO, which administers Primary Authority, is testing how some of the scheme's tools that work well for big business can be adapted for smaller local concerns.

18/03/11 Slough Borough Council, home to Europe's largest trading estate and some of the biggest, best known brands in the world, is among the first local authorities to benefit from a new initiative to smooth the way into Primary Authority.

• Partnership could liberate Leicestershire from red tape

02/03/11 The Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) could be the first to include helping business cut through local red tape as part of its remit.

23/02/11 Pilots of a common framework of professional standards have been launched by local authority trading standards and environmental health officers working with the regulatory outcomes experts LBRO.

18/02/11 LBRO, the regulatory delivery organisation, has developed two new tools to supplement its successful Outcomes and Impacts Toolkit which helps regulators demonstrate the value of their services.

15/02/11 Supermarket giant Sainsbury's is giving its support to partnerships between local retailers tackling under-age sales of alcohol, set up through the Retail of Alcohol Standards Group (RASG).

09/02/11 Muddled law and confusion among consumers are among the issues raised by a new review group set up to tackle business concerns regarding the date-coding of food.

08/02/11 Five draft national enforcement priorities for English local authorities are being published for consultation today, as part of LBRO's ongoing role to improve the way regulations impact at the front line.

04/02/11 A number of new projects are being launched by the regulatory delivery organisation LBRO today, to ensure progress towards the Government's plans for streamlined and improved regulation.

• Major businesses to earn recognition and collaborate on regulation

31/01/2011 The Primary Authority scheme, operated by regulatory delivery organisation LBRO, is moving into a new phase to reflect the Government's vision for collaborative regulation, with the emphasis on business playing a greater role.

21/12/10 The Office of Fair Trading and the Local Better Regulation Office have outlined for consultation their proposed approach to the use of new powers which will allow enforcement bodies to directly impose fines and other sanctions on traders for breaches of consumer law.

17/12/10 Kwik Fit Tyre and Exhaust Centres have joined an innovative scheme that will cut red tape associated with health and safety at 570 centres around the UK.

29/11/10 LBRO has been honoured at an awards evening staged by the National Federation of Retail Newsagents.

16/11/10 JD Wetherspoon has signed up to a groundbreaking scheme that will help the pub chain cut duplicated effort when complying with regulations across all its outlets.

16/11/10 Lighting and electrical company Status International has signed up to a groundbreaking scheme that will help the firm cut duplicated effort when complying with regulations.