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Findel cuts fleet emissions with renewed contract
Multi-channel retailer Findel has cut its car emissions by almost 25% after renewing almost all of its fleet. After taking advice from TR Fleet, the firm has seen average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on its 262-strong car fleet fall from 164 g/km to 125 g/km.Findel is benefiting from improved miles ...
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Experian renews fleet contract with Leasedrive
Experian has renewed its fleet contract with Leasedrive, which merged with Masterlease UK.The global information services firm was one of Masterlease UK’s largest employers, with a fleet of 650 cars.Brian Hill, head of peer-to-peer and billing at Experian’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) shared service centre, said: “Under our ...
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Spencer signs fleet contract with Zenith
Engineering firm Spencer has signed a contract with Zenith for the management of a 133-fleet company car scheme.Spencer’s employees will use Zenith’s online motoring expenses system, MyMiles, for their monthly expenses claims.Caroline Johnson, fleet manager at Spencer, said: “Zenith’s product and service offering was key to our decision to award ...
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Wider Plan enhances offers to its childcare voucher users
Benefits provider Wider Plan will enhance the offering available to users of its Kiddivoucher childcare voucher service in time for the Christmas season.The full Wider Wallet discounts scheme will be on offer to the childcare voucher users among the provider’s 5,000 employers as of 1 December.The discounts scheme, which includes ...
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Simmons & Simmons launches emergency carer service
Simmons and Simmons has rolled out a back-up carer service to help its 700 employees balance their work and family commitments.The law firm had received anecdotal feedback from its employee discussion groups about the increasing difficulties in attaining a work-life balance.Dan Flint, HR director at Simmons and Simmons, said: “We ...
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GlaxoSmithKline introduces company car scheme
EXCLUSIVE: ?GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has introduced a company car scheme for its 1,500 sales staff after a car allowance proved too expensive.GSK found that, as manufacturers raised prices, the cost to employees of buying cars through the scheme also rose. The increase in VAT caused employer’s national insurance to also go ...
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Run Your Cars staff take part in Movember campaign
Employees at fleet services provider Run Your Cars are growing moustaches as part of the Movember charity campaign.Staff are cultivating their facial furniture to help raise money and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer.Five employees, including managing director Steve Whitmarsh, have pledged not to shave their top lip this month ...
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Mercer research: Meaningful benefits increase employee engagement
Meaningful benefits, such as personal car leasing schemes and student debt loans, improve employee engagement levels, according to research by Mercer.The What’s working survey, which polled 30,000 employees in 17 countries, found that these types of benefits reinforce an organisation’s appeal as an employer, are immediate and cost effective, and ...
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BDR Thermea expands its fleet
BDR Thermea has expanded its fleet under a new three-year contract with Leasedrive.The new contract, covering 550 cars and vans, is for three years with an option for BDR Thermea to extend it for a further two years.Janey McDonald, UK indirect procurement manager at BDR Thermea, said: “When we went ...
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Aviva conjures up financial awareness campaign for young people
Aviva is running a social media campaign using magic to raise awareness among young employees about the importance of retirement savings.In a series of short film clips, magician Pete Hathaway uses magic tricks with money to encourage young people to save for the future.The films, available on social media sites ...
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Arqiva extends fleet contract
Arqiva has extended its car rental agreement for a further two years.The agreement is through the rental management division of the Leasedrive Group.It is important for the communications infrastructure and media services organisation, which has sites in the islands around Scotland and the Channel Islands, to have extensive fleet coverage ...
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Tesco adds QR code to total reward statements
?Tesco has added a quick response (QR) code to its total reward statements (TRS) to give its diverse employee population easy access to their benefits package.The retailer has provided paper-based TRS for 15 years, sending them to employees’ homes every October. This year, statements were sent out to almost 270,000 ...
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Aviva research: 84% of younger workers would like financial help from employers
The majority (84%) of younger workers (25 to 35 year olds) would like financial help from their employers in order to plan for their future, according to research by Aviva.The research found that many employees in the 'foundation generation', so called because they are laying the groundwork for their finances, ...
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Buyer's guide to motivation vouchers 2011
Focus on factsWhat are motivation vouchers?These are paper-based or electronic gift cards with a monetary value, which employers can use to incentivise staff. Shopping vouchers can be redeemed at a single store or at multiple retailers. Employers can also offer travel or experience vouchers.What are their origins?Gift vouchers were first ...
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Autumn Statement 2011: The impact on employee benefits
Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement to government on 29 November 2011. Here is a round-up of the key issues affecting employee benefits.Fuel duty increases revisedThe 3.02 pence per litre (ppl) fuel duty increase that was due to take effect on 1 January 2012 will be deferred to 1 ...
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Autumn Statement 2011: Fuel duty increases revised
The government has announced that the 3.02 pence per litre (ppl) fuel duty increase that was due to take effect on 1 January 2012 will be deferred to 1 April 2012.The inflation increase, which was planned for 1 August 2012 and was expected to be in the region of 1.92ppl, ...
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Debi O'Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits: Employers may have to pick up tab for staff health costs in the future
The cost of healthcare is rising. That fact is all too apparent to any benefits manager trying to juggle their private medical insurance or group risk budget.But as the World Health Organisation’s June 2011 figures show, healthcare costs are rising at government level, too. Between 1995 and 2009, total expenditure ...
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PWC research: Asset managers' pay increases by 18% over last year
Asset manager remuneration has increased by an average of 18% over the last year, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).The Paying a premium for the best investment professionals asset management reward survey 2011 found that employers' salary bills have increased by an average of 4%.Compared with 2010, compensation as a ...
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Microsoft and Google among best multinational workplaces
Microsoft, Google and Fedex Express are among the Top 25 World’s best multinational workplaces list, compiled by the Great Place to Work Institute.Microsoft topped the list at number one, followed by SAS, Net App, Google and Fedex Express. Cisco, Marriott, McDonald’s, Kimberly-Clark and SC Johnson rounded off the top 10.Seven ...
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Nest signs principles for responsible investment
The national employment savings trust (Nest) has signed the United Nations-backed Principles for responsible invesment (PRI) framework.Globally there are 930 signatories, 120 of which are UK-based. These include 26 asset owners.As part of its commitment to responsible investment, Nest will exercise its voting rights via its fund managers and actively ...