All articles by Ben Jones – Page 6
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John Lewis staff to share 15% bonus
Staff at John Lewis Partnership are to share a bonus pot worth £151.3m after the company announced “robust” results for the year ending 30 January.The payouts will be roughly 15% of salary, equal to nearly eight weeks’ pay.The news came as the retailer, which owns Waitrose, revealed group operating profit ...
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Staff engagement 'biggest concern' for HR in legal sector
Staff engagement is the biggest issue HR teams in the legal sector are concerned about.A third of law firms said employee engagement was of ‘great concern’ to them with a further 48% saying it was a concern for them.According to the The HR in Law Employee Benefits Key Issues Survey ...
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Disney staff help to plant Magical wood
Mickey Mouse joined 300 Disney Store employees from all over the UK to plant the first 7,500 of the ‘Magical Wood’, 50 acres of woodland which forms part of the Woodland Trust’s Heartwood Forest.Once planted, the forest, near Sandridge, Herts, will become England’s largest new native hardwood.Since announcing its collaboration ...
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Singer Mouskouri to donate pension
Singing superstar Nana Mouskouri is doing her bit to address the Greek tragedy of her home country’s finances by donating her European Parliament pension to ease pressure on the Hellenic public purse.Mouskouri, who as well as selling more than 300 million records somehow found time to serve as a Euro ...
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Asda agency staff to get same pay as permanent workers
Asda’s temporary workers are set for the same pay as permanent staff under a deal struck by the supermarket and Unite, the trade union.The move, which will see about 6,000 workers win improved pay, comes before a European directive takes effect next year.In the past, Unite has attacked food retailers ...
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Grove Pensions Solutions appoints Steve Delo to chair governance committee
Grove Pensions Solutions (GPS), the specialist defined benefit (DB) pension consultancy, has appointed Steve Delo, chief executive of Pan Governance, as chair of the Grove governance and risk management committee.The committee has been established to provide governance oversight over key service providers on behalf of Grove's clients.Ken Tymms, corporate pensions ...
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E.On appoints Cardano as pensions adviser
Energy company E.On has selected Cardano to advise on investments for its £5bn defined benefit pension scheme.Cardano will advise trustees on all aspects of the group’s investment arrangements, including asset allocation, liability hedging and manager selection.Neil Smith, chief executive of the E.On UK pension scheme, said: “We chose Cardano because ...
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Comet awarded Pension Quality Mark
Electrical retailer Comet’s pension scheme is the latest to receive the Pensions Quality Mark (PQM) from industry body the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).Comet's defined contribution (DC) scheme has 3,000 scheme qualifying for a company contribution of at least 7.5%.Julie Hendey, head of human resources at Comet said: “We ...
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Workplace offers potential in tackling obesity crisis
The health and wellbeing of staff is key to solving the UK’s obesity crisis, according to the results of a new pilot scheme by Unilever.Against this backdrop, in 2009, Unilever launched Fit Business, a workplace health pilot to help more than 1,677 Unilever employees in factory and office setting improve ...
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Thought leaders 2010: The year ahead: Growing interest in wellbeing strategies
Key PointsBusinesses have realised that investing in employees' health should be a crucial component of their business strategyOne-third of businesses have a wellbeing strategy in place – and that figure is likely to increaseMeasuring the effectiveness of your wellness programme is essential to help guarantee its long-term success†Employee health is ...
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Irish Life launches voluntary benefits plan
Irish Life has launched a voluntary benefits plan following a pilot scheme last year.The plan, called Irish Life Flex, is offered to 340 staff in the financial services firm's corporate business division. Employees can opt to buy a range of benefits, including dental, travel and private medical insurances, and retail ...
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Best Companies Research: Employees are less happy with benefits year on year
Employees are not as happy with the benefits they are offered as they were a year ago.Data collated so far for this year's Best 100 Companies to Work For survey took an average score over four statements put to respondents to find an overall 'fair deal' score.†The statements were: 'I ...
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Employees have 'limited choice' when it comes to company cars, says survey
Employees have a limited choice when it comes to choosing their company cars, according to the latest Company car trends survey from GE Capital’s fleet services business.The survey states that more than 72% of fleets now offer only a single or limited range of models to their employees. This is ...
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One in four finance directors intend to offload company cars
One in four finance directors intend to offload company-owned vehicles in a bid to raise more cash.This is according to a survey carried out for Lex Autolease by YouGov following an annual audit by the firm, which highlights the growth funds being raised through sale and leaseback agreements.The Lex Autolease/YouGov ...
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Ultra Electronics selects Tusker for car scheme
Defence, security, transport and energy electronics group, Ultra Electronics, has chosen Tusker to provide a salary sacrifice car scheme as part of its UltraSelect flexible benefits package available to about 1,800 employees throughout the UK.Ultra Electronics, which employs about 4,000 employees worldwide across 24 businesses and is based at Greenford, ...
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Dairy Crest appoints Lex Autolease as sole fleet supplier
Dairy Crest has appointed Lex Autolease as its sole fleet supplier in a three-year £35m deal.†Through the deal, the chilled dairy foods company will be supplied with a minimum total of 1,500 vehicles, including a 500-strong car fleet made up of Audis, BMWs, Hondas and Volkswagens.The new vehicles will be ...
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Comet launches new affinity company car scheme
Comet Group has launched a new affinity car scheme to boost its benefits offering and support management of its grey fleet.The scheme, introduced by the electrical retailer last month, is open to all 10,000 staff and managers across the retail, home delivery, services and corporate areas.The arrangement is aimed at ...
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Toyota recall affects company cars
Fleet providers are bracing themselves for a recall of some Toyota models amid concerns that almost 200,000 cars in the UK may have sticking brake pedals.But providers claim that disruption to customers will be minimal, with drivers able to have their cars back on the road “the same day” in ...
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Budget 2010: Ultra low-emission cars to get tax concession
Ultra-low carbon cars will have their company car tax halved for five years as part of proposals outlined by Chancellor Alastair Darling in this year's Budget.Cars which emit between 1 and 75g of CO2 per kilometre will see the 50% drop in the percentage of list price subject to company ...
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Budget 2010: Fuel tax rise to be staged
Tax on fuel will be subject to a staged rise of three pence, Chancellor Alastair Darling revealed in his Budget report.The first rise of one pence will take effect from April, a further one pence rise will come in from October and the final one pence duty will come in ...