All articles by Kate Donovan – Page 9
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Good CSR reputation more important than salary
More than a third of young professionals claim that working for a caring and responsible employer is more important to them than the salary they earn.The CSR Perceptions research by BT found that 35.4% of the young professionals surveyed prioritise an organisation's approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) above salary. ...
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Hibberd takes on new role at Bucks County Council
Gillian Hibberd has taken on the role of corporate director (people and policy) at Buckinghamshire County Council.This follows a merger of the council's organisational development and human resources service, and the policy and performance service. Hibberd's new role was created following the retirement of Gerry Batchelor, corporate director (policy and ...
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Employers think age legislation makes risk benefits less sustainable
More half of employers believe that the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations Act 2006 makes the provision of risk benefits less sustainable in the future.Over 50% believe benefits such as employee life cover; income protection and private medical insurance are less sustainable in the future because of the age discrimination legislation, ...
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Shell switches fleet management provider
Shell has switched fleet management providers so that its 2,300 strong UK fleet will now be handled by fleet management company Alphabet.Alphabet will deliver a package to all Shell's eligible drivers, both job-need users and drivers in the executive car programme. It is supplying the job-need vehicles, including an ambulance, ...
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Stockmarket turbulence prompts care over pensions
Stockmarket turbulence should prompt employers to that pension schemes' assets and liabilities are well-matched, and to supply financial education.Pension scheme deficit volatility will continue despite an improving trend in funding levels, according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting's latest FTSE 350 Pension Scheme Survey.Although the de-risking of defined benefit pension schemes ...
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Busy Bees Group acquires Leapfrog Day Nurseries and Childcare Vouchers
Busy Bees Group has acquired Leapfrog Day Nurseries and Leapfrog Childcare Vouchers.Busy Bees, part of Australian nursery provider group ABC Learning Centres, bought the 88 Leapfrog sites from Nord Anglia Education. In a letter published on the Busy Bees' website, John Woodward, Busy Bees group managing director, said: "We have ...
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Mike Cutt leaves head of HR role at Boots the Chemist
Mike Cutt has left his role as head of human resources at Boots the Chemist.It is understood that Cutt was looking for a group wide role following the take-over of Alliance Boots by a consortium led by private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Stefano Pessina. However, this was not ...
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JT Dove appoints HSBC for pension services
JT Dove has appointed HSBC Actuaries and Consultants to provide full consultancy; actuarial and administrative services for its defined benefit pension scheme.The building merchants and timber importers' pension scheme has assets of approximately £25m and 500 members.Richard Painter, finance director of JT Dove, said: "Our trustees were looking for an ...
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Paul Brown moves from Mercer HR Consulting to Watson Wyatt
Paul Brown has been appointed as a senior consultant in Watson Wyatt's flexible benefits team.Brown has 15 years experience in senior employee benefits and HR management consulting. He joins Watson Wyatt from Mercer HR Consulting where he was a senior HR consultant and previously head of flexible benefits services.His experience ...
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A third of UK's largest pensions remain in surplus
A third of the UK's largest 200 pension schemes remain in surplus despite recent market falls.This includes 40% of FTSE 100 companies. Within this, over a quarter of the largest 200 UK pension funds are within 5% of the suplus/deficit divide, whereas nearly one third of FTSE 100 companies are ...
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NHS pay reform costs more than planned
Implementation of the new pay and career development structure for the National Health Service (NHS) was rushed and has cost more than estimated, according to a report by the think-tank King's Fund.For some NHS trust managers, transferring staff to the new system became an end in itself rather than a ...
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea outsources pension admin
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) has outsourced its pensions administration.The Borough, which has over 8,000 members in its scheme, will outsource its pensions administration to Capita Hartshead's Banstead office from September, initially on a four-year contract.Paul Kidd, head of financial services at RBKC, said that although the ...
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Gold Medal Travel to launch voluntary benefits scheme
Gold Medal Travel is to launch a voluntary benefits scheme for its 700 employees.Staff at the independent travel company will be able to use a branded reward card to benefit from discounts of up to 50% at thousands of retailers across the UK when the scheme launches in August.Its provider, ...
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Lloyds TSB Registrars to be known as Equiniti
Lloyds TSB Registrars will become known as Equiniti following the completion of its acquisition by Advent International.The completion of the purchase, expected in the second half of 2007, the share registration services provider part of the Lloyds TSB Group, change its name to Equiniti. Employees voted for their preferred choice ...
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Motivano and HR Access enter partnership
Flexible benefits provider Motivano has signed a partnership with payroll software and outsourcing services company HR Access.The partnership will enable the companies to provide combined offering of human resource management services with flexible benefits systems.HR Access, owned by the Fidelity Group, is a provider of multinational payroll; personnel administration and ...
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The Pensions Act 2007 receives Royal Assent
The Pensions Act 2007 has received Royal Assent, paving the way for personal accounts.Peter Hain, secretary of state for work and pensions, said that fairer deals on state pensions under the Act will provide a platform for the government's scheme of personal accounts which will be introduced in the next ...
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O2 appoints new head of HR
O2 has appointed Ann Pickering as its new head of human resources.Pickering was previously general manager of human resources for the customer service retail division within O2.In her previous role, Pickering was responsible for HR for approximately 8,500 people across four UK call centre sites and 300 stores.During this time, ...
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Paul Myners appointed as head of Personal Accounts Delivery Authority
Paul Myners has been appointed as Chair Designate of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.Myners, who will take up the role from 1 August, has extensive experience in the financial sector including directorships at N M Rothschild & Sons and NatWest, and as chief executive of Gartmore. He is chairman of ...
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Friends Provident and Resolution to merge
Friends Provident and Resolution have agreed to an all-share merger to create Friends Financial Group.Within the group, Friends Provident will become the primary brand for the company's UK life and pensions operations, although the Scottish Provident brand will be retained.Friends Financial intends to provide shareholders with profitable new business growth ...
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Sainsbury’s to centralise HR administration
Sainsbury’s is to establish a human resources shared services (HRSS) function to improve services supplied to employees following a £12m investment.Its HRSS centre,which will be based in Manchester, will provide centralised administration support to Sainsbury’s 147,000 employees in stores across the UK.The aim of the service is to free up ...