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Government to make changes to payroll giving
The government has published proposals that aim to make it easier for employers to encourage charitable donations using payroll-giving schemes.Following a consultation that was launched in January, the government is to almost halve the processing time for donations, from 60 to 35 days, which will allow charities to access the ...
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Cycle to Work Day highlights benefits of commuting by bike
National Cycle to Work Day is being held today, 12 September.Launched by Cyclescheme and supported by British Cycling, Bicycle Association, Business in the Community and Sustrans, it aims to highlight the benefits of cycling as a means of transport and encourage more people to cycle, more often.Various events are being ...
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The Body Shop staff complete charity bike ride
A team of employees from The Body Shop completed a 240-mile bike ride from London to Paris in just three days.The team of 23 employees left Croydon on 27 August and reached Portsmouth in the evening to take a ferry to France. They covered the remaining distance from Caen to ...
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Grant Thornton launches salary sacrifice cars
EXCLUSIVE: Grant Thornton has launched a salary sacrifice car scheme for its 4,200 employees.The scheme, which was rolled out in August and is provided by SG Fleet, caps carbon emissions at 130g/km to promote its green focus.The professional services firm had previously offered a car leasing arrangement to staff, as ...
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DOD’s blog: Why I’ll be on my bike on 12 September
I want as many other commuters as possible to discover the joys of cycling to work.Too often we hear only the horror stories. Sadly, these are extremely important cautions that need to be noted and learnt from by cyclists, drivers and city planners, all of whom are culpable in some ...
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Hill Dickinson launches salary sacrifice car scheme
Hill Dickinson has launched a salary sacrifice car scheme for around 1,000 eligible UK employees.The law firm’s scheme, which was launched in July and is provided by Zenith, has capped CO2 emissions at 140g/km, to encourage the selection of lower-emission cars and maximise employee savings.Eligible employees can also use Zenith’s ...
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Tusker partners FMG to enhance car scheme
Tusker has partnered fleet optimisation organisation FMG to provide incident management services to employers that offer staff its salary sacrifice company car scheme.The contract will initially cover more than 6,000 cars from more than 110 private and public sector organisations.FMG will provide full incident and repair management services to support ...
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Zenith adds salary sacrifice option to staff car scheme
Zenith has added a salary sacrifice arrangement to its company car scheme for its own employees.The fleet management provider’s Driven scheme is available to 180 eligible employees at its offices in Leeds. The cars available are from a range of manufacturers and have CO2 emissions capped at 130g/km.Employees can also ...
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ArticleBuyer's guide to salary sacrifice car schemes
The factsWhat is a salary sacrifice car scheme?This is a car scheme for which an employee forgoes a portion of their gross salary in exchange for a car, and receives tax and national insurance breaks.Where can employers get more information?www.employeebenefits.co.uk/benefits/company-cars-and-fleetwww.hmrc.gov.ukWho are the main providers?ALD Automotive, Alphabet, Fleet Evolution, Fleet Hire, ...
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Payroll giving donations increase by £6m
Donations to charity directly from pay have risen by £6 million to £124 million since 2012, according to figures from HM Revenue and Customs.The figures also show that the number of staff using a payroll-giving scheme has reached a four-year high at 750,000.Meanwhile, average donations have risen by 40p per ...
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Employers should do more around charity work
Just under half (43%) of respondents felt their employer should be doing more to help charities in their local community, according to research by fundraising platform Give as you Live.Its Donor survey, which questioned more than 1,000 UK workers, found that 52% of respondents said their organisation does not have ...
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SSE receives 3,000 requests for salary sacrifice cars
SSE has received 3,000 requests for cars from employees through a salary sacrifice arrangement since it was launched in May.The energy supplier, which has 20,000 employees, has already received orders for 500 cars.The scheme, provided by Lex Autolease, offers employees a car for a monthly fee, which includes insurance, service, ...
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Your Housing Group launches salary sacrifice car scheme
Your Housing Group has introduced a salary sacrifice car scheme for all of its permanent employees.The tax-efficient scheme, provided by Lex Autolease, gives the social housing association’s employees the opportunity to add up to two additional drivers to the scheme.The monthly cost covers all normal running costs, such as insurance, ...
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Bikes-for-work schemes reduce staff absence
A survey published by charity Sustrans in June showed cycling to work could halve the number of sick days taken by UK employees.The survey, of more than 800 people on the National Cycle Network, found cyclists took an average of 2.4 sick days a year, compared with an overall average ...
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Employers reward staff for green behaviour
Copper Consultancy and Richmond Towers Communications are the first employers to launch a new employee engagement and reward programme, which is designed to help organisations embed a culture of sustainability and healthy living.The programme, Jump: Healthy Planet – Healthy Team, rewards employees for taking positive steps that both improve the ...
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East Coast Mainline revamps voluntary perks
EXCLUSIVE: East Coast Mainline has added a bikes-for-work scheme to its online voluntary benefits scheme, run health and wellbeing roadshows, and extended its recognition scheme.The bike scheme, which was introduced in May and is provided by Halfords, had 40 employees take it up within its first month.The health and wellbeing ...
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Cycling to work could halve sick days
Cycling to work could halve the number of sick days taken by UK employees and provide a £13.7 billion annual boost to UK business, according to a report by Sustrans.The report has been launched in tandem with the charity’s Support Cycling to Work campaign.It calls on government to recognise the ...
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Cycling to work saves more than 100,000 tonnes of CO2 a year
More than 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) have been saved every year through employees cycling to work, according to research by the Cycle to Work Alliance.Its Green way to work report, which surveyed 18,500 employees who use a bikes-for-work scheme, found that respondents save 112,210 tonnes of CO2 in ...
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ArticleMost common salary sacrifice perks
EXCLUSIVE: The most common benefits offered through a salary sacrifice arrangement on a voluntary basis are childcare vouchers (76%), bikes-for-work schemes (62%) and pensions contributions (60%), according to exclusive research by Employee Benefits.The Benefits Research 2013, which surveyed 561 HR and benefits professionals, found that the number of employers that ...
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The Monarch Group launches bikes-for-work scheme
The Monarch Group has launched a bikes-for-work scheme, following requests from its employees.The airline, and its provider Evans Cycles, hosted nine roadshows around the country to present the scheme to staff in February 2013, with a pop-up shop at its Luton hub where crew, engineers and ground staff were able ...