All articles by Nick Golding
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Case Study : Rok
Construction firm Rok launched a flexible benefits scheme in April this year, and has already identified several areas that it intends to review after its first year in order to improve the service and drive up participation.One such area is communication, as the company believes its current techniques are not ...
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Which elements of flex require regular review?
Launching a flexible benefits plan is only the start of a long process, as employers need to keep up with new developments to manage it effectively, says Nick Golding.The successful launch of a flexible benefits scheme will often result in all involved breathing a sigh of relief. After all, conducting ...
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Red Letter Days launches new motivation products
Red Letter Days has launched a raft of new products to help employers motivate their staff.The experience days provider has developed a new points-based motivation system that allows employers to manage a number of different schemes at once and to access management information on groups of users.Moreover, a new gift ...
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Kent County Council's Jane Vivier to move to UK Border Agency
The UK Border Agency has appointed Jane Vivier as its senior reward manager.She will leave her current role as reward adviser at Kent County Council in September.Vivier said that she is looking forward to the strategic element of her new role, as well as the challenge of working in a ...
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Tate & Lyle reviews package for executive compensation
Tate & Lyle is conducting a full review of the compensation package provided to some of the senior staff within its executive committee to ensure that it is competitive within the industry.The executive committee includes roles such as the chief executive, group finance director, and director of global research and ...
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Royal Bank of Scotland adds electronic vouchers
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is switching its retail voucher benefit from a paper-based scheme to an electronic card.Under the scheme, employees will be given an electronic card, on which they can put between £10 and £2,000 per month from their salary or from their flexible benefits pot. The card ...
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Has the role of the fleet manager changed?
The role of the fleet manager was once relatively straightforward. At its most basic level, the job often simply required an organised individual with a good knowledge of cars to source and supply staff with a company vehicle.Changing legislation, increasing cost pressures, and a greater onus on employers' duty of ...
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Coors extends cash allowance
Coors Brewers has decided to extend the option of a cash allowance to its job-need drivers to increase the amount of flexibility available to them, following a review of its car policy.In the past, job-need drivers have been confined to a contract hire scheme with the cash option only being ...
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Yorkshire Building Society promotes green travel initiatives
Yorkshire Building Society is offering employees that commute by car to work, the chance to win a week-long, free bus pass, as part of a green travel initiative.The bank hopes that the initiative will help encourage more of its staff to take advantage of the 15% discount it offers on ...
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Buildstore reviews benefits package
BuildStore is reviewing its benefits package with a view to introducing new affordable perks for staff by January 2009.The employer is keen to enhance its benefits by offering private medical insurance (PMI), critical illness and a dental cover for its 160 employees. Although it is likely that the benefits end ...
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Thomas Cook launches share plans to motivate staff
Thomas Cook has given its UK-based employees the chance to buy shares in the company at a 20 percent discount under a sharesave scheme or through a matching option of one free share for every 10 bought under a share incentive plan (Sip).The travel operator has introduced the all-employee schemes ...
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Unum changes terms for group income protection
Unum has changed its approach to medical underwriting for group income protection schemes and will now consider providing cover for employees who have had a heart attack prior to the insurance being taken out. It will also begin to offer cover for people who have suffered from serious illnesses, such ...
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Thomons Online Benefits gives launches online pension fund information service
Thomsons Online Benefits has launched an online pension fund information service that allows employees in defined contribution (DC) schemes to obtain instant, real-time fund performance figures.The Morning Star Fund Feature is designed to hand control of DC schemes over to members, who will be able to see how their funds ...
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Jelf Group offers instalment payment deal for online flexible benefits package
Jelf Group has launched an online flexible benefits product that employers can pay for in stages to help those struggling to fund new projects because of the economic slowdown.The 'myreward' lease will enable employers to spread the cost of implementing a flexible benefits scheme and total reward statements over a ...
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Lloyds TSB banks on Trotman
Lloyds TSB Autolease has recruited Nigel Trotman, former business relationship manager at Whitbread, as fleet manager. Trotman is managing the Lloyds TSB company car fleet as well as taking on consultancy work for the fleet management firm. He said: "The fleet at Lloyds TSB is not as advanced as at ...
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Aon switches from trust-based pension plan to GPP
Aon has switched from a trust-based defined contribution (DC) pension arrangement to a contract-based group personal pension (GPP) scheme in order to offer employees more flexibility and choice in their investment options and to help the firm make cost savings.The new GPP scheme was introduced on 1 August and affects ...
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Alexander Forbes Financial Services launches new guide to equities
Alexander Forbes Financial Services has launched a free guide to allocating equities, which is aimed at pension scheme trustees and employers. The guide focuses on the benefits of investing in equities, but also looks at the gains that can be made investing internationally as well as in the UK. It ...
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Scottish Power fuels financial education for staff
Scottish Power has run a series of drop-in financial education seminars to help employees handle their money better and understand the finance-related benefits on offer from the company.The employer arranged for 22 on-site education sessions, each lasting 45 minutes, to take place during June and July at its main UK ...
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IPC Media holds wellbeing roadshow for staff
IPC Media has run a health and wellbeing roadshow at its Croydon office in order to identify which onsite perks would be popular at the 250-employee workplace.The firm that publishes magazines such as Marie Claire held the roadshow over one day, during which employees were offered samples of the health ...
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IPC offers wellbeing advice
IPC Media has unveiled an online wellbeing education service to help employees lead a healthy lifestyle, and has relaunched its employee assistance programme (EAP).The website, Wellbeing Works, provides general advice and enables staff to register to receive weekly emails containing health and wellbeing tips tailored to their needs.To register for ...