All articles by Nick Golding – Page 2
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Haringey Council introduces green perks
Haringey Council has purchased two electric-powered pool cars for council officers to use while they are travelling around the borough during the working day, in an effort to reduce the number of employees bringing their cars to work.The cars will be parked and charged at the council's headquarters, where employees ...
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Morrison drives gas-guzzlers off company car list
Support services group Morrison has revamped its company car selection list, cutting out gas-guzzlers and including more green cars for employees to choose, following a review of its fleet policy.It wants to make use of the tax breaks on green cars and reduce its carbon footprint. Now all of the ...
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McDonald’s trials mileage capture
McDonald’s is trialling the use of mileage-capture technology to cut its carbon footprint by identifying, and then educating, company car drivers who are driving uneconomically.A total of 48 drivers in mid-management and above, who are based in the company’s central region, will use the technology for the next six months. ...
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JP Morgan Invest launches share plan modelling tool
JP Morgan Invest has launched an online modelling tool that helps employees who are members of a share scheme to make informed decisions on how to manage their shares at maturity stage.Employees select the type of plan they are in, whether it is a sharesave or share incentive plan (Sip), ...
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Virgin Group targets cost savings in global benefits review
Virgin Group is to complete a review of its benefits across Asia Pacific, North America and the UK before the end of this year, in order to identify any areas where cost savings can be made.The global review will, in particular, focus on risk benefits and, where possible, multi-national pooling ...
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Gearing up for a review of fleet policy
Now may be a good time for organisations to conduct a review of their internal fleet policy, but they must be clear about their objectives and listen to their employees' views, says Nick GoldingNow there appears to be some stability in the tax treatment of cash allowance cars and mileage ...
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Stockport Council launches benefits intranet
Stockport Council has created a dedicated section on its intranet site for employee benefits, so that staff can easily access information about perks.Although the council previously displayed information about its benefits on its intranet site, it was spread across the site and difficult for staff to find.Now there is a ...
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Walker Books extends family-friendly benefits
Walker Books is extending its family-friendly benefits to include a one-day office-based workshop for parents of young children to learn how to encourage their children to read.The seminar, provided by Ready To Learn, will take place during a lunch hour in June, and will offer parents tips on how to ...
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House of Fraser considers bonuses for shop floor staff
House of Fraser is looking at extending its bonus scheme benefit beyond head office staff and store managers to include the chain’s store-based sales assistants.It is thought that the department store wants to help boost retention among this specific employee base.In the past, store managers and head office staff have ...
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Employer relationships with unions can reduce risk of industrial action
Anyone who has ever been caught up in the midst of a transport strike will know how disruptive industrial action can be. Yet, many workers believe they are only able to get their point across by taking such steps. In the last few months, London Underground staff, for example, have ...
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Bureau Veritas provides one-stop access to flex and voluntary schemes
Bureau Veritas has launched a flexible benefits package, added new perks to its existing voluntary benefits offering, and unveiled a benefits portal online giving staff access to benefits in one place for the first time.The firm, which helps clients meet health, safety and environmental standards, introduced its flex scheme to ...
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Cambridge University Press launches financial education seminars
Cambridge University Press has provided employees with the opportunity to attend financial education seminars around its stakeholder pension scheme, in order to enable them to make informed decisions around saving for the future.The provider of its defined contribution (DC) stakeholder pension scheme, Norwich Union, visited the firm's workplace five times ...
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Saffery Champness launches online TRS and pensions calculator
Saffery Champness has moved its total reward statements online and launched a pensions calculator for its 340 employees.The accountancy firm wanted to reduce the amount of administration involved in distributing paper-based total reward statements and to give staff† the opportunity access details of their benefits package whenever they wanted.Nigel Boniface, ...
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Shoosmiths to modernise pension by shifting to contract-based scheme
Legal firm Shoosmiths is moving from a trust-based defined contribution scheme to contract-based group personal pension (GPP) in June, so that employees can have more control over their own pension.The company is also planning to roll out an online self-service administration system so employees can go online and view the ...
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E.ON invests in financial seminars to boost knowledge
Energy firm E.ON has launched a financial education programme for its 17,000 UK employees in an effort to boost take up of its benefits and also to reduce stress levels related to financial problems.The company is running financial education seminars at 30 of its most heavily-populated sites until June and ...
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Grant Thornton harmonises benefits plans post merger
Grant Thornton has harmonised its pension provision and other perks and also introduced total reward statements, following a merger last July with accountancy firm Robson Rhodes.A new stakeholder pension scheme has been introduced for all staff, with provision for employee contributions of between 3% and 8% to be matched by ...
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Michell Instruments launches voluntary benefits
Michell Instruments has launched an online voluntary benefits programme to help motivate its employees and to drive more of them to the company intranet.The new scheme, Michell Rewards, is administered by You at Work and offers employees at the manufacturer discounts at a number of high street stores such as ...
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Sony Pictures Entertainment launches bikes-to-work
Sony Pictures Entertainment has launched a bike-to-work scheme this month and is also considering introducing matched contributions to its existing payroll giving scheme.The bike launch is being used to promote an environmentally-friendly culture at the organisation.Roger Fairhead, vice president of international compensation and benefits, said: "This is to promote health ...
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Hybrid fleets help employers provide choice
Offering multiple car schemes can help employers to provide choice and meet the needs of different types of drivers, but how easy is it for organisations to operate such arrangements, asks Nick GoldingTrying to offer a single car arrangement that suits both business-need and perk drivers is nigh on impossible ...
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IGS Lottery Management uses driver licence checking
IGS Lottery Management has started to use a driver licence checking service to ensure that its 30 company car drivers can legally drive in the UK.Drivers are required to fill out a form about their driving history and then sign the declaration to confirm that it is true.Fleet management provider, ...