All articles by Nick Golding – Page 4
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PwC reviews fleet emissions
PricewaterhouseCoopers is to restrict drivers' choice of new vehicles to those that emit a maximum of 265 grams of CO2 per kilometre, in an attempt to reduce the impact its fleet has on the environment.Employees at the accountancy firm can currently select a car from an extensive list of models ...
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The fleet agenda for 2008
Corporate manslaughter and environmental concerns will dominate the new year agenda, says Nick GoldingWhen Croatia hammered the final nail into the coffin of England's Euro 2008 football campaign and condemned the nation to a summer of potentially washed-out tennis, many fleet managers probably breathed a very quiet sigh of relief. ...
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Incentives to work in Spain
Spanish employers could benefit from the introduction of retirement laws encouraging staff to stay in work longer and the growth of flexible working, says Nick GoldingThe problem of people living longer and the impact it has on pensions is not just hitting the UK. In Spain, the government is proposing ...
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Northgate launches green payslips
Northgate HR has launched a service that provides employers with P60 forms and payslips on recycled paper to help organisations adopt more environmentally-friendly practices. The new product is targeted at companies that print a large number of payslips and P60s for employees that cannot offer this information to staff online ...
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Fujitsu enlists Hawkins as pensions manager
Fujitsu Services has appointed Lindsay Hawkins as pensions communication and projects manager. Hawkins previously held the role of pensions and benefits manager at banking and investment firm Soci™t™ G™n™rale. Hawkins said she is keen to take on the challenges offered by the role. "I am really looking forward to working ...
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How to source local discouts
Sourcing deas from local businessses that staff use regularly to include in a voluntary benefits scheme can enchance a plan's value and make it unique, says Nick GoldingWhen it comes to the nature of the discounts offered through voluntary benefits schemes, many employers are beginning to see the value of ...
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Zurich puts holiday booking online
Zurich Financial Services is introducing an online holiday booking system for employees and line managers in a bid to cut down on administration.From January, line managers will be able to input employees' holiday entitlement into a central online system. Staff will be able to go online and check how many ...
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Crack-down on bikes by HMRC?
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is set to investigate and make an example of employers that run tax-efficient bike-to-work schemes outside of the rules, according to one tax expert.Staff must use their bike for at least part of the journey between home and work, or between workplaces, and it is ...
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KPMG offers staff chance to add bonus to pension
KPMG has introduced the option for staff to sacrifice their annual bonus into their company pension scheme, ahead of the pre-Christmas bonus period.Under the scheme, employees have the option of sacrificing part or all of their annual bonus into their pension pot, making tax and national insurance (NI) savings in ...
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Accor opts for Hardman
Accor opts for HardmanAccor Services' sales and marketing director, Derrick Hardman, has been promoted to managing director of Capital Incentives & Motivation, the reward arm of the Accor Services business. In his new role, Hardman will help the provider to increase its share of the motivation market.
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Contract hire schemes help transfer risk
Contract hire schemes can help employers to predict the cost of funding their fleet over a set period of time and remove the hassle of having to dispose of vehicles, says Nick GoldingAs the future of cash-based employee car ownership plans (Ecops) continues to hang in the balance, while the ...
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Coca-Cola plans to convert drivers to 'greener' vehicles
Coca-Cola Enterprises is considering a number of new initiatives designed to shift drivers to greener vehicles and help reduce the impact that its 1,200-strong fleet has on the environment.The drinks manufacturer aims to reduce its fleet's CO2 emissions from its current average of 160 grams per kilometre to 120 grams ...
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Buyer's guide to financial education
New forms of communication such as pod and webcasts are helping employers to provide generic financial education, says Nick GoldingFinancial education is used to provide information to staff about a range of personal finance issues. It is distinguished from financial advice by its generic nature and can help staff better ...
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BSkyB launches financial education programme
BSkyB has launched a financial education programme with workshops, face-to-face advice sessions and online guides for its UK employee population.The step has been taken by the media firm to ensure a good return on its benefits investment, and to help staff understand financial issues both at work and home.The new ...
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Lack of forward financial planning among UK employees
Less than a third (31%) of UK pension scheme members believe that they will get a satisfactory income from their employer's pension scheme according to The Pensions Confidence Survey 2007 by Alexander Forbes Financial Services.Almost half of UK pension scheme members (47%) that were questioned in the survey said that ...
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Flexible Benefits Senate news: Consumer-led society drives flex
A consumer-led society is driving organisations towards implementing flexible benefits, said Peter Reilly, director, HR consultancy at the Institute for Employment Studies, in the opening session of Employee Benefits' Flexible Benefits Senate 2007.Speaking in the session, Defining your strategy and maximising return on investment for flexible benefits, he said: "There ...
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Gissings Advisery Services in management buyout
Gissings Advisory Services Limited's (GASL) senior management team has acquired all the firm's shares in an £18m management buyout, with the backing of private equity investor, Dunedin.GASL, which has 400 corporate clients and consults on a rnage of benefits services including around flexible benefits and employee wellness, will continue to ...
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Is the provider market responding to employer demands?
As employers often require perks that do not match products that are available, Nick Golding questions how willing the market is to respond to these demandsNot understanding customers' needs is one of the fastest routes to business failure. No matter how innovative and creative an organisation's products or thinking might ...
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Microsoft increases 'below average' pension payments
Microsoft has increased its payments in to the company's defined contribution (DC) pension scheme after undertaking an industry-wide benchmarking exercise.It now contributes 6% into the group personal pension (GPP) plan for staff who pay 4% into the scheme, and 7% where staff pay 5%.The IT giant previously contributed a maximum ...
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Atkins closes defined benefit pension scheme
Construction firm, Atkins has closed its final salary pension scheme to all employees, and has moved the 2000 staff who are affected into its defined contribution (DC) plan.The defined benefit (DB) scheme, which was closed to new entrants in 2001, had a deficit of £187m when it was evaluated in ...