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Case Studies
Case study: Travis Perkins Group
Case study: Travis Perkins Group enables staff to build perksThe Travis Perkins Group enables staff to take up childcare vouchers, payroll giving and a cycle-to-work scheme through a salary sacrifice arrangement.However, the firm decided to adopt its own term, 'salary exchange', to describe tax-efficient benefits. Claire Williams, group reward manager, ...
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Case study: KCOM
Case study: Telecoms firm KCOM boosts take up with messagingYorkshire-based IT and communications service provider KCOM Group has just under 3,000 staff based around the UK and, last November, won an ifs ProShare award for the effective communication of its employee share scheme.Having run sharesave schemes and a share incentive ...
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Cadbury in green push
Cadbury Schweppes is offering staff incentives to sign up to bikes-for-work and printing leaflets promoting flexible benefits on recyclable paper, as of part a company-wide green initiative.Suzanne Laverick, UK benefits manager, said: "With flexible benefits, our research has shown people want to take something home to discuss with families. However, ...
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DB buyout market soars
The value of the insurance buyout market for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes demonstrated dramatic growth in the last quarter of 2007. According to Aon Consulting's most recent Quarterly buyout market survey, the number of cases placed in the last quarter of 2007 (75) was similar to the other three-quarters, ...
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BAA eyecare for VDU users
BAA has introduced eyecare vouchers for its visual display users (VDU) in all seven of its UK airports. The company, which employs 14,000 staff will provide eyecare vouchers to VDU users at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Aberdeen and Edinburgh.Staff requiring an eye test will be provided with an employer-funded voucher ...
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Case Study: Atkins
Case study: AtkinsEngineering consultancy Atkins is trying to clean up its act by persuading staff to switch to green cars. Last year, the company began rewarding workers who pick cars with carbon dioxide emissions of less than 160g/km.Iain Willetts, head of reward, says "We want to encourage those colleagues entitled ...
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Andrew & Co appoints June Parker
Law firm Andrew & Co has appointed June Parker as HR director. Parker joins from tyre manufacturer Vacu-lug, where she was HR director for four years. She said: "I'm keen to get into a strategic role and see greater opportunities in the legal sector to achieve business goals and add ...
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Government goes ahead with 'non-dom' charge
The government is to press ahead with introducing a £30,000 annual charge on non-domicile tax payers who have been resident in the UK for more than seven years, but says individuals will not now have to reveal details about their financial affairs outside the UK.Employers of "non-doms" have been campaigning ...
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Fall in across-the-board annual pay rises
Almost half (46%) of organisations no longer award staff an across-the-board annual pay rise or cost of living adjustment, according to the Annual reward management survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. The survey also reveals that three-quarters (75%) of employers use a combination of individual performance, market ...
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Personal accounts means-testing review
The government has committed to an investigation into the impact of means-testing benefits on the planned personal accounts.Many have criticised the plan to auto-enrol people into a national pensions savings scheme while means testing exists, as those on low incomes who have saved for retirement could fail to benefit from ...
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Fuel social responsibility
If organisations are to reduce their carbon footprint, then running a fleet efficiently needs embedding in corporate cultureGreen fleet management is one of the biggest issues facing employers today. Britain's company cars spew out 16 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year, according to the Energy Saving Trust's 2007 report ...
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How to manage a green fleet
Fuel social responsibilityNew wave alchemists turn green into goldCounting emissions is like counting caloriesFuel hikes needn't put fleet bosses over a barrelExhaust all the optionsMake a dent in bad habitsGo the distance in slugging out work detailsGet even further for lessCase Studies: Incentives to go greenSponsor's commentManaging a green fleet ...
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Get even further for less
Including greener cars in a company car fleet is a sure-fire way of slashing tax bills for the employer and employee alikeThe simplest way to slash your fleet's tax bill is to buy greener cars. Back in 2002, the government changed the way company cars were taxed in a bid ...
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Ernst & Young offers financial education
Ernst & Young has invited all its UK employees who are part of its defined contribution (DC) arrangement to attend financial education workshops in May.There will be two workshops, with one short session that will look at the mechanics of the firm's DC scheme and a longer, half-day session that ...
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A green fleet saves costs
This article is brought to you by our sponsor Alphabet.When oil briefly reached $100 a barrel in January, it served as a clear warning that carbon has not only got a footprint but also a potentially painful kick.It may be only a gas, but carbon can inflict a heavy toll ...
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Lex names top-three most popular cars
Vauxhall Astra, Ford Focus and Vauxhall Vectra have been named as the top-three models of company cars supplied by Lex in 2007. The Vauxhall Astra was the most popular company car in the Lex fleet, followed by the Ford Focus. The Vauxhall Vectra was the third most popular vehicle in ...
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Counting emissions is like counting calories
A green fleet audit entails reviewing driver behaviour, vehicle choice, fuel use and carbon footprint in a bid to cut emissionsLike going on any diet, cutting a fleet's carbon emissions is a long process, requiring sustained effort and unwavering determination.The first step to scaling back carbon emissions is carrying out ...
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Fuel hikes needn't put fleet bosses over a barrel
Persuading staff to be more frugal and introducing greener and cheaper alternatives to petrol can help control fuel costsWith the price of crude oil breaking the milestone of $100 per barrel at the beginning of January, cutting fuel consumption has never been a more pressing issue for fleet managers. The ...
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Make a dent in bad habits
Driver training is good for health and safety reasons and has environmental benefits tooIn an ideal world, every company driver would choose a Toyota Prius, run it on biofuel and jump at the chance of car sharing with Derek from accounts.In the real world, however, a more practical solution is ...
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Exhaust all the options
Offering alternatives to petrol, imposing limits on carbon emissions and providing incentives help build a green fleetWeaning executives off their petrol-hungry status symbols in favour of low-emission cars, can enhance the green credentials of organisations and result in tax and fuel savings.Generally, diesel engines belch out less carbon dioxide and ...