Equality or Discrimination?
Achieving 'balance' in the work place?
Here Philip Norris, our Principal Consultant, puts his own slant on on how the new Equality Bill may affect all Employers with respect to it's provisions on achieving "balance in the work place."
The third reading of the new Equality Bill
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HS2 - Reflections On The Future
Do we need HS2 sooner than 2027?
With the recent announcement of the HS2 Project proposals that will link London with the major conurbations in the Midlands, Yorkshire and Scotland... more
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Professional Social Networking - Boon or Bust?
A personal view on LinkedIn, Facebook and other networking sites
Professional Social Networking – Boon or Bust?
Social Networking such as LinkedIn, Facebook and the like are having a dramatic impact on the way business people communicate and do business. Here Philip Norris, Principal Consulta
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PRINCE 2 - Another Bureacracy or Best Practice?
A Gold Standard in Project Management?
Everywhere one looks these days in public sector project procurement notices both in the UK and increasingly elsewhere, there is a requirement that the project develo
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Is Social Networking the New “Industrial Revolution”?
Is Google Making You Stupid?
You cannot have failed to realise that the world is changing at an ever faster rate, particularly in how we communicate with others. Gone are the days when you would send a nice long newsy letter in anticipation of an equally interesting and literar
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Health & Safety and Equality Considerations for Christmas
Something for Employers to consider when planning Christmas Celebrations
The Rocking Song
Little Jesus, sweetly sleep, do not stir;
We will lend a coat of fur,
We will rock you, rock you, rock you,
We will rock you, rock you, rock you:
Fur is no longer appropriate wear for small infants, both due to risk of aller
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Sauce For The Gander?
Gordon Brown New Pledge To TUC On Agency Workers
18 Sept 2009 - Gordon Brown at TUC Conference will fast-track agency workers’ rights – the assumption is therefore that he will not delay implementation of EC Agency Workers’ Directive 2008/104/EC
Gordon Brown has been
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RETIREMENT - WHO NEEDS IT?
The Government announces a review of the default retirement age of retirement
Dateline 14 July 2009 - The government yesterday signalled the end of the default retirement age of 65 with the publication of a new document Building a Society For All Ages that the review of the 65 default retirement age is to be brought forward by
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Leadership and Judgement Skills
What makes a good leader - a yardstick
Business owners, Chief Executives and senior managers such as yourselves are very much tied up with the day-to-day of running a business with little time for reflection. You may then not have considered what precisely made you a leader and what lea
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Time for Change
The credit crunch means business change is inevitable - good leadership is needed
It’s a new but already hackneyed phrase but each of us have developed our own perception (or misconception) of what Credit Crunch means to us. It could be something to fear like a severe downturn, a recession, lack of confidence or a vague feel
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23 September 2008 Taster Event De-brief
Local Chief Executives identify 20 good reasons to join the Astute Leaders Academy
SPECIFIC BENEFITS OF ASTUTE LEADERS ACADEMY
At the Taster Eventon 23 September 2008 to mark the launch of the Astute Leaders Academy, we identified 20 specific benefits of joining Astute Leaders Academy in no particular order of priority (it depe
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LANDMARK RULING - 6 MILLION CARERS RIGHTS TO FLEXIBLE WORKING
Misery in Store for SME Employers?
Britain’s six million carers won a landmark victory recently when the European Court of Justice upheld the right of a woman who was denied time off work to look after her disabled son.
Sharon Coleman, who was forced to resign her work as a leg
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IS THE BUSINESS WORLD FLAT?
How to get a business advantage
What do you do to maintain your competitive edge in the marketplace? Are you constantly looking for new ideas only to find after spending loads of cash, that somebody has been there and making a killing thank you very much? How do I guard your intell
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GORDON WANTS THE DISABLED FOR WORK
A rude shock is coming for some Disability Claimants
We are hearing a lot at the moment about the Government’s plans to change the whole way the people on disability benefit can get back into some kind of work through training and removing some existing financial disincentives to get them off the
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Changes To Flexible Working
Who Foots The Bill?
Currently the right to request flexible is restricted to those with children under the age of 6 years and those who are caring for elderly or disabled relatives. Under new proposals outlined in the Queen's speech yesterday the government intend to e
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