MISTLETOE & WINE
Will your party feel like the Christmas Pinch?
By EARL STREET - 14/Nov/2008
With the BBC banning Champagne this year for Christmas (not a surprise at £60,000 each year!) and cutting office parties by fifty per cent, the festive season for 2008 will be feeling the pinch on staff parties.
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SURVEY
Things that go bump in the first few months
By Earl Street - 1/Oct/2008
In early 2008 Natasha Kaplinsky, the ex-BBC newsreader, reportedly signed a ground breaking three year contract, worth £1 million for the first year alone to switch to competitors Five
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NO SUMMER BREAK
We're not going on a Summer Holiday
By Earl Street - 11/Aug/2008
The sun may be shining over Blighty, but for nearly one quarter of all UK workers there is no summer holiday to speak of.
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SICK LEAVE
Off sick or off work?
By Maria Passemard (Brachers Solicitors) - 10/Jun/2008
The morning email or telephone call informing us that our colleague is unwell is not an unusual occurrence. General sickness policies normally set out how to deal with such absences but how is it best to cope with intermittent short term or long term
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SUMMERTIME
Summertime - the season of Grads
By Earl Street - 9/Jun/2008
Summertime is upon us, and with each new summer comes the latest wave of Graduates fresh for the picking from Universities across the country.
Whilst this is positive for companies in many respects, the increasing number of graduates who, unfortunat
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BUDGET
C02 emissions starting to drive car policy
By Bill Owen (Baker Tilly) - 9/Jun/2008
Following changes in this year’s Budget, leading accountant and business adviser Baker Tilly is urging companies to consider seriously what type of car they allow their employees to drive as the increased cost of higher emission cars is starting to h
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