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PF2: Plus ça change ...a new approach to public private partnerships? A consideration of HM Treasury’s “Standardisation of PF2 Guidance”
The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has always been subject to criticism, but is now something of a pariah. Once New Labour’s preferred procurement technique for capital infrastructure, PFI ...
26 Apr 2013 2:27PM

Health and safety leadership: do our managers and directors know enough to be responsible?
This health and safety briefing is based on research into health and safety leadership, and in it, Peter Hall discusses whether managers and directors know enough to be responsible. Peter del...
5 Feb 2013 4:10PM

News analysis

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013 – Simplification changes in force
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013 (the 2013 Order) was made on 15 May 2013 and entered into force on 20 May 2013. The 2013 Order brings into effect the simplification changes announced...
22 May 2013 3:35PM

The social network - risks of posting 'private comments' online
There used to be a clearer line between an employee’s professional and personal life, but with the ever growing use of social networking sites for business and pleasure, the line is increa...
20 May 2013 10:28AM

Regulations

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill received Royal Assent on 25 April 2013, making it the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. Alongside this, the Government has announced imple...
25 Apr 2013 4:09PM

The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012
These Regulations revoke and replace the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2010. Every fee in the 2010 Regulations is reproduced by these Regulations without increase, the exceptions being fees ...
1 Oct 2012 11:34AM

Case reviews

R -v- Lion Steel Equipment Ltd
Lion Steel is involved in the fabrication of steel cabinets and shelving.  It employs just over 140 people across two sites; one in Saltney and the other in Hyde. On 29 May 2008, Steven Berry...
3 Jul 2012 11:14AM

Thompson v. Brick Services Limited
Early 2009 saw the case of Thompson v. Brick Services Limited in which an employee was dismissed for submitting a false expenses claim. The employee argued he had asked a hotel receptionist to add ...
14 May 2009 4:21PM

Official guidance

Help for small firms
Acas has produced six step-by-step guides for small businesses on how to hire, manage and get the best form their staff. Acas says that it understands that small businesses are short of tim...
17 Apr 2013 3:28PM

Employing older workers - An employer’s guide to today’s multi-generational workforce
This guidance is drawn from employers who report clear business benefits from effectively managing an ageing multi-generational workforce. This is all the more relevant now that many employees are ...
15 Apr 2013 11:40AM

Features

Balancing Act - Flexible working balancing competing claims
The UK’s flexible working rights are due to be extended, but how can employers determine which of their employees are making a reasonable request? In this feature, Sarah Lawrence provides som...
14 May 2013 3:01PM

Compliance in global markets
Operating across global markets is something that’s no longer reserved for only a few businesses, and a key legal factor businesses should consider when establishing themselves in other juris...
5 Apr 2013 12:13PM

WPL TV films

Workplace Futures Conference 2013: Added value
Workplace Futures 2013 took place on 12 February at The Crystal Siemens building in London’s docklands.The theme for the conference was “Strategic partnership: securing the future for F...
2 May 2013 11:32AM

Workplace Futures Conference 2013: Building the future of FM
In this series of films from Workplace Futures 2013, we speak to some delegates and speakers from the conference about the state of facilities management.In this short film, we look at energy and s...
8 Apr 2013 11:59AM

Blog Posts

Resource efficiency – a golden opportunity for FMs
I was privileged to be invited to address delegates at the recent European FM Summit in Prague on the subject of waste management. The theme of the presentation, titled ‘Less is more’, ...
21 May 2013 9:02AM

Sustainability: built-in, not bolt-on
The Responsible Business Summit in London this week brought together such high profile speakers as the CEO of BSkyB, the Executive Director of Greenpeace, the Executive Editor of the Economist and ...
9 May 2013 10:45AM

Taming technology: can you afford not to?
Talking to a long-standing contact in FM recently, I said that well-worn phrase ‘what goes around comes around’. It came back to punch me only the next day. Urgently and unexpectedly w...
8 Apr 2013 11:24AM

News

National Learning at Work Day 2013
Yesterday (23 May 2013) marked the National Learning at Work Day in the UK and this year’s theme was 'Many Ways to Learn'. Every year, the Campaign for Learning sets a theme for Learni...
24 May 2013 2:19PM

Survey shows employers preparing for auto-enrolment
A new survey has revealed a significant increase in awareness of auto-enrolment among employers since its introduction in October 2012. However, the research conducted by the Institute of D...
24 May 2013 12:13PM

DVLA employee sacked for using Facebook at work
A member of staff at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) was fired after being caught using Facebook on his mobile phone during office hours, it has been reported. According to fi...
24 May 2013 11:01AM

Tesco promises to tackle food waste
Tesco has vowed to use its position to reduce the amount of food wasted by its customers and elsewhere in its international supply chain in its corporate responsibility report for 2013, ‘T...
23 May 2013 4:37PM

Employee Share Plans: Self-certification and online filing
HMRC has released further details of how it is proposing to implement the compulsory online “self-certification” of HMRC approved employee share plans and submission of all share sch...
23 May 2013 3:00PM

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