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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

‘Simplified’ CRC becoming law
The draft CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013 is presently making its way through the legislative procedure for the UK Parliament and the devolved administrations. It is anticipated that the pa...
21 Mar 2013 9:55AM

London riots: FAQs
In light of the continuing disturbances in London and across the UK, this news analysis looks at a few key questions regarding the incidents and how they are affecting businesses. To dow...
10 Aug 2011 9:14AM

Regulations

Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 (CAR) came into force on 13 November 2006, except Regulation 20(4), which came into force on 6 April 2007. The CAR Regulations bring together the three prev...
6 Apr 2012 3:38PM

Health Act 2006
The Health Act 2006 came into force on 19 July 2006, introducing the ‘smoking ban’ in England from July 2007. Previously, smoking was purported to be governed by a combination of the He...
19 Jul 2006 11:17AM

Case reviews

BAI (Run Off) Limited v. Durham (and eight others)
In a landmark case that will provide for future mesothelioma victims' families, the lead case in a Supreme Court judgment handed down today (28 March) gives “clarity, consistency and comfort&...
30 Mar 2012 4:59PM

Brown v. Brent and British Cycling Federation (2011)
The Claimant, a cyclist, collided head on with a road race competitor, the First Defendant, on 26 August 2007. He brought a claim for personal injury against the competitor and the race organiser, ...
21 Jun 2011 2:27PM

Official guidance

Bring your own device (BYOD)
In this guidance, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) explains key considerations that organisations should be thinking about as this Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend increases a...
7 Mar 2013 2:54PM

The Business Case for Green Building
This detailed report released by the World Green Building Council has highlighted a ‘large number of compelling benefits’ offered by green buildings throughout their lifecycle. Th...
6 Mar 2013 10:22AM

Features

A fresh look for ISO 14001
ISO 14001 is the world’s leading voluntary standard in Environmental Management, with more than 250,000 organisations in 155 countries having gained certification. It can be adopted by any or...
10 May 2013 4:09PM

Are your people up to the challenge?
Environmental sustainability provides many challenges for organisations – in ensuring they have individuals with the right technical skills to reduce environmental risks and drive improvement...
29 Apr 2013 9:48AM

WPL TV films

Workplace Futures Conference 2013: Data and technology
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 FM". We spok...
16 May 2013 11:44AM

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

Blog Posts

Why attend ThinkFM?
As Chair of the Programme Advisory Group (PAG) for ThinkFM, along with my conference committee colleagues I’m pleased to say our work is now largely done. We’ve secured some 22 of the...
25 Mar 2013 9:03AM

The demise of Remploy
The coalition government has recently made the decision to shut a number of Remploy sites this year and this has sparked a raft of demos and rallies against the decision in an effort to get the gov...
26 Apr 2012 12:03PM

News

Security experts fear UK lacks knowledge of EU data reform
Data security experts, PHS Datashred, is calling for the EU to do more to educate British businesses on the financial impact of proposed changes to law. The company said that struggling Brit...
17 May 2013 2:19PM

Carillion launches annual sustainability report
The construction to services group, Carillion, has launched its latest annual sustainability report, with Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Greg Barker, providing a keynote addres...
16 May 2013 1:42PM

UK firms urged to give views on environmental guidance
As of today, UK businesses and members of the public can send in their ideas on how environmental rules and regulations can be made more straightforward. Environmental Secretary, Owen Paters...
16 May 2013 11:58AM

Sneak peek at results of our FM research survey
Workplace Law’s research initiative, focusing on leadership in advance of June’s Think FM Conference 2013, closes on Monday 20 May, so this is your final chance to submit your views ...
16 May 2013 11:10AM

Law to force disclosure of non-financial information
The European Commission has proposed a new Directive requiring larger corporates in the EU to disclose non-financial and diversity information in annual reports (the “Proposed Directive&rd...
15 May 2013 11:41AM

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