The British Bankers Association held its annual Business Continuity Conference at their offices in London yesterday. It was quite disappointing to see a much lower turnout this year than last. Perhaps the banks are still being cautious about spending money on trips out of the office, despite the positive noises the industry is making that things are ‘on-the-up’. read more
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BBA Business Continuity Conference: mixed feelings…
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Job tax?: new workplace parking levy gets go ahead
Friday, September 18th, 2009Nottingham County Council has approved the UK’s first ever ‘charging for parking’ at work scheme whereby companies offering 11 spaces or more for employees will be charged at least £250 a year, although they can choose to pass on the charges to their employees should they wish to. Other councils have shown interest in implementing similar schemes to reduce city commuting by car. read more
Swine Flu: The statistics
Thursday, September 10th, 2009During my research into the swine flu pandemic which we are currently in, I have been bombarded with so many statistics on what might happen, the likelihood of this, that and the other, that I thought it would be useful to pull out the most popular statistics in a bid to make sense of what may actually occur in the coming months. Of course these are all predictions and should not be counted as fact, but at least they have some research behind them. If you disagree or have any more solid statistics which you think should be added, be sure to let me know! (more…)
Remote Working: On the rise, but will it be sustained?
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009A colleague handed me a copy of Management Today recently, pointing out a Masterclass feature on remote working. The author recognises the rise of remote working in a time when cost cutting enthusiasts can see big savings through fewer desks, less equipment and less office space, suggesting that we will see a surge in more remote based employees. However the last comment that it ‘may do more harm than good’ as employees become isolated and businesses lose their ‘esprit de corps’ rather dampens my original enthusiasm for this article. (more…)
BT: Call Centres Coming Back To The UK
Thursday, July 30th, 2009I read this morning that BT is going to cut it’s Indian based operations by 4000 employees and that some of the work will be brought back to the UK. It looks like BT employees affected by recent cut backs in the UK will be filling some of the call centre jobs required. (more…)
Swine Flu: Top Ten Tips For Employing Home Working During The Pandemic
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009As a home worker myself for many years here are my Top Ten Tips to help employers set up their employees with the ability to work from home or other location during the swine flu pandemic, produced in conjunction with ‘Pandemic Flu Guideliness for Business’: (more…)
Swine Flu: A greater threat than terrorism?
Monday, July 20th, 2009Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary has publicly stated that Swine Flu is a greater threat to the UK than terrorism. As always a certain amount of perspective needs to be added around this statement. In the National Risk Register, published by the Cabinet Office, the likelhood of an attack on transport, crowded places or via an electronic means is actually higher than that of pandemic influenza. (more…)
Swine Flu Pandemic: Would Your Employees Take Advantage?
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009In the Daily Telegraph on the 11th July Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent, reported that ministers are considering allowing workers to take two weeks off work without a sick note in a bid to minimise the spread of the swine flu (H1N1) virus. (more…)
Swine Flu claims its 17th UK victim and even knocks at the PM’s door
Monday, July 13th, 2009On a day when it is revealed that the swine flu vaccine will be available for the whole of the UK population, the illness also claims two more victims, a six year old girl, and a GP from Bedfordshire as reported on sky news. In addition the flu has also reached 10 Downing Street where an Aide has the infection. (more…)
Flexible working is key for organisations to survive flu pandemic
Thursday, July 9th, 2009Even though the severity of the current flu pandemic is not as everyone had feared, I am still hearing of increasing cases of the illness, and they are getting closer to home. Having spoken to people within business circles it is also starting to affect offices, and I heard of one man who was asked to stay at home because his wife had contracted the H1N1 virus. He was healthy and able to work, but was restricted from coming into the office. (more…)
