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As the East Midland’s principal unitary authority, Leicester City Council is the primary residential landlord in the area, responsible for a social housing stock of over 22,000 properties. To ensure that its properties are kept in the optimum state of repair, the Council employs a large mobile workforce of skilled trades operatives (bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers, plumbers, electricians, roofers, painters and decorators etc). This workforce undertakes all of the planned and reactive maintenance and renovation work on the properties, with job allocation and scheduling organised on a daily, and potentially, real-time basis.
Continue reading Leicester City Council improves mobile workforce productivity and customer care with GRASP
Fibrelite, the world’s largest manufacturer of lightweight composite access covers has supplied 190 trench covers (FM45) to be installed at a state of the art Shopping Centre; chosen for their health and safety benefits. This contemporary retail development once finished will have a floor space of 1million sq ft and a forecasted footfall of 23 million visitors in its first year.
Continue reading Fibrelite Chosen for New State of the Art City Centre Retail Centre
Children from Manchester have learnt about the consequences of taking and sharing sexual pictures and video content of themselves, as part of this year’s Safer Internet Day, Tuesday 5th February.
Continue reading GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY ' YOUNG PEOPLE DECIDE
The government’s G-Cloud procurement framework is reaping rewards for web specialist Ixis, which has recently secured another major contract following their appointment to the second stage of the programme , G-Cloud II.
Continue reading Ixis keeps its head in the G-Cloud following new contract win with CQC
The Government should be much clearer about what it means by choice in public services, according to a new report published recently by the MCA (Management Consultancies Association). And ministers should launch a massive campaign – through new Choice Concordats – to increase the information that is provided to citizens, explain the available choices and improve understanding of their consequences.
Continue reading MCA REPORT HIGHLIGHTS HOW CHOICE IN PUBLIC SERVICES SHOULD BE PROMOTED AND DELIVERED
A simple, must-read for journalists, bloggers, PRs or anyone who writes for the web. An essential guide covering all the legal and ethical risks with Twitter, Facebook, blogs, websites, archives and much more. Price: £5.95 incl VAT. Email for more information: cleland@ctjt.biz
Continue reading ESSENTIAL LEGAL GUIDE FOR PR & JOURNALISTS
During the final quarter of 2012, temporary labour usage among Local Authorities decreased by only 0.1%, when compared to the same period in 2011. The minor decrease shown in Comensura’s Government Index was the lowest quarterly decrease in 2012 and signals a trend for minor increases of up to 2% in temporary labour usage in 2013.
Continue reading TEMPORARY LABOUR USAGE set to rise IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
ByBox, the UK market leader in field service solutions, has won a contract with the UK’s leading integrator of wireless and conventional network systems, Ensign.
Continue reading BYBOX WINS CONTRACT WITH LEADING WIRELESS NETWORKING COMPANY ENSIGN
Fibrelite, who specialise in the design and manufacture of composite watertight underground containment systems including fully watertight access covers is delighted to announce the following RIBA CPD Providers Network material is now available to book as a CPD seminar:
Continue reading Fibrelite are now RIBA CPD Providers Network Accredited
A man has been threatened with an ASBO by an Oldham Council official who thought was recording their telephone conversation.
Continue reading Oldham Council threatens man with an ASBO as they believed he was recording a call
September’s annual TUC Conference in Brighton welcomed for the first time UK based global data capture specialist DRS Data Services Ltd, to showcase their Elections offering including manual and electronic counting and electronic voting.
Continue reading TUC Annual Conference discovers the latest technology to engage members
Work is well underway to increase the generation of renewable energy in Shropshire with a recent project to supply photovoltaic (PV) systems for schools across the county.
Continue reading SOLARTECH INSTALLS SOLAR PANELS FOR SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL
Confidential career review site TheJobCrowd.com asked 3000 graduates in their first three years of employment to score their company on a range of criteria including responsibility, progression opportunities, colleague interaction, training, work-life balance and benefits.
Continue reading Public Sector Work Is One Of UK's 'Best For Work-Life Balance' According To Graduates
Care homes will play an ever-increasing role in supporting older people in the future yet are being held back by a culture of – negativity and – stigma felt by both care workers and older people.
Continue reading Care homes must not be 'islands of the old' says new report
WORKPLACE equipment supplier Slingsby is again supporting this year’s ‘Ladder Exchange Initiative’, which offers substantial discounts on new ladders that are part exchanged for damaged ones. This comes after recent figures revealed the number of fatal injuries in British workplaces is no longer in decline and that falls from height remain the main cause of these accidents.
Continue reading SLINGSBY HELPS WORKPLACE SAFETY
Internal investigations are often associated with a suspicion of ‘misdemeanour’ ie, health and safety violations, fraud or financial impropriety. Their prevalence in the private sector is influenced by prosecutorial and regulator encouragement and by compliance need.
Continue reading Internal Investigations ' What Have You Got To Lose?
Following consultation with universities Kinetic Solutions, the UK’s leading specialist provider of student accommodation, conference and hospitality management software has introduced a new product, KxInspections to assist in delivering greater operational efficiency that could potentially help universities to achieve competitive advantage.
Continue reading Universities improve operational efficiency with the latest software from Kinetic Solutions
Organisations can find out about the potential impact of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) for their staffing policies and practices with a new White Paper ‘Trauma in the Workplace’, authored by UK military veteran’s charity PTSD Resolution. A free copy of the White Paper is available for download.
Continue reading Trauma in the Workplace: The Impact of Post Traumatic Stress
The concept of home working is coming back to the top of the agenda this summer with many organisations being encouraged to give staff the flexibility to stay away from the office in order to reduce pressure on transport systems during the Olympics.
Continue reading Do your homework on home working, says Performance Telecom
Yorkshire based Fibrelite, the world’s leading and largest manufacturer of fibreglass access covers has won the Yorkshire Exporter Award, sponsored by Leeds Metropolitan University. The judging panel included The Bank of England.
Continue reading Fibrelite Wins Exporter Award at the Yorkshire Business Masters Awards 2012
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