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Comment: volunteering: voluntary contributions
The UK government is gearing up for another call on companies to help promote volunteering. While the business case is clear, the public sector should be investing resources too.
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OFR: nearing the
operating table
The Operating and Financial Review's arrival is looming. Briefing outlines how the legislation has developed and what it will mean for your organisation.
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Community interest
companies
Roger Cowe takes a look at the government's latest plan to promote social enterprise and finds a potential new vehicle for corporate community investment
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New beginnings: the
disability discrimination act
From October this year, the Disability Discrimination Act will apply to all UK companies, including businesses which employ fewer than 15 people. For larger UK companies, already governed by the Act, these legislative changes provide an ideal opportunity to review best practice.
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Budget 2004: Cowe on the
case
The iron chancellor's passion for 'upskilling' the UK economy may grab the headlines, but Roger Cowe finds other employment innovations in the small print of the latest budget.
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School schemes
Over half of all secondary schools now have Specialist status. Add to that 44 new Academies and a £2.2bn school improvement package. Confused? Briefing?s Zanna Rodrigues demystifies the latest plans to involve the private sector in education.
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Comment: education
While companies remain strongly focused on primary and secondary education, their engagement in the tertiary sector is limited. With students being asked to pay more for their degrees, the role of business is coming into focus.
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Education
While companies remain strongly focused on primary and secondary education, their engagement in the tertiary sector is limited. With students being asked to pay more for their degrees, the role of business is coming into focus.
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A one pager on . . . new
laws on religious and sexual diversity
From December 2003, new legislation banning workplace discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, and religion or belief came into force.
Briefing sums up what it means, and doesn't mean, for employers. |
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Reporting: square pegs -
and round holes
More reports, more standards, more questions, but achieving what? Is sector benchmarking the way forward?
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Comment: reporting
The number of companies issuing some sort of non-financial report is growing exponentially
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