Governance
Governance relates to consistent management, cohesive policies, processes and decision-rights for a given area of responsibility. E.g evolving policies on privacy, spending and data protection.
By John Walker on May 19, 2012
Olympians Sally Gunnell and Chris Boardman share their tips on how employees can get around London quicker and easier during Games time
With some businesses offering employees flexi time and Sunday trading hours being extended during the Olympics it’s easy for employees to overlook something as simple as getting around during the Games.
With this in mind [...]
Posted in Advertising, Business Continuity Planning, Business Culture, Commercial Premises, Critical Infrastructure, Distribution Channels, Dorset, East (E), Environmental Issues, Equipment & Operational Resources, Essex, Governance, Hertfordshire, London, Manchester (Greater), Production Facilities, Publicity Stunts, Recruitment, Regulation, Sports and Recreation, Sports and Recreation Goods Retail, Hire and Repair, Staff, The Work Place, UK, West Midlands | Tagged 2012 Olympic Games, alternative forms of transport, Chris Boardman, flexi time, get around London quicker, London 2012 and TfL challenge, Olympians, Olympic Park, Olympics 2012, Paralympic, quickest route across London, River Lea, Sally Gunnell, Sunday trading, Transport for London (TfL) |
By John Walker on March 1, 2012
One thousand young people in the UK with no prior work experience or qualifications are being offered their crucial first career opportunity from today.
Applications are now open for the Barclays Apprenticeship Programme offering 1,000 places for young people to build a career in banking. The first Barclays apprentices to join the £20m programme will start [...]
Posted in Adult and Other Education, Business Banking, Education and Human Capital, Employment Levels, Financial Services, Governance, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Ideas and Innovation, Private Sector, Recruitment, Skills and Training, Staff, Training, UK | Tagged Antony Jenkins, Barclays, Barclays Apprenticeship Programme, Barclays Retail and Business Banking, National Apprenticeship Service |
By John Walker on February 15, 2012
Lunch time talk: Mark Stephens discusses his work as a solicitor specialising in media law, intellectual property rights and human rights.
Date: Friday 24th February 2012
Time: 1:15 pm at,
Venue: Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH
Mark Stephens joins the ICA for this lunch time talk to discuss his work as a solicitor [...]
Posted in Arts, Sports and Recreation, Contact Management, Film Production and Distribution, Governance, Information Security, Intellectual Property, Legal Advice, Legal services, Manufacturing, Media and Creative Services, Not-For-Profit Sector, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, South West London (S.W.), Technology, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions | Tagged ACTA, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Mark Stephens |
By John Walker on February 15, 2012
Business Seminar: The Bribery Act - implications for your business
Date: Tuesday 6th March 2012
Time: 08.30 am to 10.00 am at,
Venue: Birkett Long, Basildon SS14 3EZ
The organisers, Birkett Long solicitors say:
The Bribery Act came into force on 1 July 2011 surrounded by a great deal of hype and uncertainty. Rather than jump in at the [...]
Posted in Business Culture, Corporate Hospitality, Essex, Governance, Limited Liability Partnerships - LLPs, Morale, Political and Economic Philosophies, Politics & Legislation, Procurement, Public Spending and State Aid, Recruitment, Regulation, Reputation, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions, Training | Tagged Basildon, Birkett Long LLP, David Wisbey, Martin Hopkins, The Bribery Act, Tim Ogle |
By John Walker on February 15, 2012
HRH The Prince of Wales will visit the headquarters of his youth charity The Prince’s Trust today to announce 100 new jobs for unemployed young people - who will then help a further 100,000 young people to find work.
The new scheme will see young people, who have faced long-term unemployment and transformed their lives with [...]
Posted in Announcements, Business Culture, Business Support Services, Charities, Economic Cycles, Employment Levels, Governance, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Ideas and Innovation, Morale, Not-For-Profit Sector, People and Players, Recruitment, Reputation, Skills and Training, Staff, Startups, Training, UK | Tagged HRH The Prince of Wales, Job Ambassador, Martina Milburn, Prince’s Trust |
By John Walker on September 28, 2011
Institute of Directors
Commenting on Ed Miliband’s speech at the 2011 Labour conference, Miles Templeman, Director General of the Institute of Directors, said:
We would like to know how Ed Miliband plans to identify and reward ‘good’ companies over ‘bad’ ones. In practice, we think he would find this neither straightforward nor desirable. He should have more [...]
Posted in Business Climate, Governance, Political and Economic Philosophies, Politics & Legislation, Taxation, UK | Tagged Institute of Directors, IoD, Miles Templeman |
By John Walker on September 27, 2011
This is a copy of the script for Ed Miliband speech to the 2011 Labour Party Conference. It should be checked against delivery.
Ed Miliband’s Conference Speech 2011
Thank you Conference.
It’s great to be in Liverpool.
Labour Liverpool.
A generation ago a Labour leader came to Conference to condemn the behaviour of a Labour Council in Liverpool.
Today I come [...]
Posted in Business Formats and Ways of Working, Governance, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Organized Labour / Unions, Political and Economic Philosophies, Politics & Legislation, Regulation, Tendering and Procurement Alerts, UK | Tagged Ed Miliband, Labour Party |
By John Walker on April 20, 2009
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt.
“We expect this acquisition to be accretive [...]
Posted in Brands, Business Banking, Business Software, Contact Management, Critical Infrastructure, Customer Support, Deals and Agreements, Distribution Channels, E-commerce, Financial Capital, Governance, IT and Telecommunications Services, Information Security, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, North America, People and Players, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Production, Production Facilities, Project Management, Public Limited Companies - PLCs, Recruitment, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology, Worldwide | Tagged audio webcast, Cloud Computing, Java, Open Source, Oracle Corporation, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Solaris, Sun Microsystems |
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