What all good managers do
A LIST of all the important things good managers do all the time has been published by the Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD) and the conciliation service ACAS. Poor people management is too often…
Business owners turn to psychics
INCREASING numbers of businesses are turning to psychics for advice during the recession, according to Russell Grant (left). Mr Grant’s psychic team says that previously one in every three calls was love-related. Now it’s evident…
Thomas Cook shares rise with mixed news from Germany
Failure of majority shareholder may result in bid for whole company SHARES in Peterborough-based travel giant Thomas Cook have risen following the news that another German company is interested in acquiring the shares belonging to…
Bailiffs could be used to enforce tribunal claims
REGULATIONS to enforce the payment of employment tribunal claims could include the use of bailiff-style enforcement officers, Peterborough businesses have been warned. According to Peterborough-based solicitors Roythorne Christmas, officers could break into company premises and seize…
Motoring expert joins Peterborough Business as a monthly columnist
Email motoring advice service launched MOTORING journalist Ralph Morton has joined Peterboroughbusiness.co.uk as business motoring columnist. Click here to read the column. Every month Ralph’s advice and observations on the world of business motoring will…
Nel tastes life as a temp
A PETERBOROUGH recruitment consultant spent a day as a temp this week to mark National Temporary Workers’ Week. Nel Woolcott, who works at Anne Corder Recuitment, swapped her desk at the agency’s Park Road office…
We like the look of this!
HERE’S a carefully-cropped version of the front cover of June’s magazine from the city council (see below). The feature on page nine didn’t quite live up to the promise of the cover. Your Peterborough is…
Decision to shelve paternity leave plans welcomed
Decision to shelve paternity leave plans allows time for businesses and politicians to find long-term solution, says CIPD REPORTS that Lord Mandelson is to shelve plans to extend paid maternity leave to 12 months, and…
Free seminar aims to help you beat the downturn
BECAUSE beating the recession is front of mind for small business owners, Barclays has announced a free Let’s Talk seminar in Peterborough to provide tangible support to SMEs. The seminar will allow owners to take a…
Lloyds TSB expands team in Peterborough
Andy Dunlop joins Corporate Markets team LLOYDS TSB Corporate Markets has appointed a new Relationship Director to its Peterborough team. Andy Dunlop (left) has over 20 years of corporate banking experience and a unique insight…