Mark Davis

Gathering winter fuel
With winter approaching with reduced daylight hours and colder temperatures, the consumption and cost of energy becomes enhanced. So what can be done to reduce this cost during this high period and beyond? 1. Be aware when your contract renewal date...

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It's not all about the cheapest unit cost!
Whilst obtaining the cheapest unit price for goods and services is obviously a good idea, there are sometimes additional factors that can cause additional costs to the unit costs. By way of example, I recently looked at a firm of...

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Increased wage costs from 1st October 2010
New national minimum wage rates will be coming into force in October. There is a new rule for 21-year-olds. Previously, employees would have to be aged 22 to become eligible for the top hourly minimum wage adult rate, but...

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Cut out the excess fat on your costs
A recent study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development concluded that making job cuts should be the last resort in the current economic downturn, after revealing that the cost of laying off an employee could be more...

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