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29th March 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Citizens Advice Logbook Loans Campaign
The expression “a pound of flesh” has been defined as something to which someone is strictly entitled though which it is ruthless to demand. This might ring a bell if you have had dealings with a logbook lender. Aggressive behaviour, sexual harassment and death threats are just some of the brutish tactics logbook lenders used […]
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29th March 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Early Concilliation
Unable to decide which of his two staff to lay off, a manager came up with the idea of keeping the one who could devise the most secure log-in computer password. The successful password was MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofyParis. Intrigued, the manager asked his employee to explain how he had managed to create such an unusual password. He replied, “Well, you said it had […]
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23rd January 2014 by manager in Campaigns
We All Make Mistakes. Some Attract More Attention Than Others……
What connects a recent news item concerning the Department of Work and Pensions with the English Lake District? Perhaps all that needs to be said is that the four Uldale Fells in the north of the region are Great Sca Fell, Longlands Fell, Meal Fell and Great Cockup Fell. The last of these is a […]
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23rd January 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Domestic Abuse – the Unknown Quantity
Far be it from me to argue with Plato. However, when he said ‘A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers’ he did not foresee a time when many decisions would be based on numbers or rather statistics Knowledge on which decisions about provision of health and social care services for example. Local […]
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7th January 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Holiday Entitlement
Do you know how much holiday you are entitled to? Most workers have a right to a minimum amount of paid holiday from work (statutory holiday). This includes full-time, part-time, agency and casual workers. The rules apply regardless of how long you have worked for your employer and how old you are, unless you are […]
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3rd January 2014 by manager in Campaigns
What we pay to take our medicine
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. When Lord Byron first offered this advice he could not have imagined the scale and cost of medicines prescribed in England 200 years later (which are certainly no laughing matter). According to government figures, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre there were just […]
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3rd January 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Tears of Floods
Mark Twain once remarked, “Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get”. Well, we have got a lot of weather during the last few weeks and if you have been affected by it the following information might be helpful. Many of you will have insurance policies which cover buildings, gardens and home contents […]
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22nd December 2013 by manager in Campaigns
Improving the NHS – with Help from Healthwatch
It has been a long time since the wise men made their epic trip to deliver three simple gifts and it was a long time before that when Hippocrates, another wise man observed, ‘Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm’. In July 1945 the founders of […]
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13th December 2013 by manager in Campaigns
Big energy thoughts for Christmas
As scientists push back the boundaries of their knowledge of complex issues like the origins of life and the universe it sometimes seems that as many new questions result from this knowledge as there are old ones answered. Take Father Christmas. Physicists believe that because he travels at speeds very close to the speed of […]
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12th December 2013 by manager in Campaigns
Distance selling – fraudulent use of your payment card
CHRISTMAS IS COMING AND WE ARE BUYING PRESENTS VIA THE INTERNET, TELEVISION, MAIL ORDER, PHONE OR FAX. THESE METHODS ARE KNOWN AS DISTANCE SELLING BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE FACE TO FACE CONTACT WITH THE PERSON YOU ARE BUYING FROM What happens if you get the statement for your payment card and there is an […]
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