POINTING THE WAY TO WORK PERMITS

POINTING THE WAY TO WORK PERMITS The UK Border Agency has recently been introducing  a new points-based system for people who want to come to the United Kingdom to work. This system replaces most of the existing work-based categories; and has the potential to cause employment problems – if not staff shortages – in the…

FROM EVENT MAGAZINE’S FEATURE ON PUBLIC EVENTS

In these economic times, expectations of suppliers at public events are steadily rising.  Everyone is expecting value for money, hiring fewer crew and lead times are getting shorter.  But, I believe there are factors that clients can look for in suppliers that show that they operate professionally, go that extra mile and meet expectations. At…

FULFIL YOUR CREW POTENTIAL

These days everyone in our industry is looking at costs.  But what if there were a way to save money without compromising efficiency?  Heath Freeman, managing director of Pinnacle Crew believes there is – indeed that efficiency can even be improved – by using on-site crews to their full potential. _____________________________________________________________________ What I’m about to…

FROM “STAND OUT”

I was delighted to see my comments relating to how tight deadlines in our industry prevent improvements in health and safety in your Health and Safety feature. Explaining that more fully, I would like to add that in an ideal world, improvements in health and safety could be achieved by the entire chain of suppliers…