The ever increasing flow of passengers through airports has caused a re-think about how the UK border is best protected. Banking and other financial services have long used risk profiling processes to distinguish the reliable from the unreliable customer. Joanne Taylor explains how risk profiling, used so successfully in the private sector and by administrations overseas, could be the way forward for UK border protection.

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The Löfstedt Report recommendation that direction of health and safety enforcement should be taken over by the Health and Safety Executive has been rejected. Councils will continue to exercise this role. The Government argues that the same objectives of better targeted inspections and greater consistency for business can be achieved by giving the HSE a stronger policy role.

Read more on GOVERNMENT REJECTS RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE HEALTH AND SAFETY ENFORCEMENT AWAY FROM COUNCILS…

A central London Business Improvement District and the Metropolitan Police have teamed up in a pioneering partnership. ‘Operation Sting’ aims to deter crime in Holborn, Bloomsbury and St Giles, which has some of the highest incidence levels of petty, non-violent theft crimes.

Read more on BUSINESS AND POLICE PARTNERSHIP CRACKS DOWN ON LONDON CRIME…

Marilyn J. Davidson and Ronald J. Burke set out facts, figures and analysis from more than 30 experts. They examine evidence that helps in understanding the values, norms and cultural issues bearing on the progress or otherwise of women in organizations.

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With one year to go before Police and Crime Commissioners take office, the call has gone out for dynamic and driven individuals to come forward as candidates.

The Home Office publicity describes the need for ‘Police and Crime Commissioners to be outstanding leaders. They will be hugely important figures and the role will be demanding and challenging. The first set of elected PCCs will be pioneers, driving through changes in relatively uncharted territory. They will need a firm resolve and commitment to engage with the public, listen and respond to their needs.

Read more on HOME OFFICE SEEKING DYNAMIC AND DRIVEN PEOPLE…

The longer people remain on sick leave the harder it becomes to get back into work. Work is good for health and it can aid recovery. These are the major findings from an independent review by health and business experts Dame Carol Black and David Frost.

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The relationship between the UK’s construction industry and local government needs to be developed further in order to stimulate economic growth and to ensure the right skills and training are in place for the future, writes Jamie White, Head of Commercial Strategy at the National Skills Academy for Construction.

Read more on HARNESSING THE POWER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT TO MEET FUTURE SKILLS NEEDS…

The public sector day of action will be supported by the classic song Let’s Work Together. The song has been re-record as a charity track that celebrates everything that is good about the public sector.

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Councils have emerged as better at writing letters to citizens than many organisations are at writing to their customers.

Research findings published by The Writer, a business language consultancy, show there was some dissatisfaction with letters from councils, but they were much more effective than those from private sector organisations. Over half of all those who took part in the survey said that they find letters they get from organisation to be ‘not at all’ or ‘barely’ effective. Just 11 per cent said they’re ‘very’ or ‘impressively’ effective.

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A new birth and death notification service could save up to £190m for government over the next ten years whilst significantly easing the lives of customers across the UK.

Tell Us Once is a new service that notifies relevant government departments and service authorities of a family’s birth or bereavement. It is led by the Department for Work and Pensions and delivered in partnership with central and local government.

Read more on SEAMLESS SERVICE LAUNCHED FOR NOTIFYING BIRTHS AND DEATHS…