November 2011 - Back to the future

Scott Beagrie looks at software developments over the past 10 years, and finds there is an abundance of choice for both business and personal use, and increased affordability as a result.
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		November 2011 - Time is money

The first time and attendance solution can be dated back to the 1800's. By the 1930s the solutions were fully professionalised. John Charlton looks at the early time and attendance solutions and their development over the past 150 years.
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		September 2011 - 'Metrics' system

While people are undoubtedly a company's greatest asset, performance-based metrics could help improve the bottom line.
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		August 2011 - Increase productivity in daily operations

Productivity expert Neville Henderson of Crown Computing discusses the benefits of flexible working.
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		June 2011 - Time Team

David Hughes, Head of marketing at Crown Computing, outlines how stringent time and attendance monitoring can support the payroll function in this age of austerity and companies can make massive costs savings by improving staff management.
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		May 2011 - Under the Weather...

Neville Henderson and Jane Rawlins explain how automation can help address the challenges of absence management and simplifiy dealing with Fit Notes.
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		May 2011 - 10 questions regarding Agency Workers Regulations

Regulations due to come into force in October give agency workers rights that are similar to their permanent employees. Read a summary of the main areas to consider.
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		April 2011 - After the Localism Bill, councils do not have to 'sack to save'

A local authority with 1,000 staff can save over £1m a year just by managing their staff better. In particular they need to tackle absence, time theft and fraud, and effective staff deployment, writes Neville Henderson.
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		March 2011 - Get a grip on staff absence

With chancellor George Osborne’s second budget coming up tomorrow and the economy still in recovery mode, there is hardly a news headline that does not predict doom and gloom. Threats of mass redundancies and pay cuts are being bandied around as if it is a foregone conclusion, but let's be clear: neither the public nor the private sector has to 'sack to save'.
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		March 2011 - Crown Computing helps Tata Chemicals Europe improve staff safety at UK chemical plants

Tata Chemicals Europe, is to roll out Crown Computing’s workforce management system, Open Options, across its two UK plants, which produce chemicals such as soda ash, sodium bicarbonate and calcium chloride.
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		January 2011 - Cheshire’s Police Framework Agreement seen as having the potential to transform police efficiency nationwide...

Cheshire Police Authority has signed a framework agreement with Capgemini UK plc which will enable any Police Force to achieve a comprehensive transformation of their IT services that support back-office policing activities. The transformation will increase efficiency and reduce costs of all back-office functions while protecting the frontline and prioritising the visibility and availability of policing to the public.
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		October 2010 - Crown Computing announces a major new release of its market-leading Workforce Management solution...

Crown Computing today announces the release of Version 10 of its market leading Open Options™ Workforce Management system.
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		Working overtime can damage health

Research has found that people who regularly work 10- to 12-hour days increase their risk of a heart attack by two-thirds.
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		AlphaGary selects Crown Computing to supply new Time and Attendance (T&A) system

Workforce Management software vendor Crown Computing has signed an agreement with AlphaGary to provide a new Time and Attendance (T&A) system.
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		NEF Call for 21-hour week

The UK should make a radical move towards a 21-hour working week, breaking the standard industrial age pattern and fulfilling an age-old vision of John Maynard Keynes, the New Economics Foundation, a think-tank has reported as an answer to social divisions and environmentally damaging over-consumption.
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		Working fewer hours to counter the deep recession

Employers speak of a ‘remarkable solidarity’ in job preservation by working shorter hours, while trade unions point simply to the ‘hard facts of a recession’.
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