allowance in comment and analysis
John Leggate
CIO Profile Aside from the achievement of running such a vast global IT operation - more than 60,000 desktops - Leggate has also encouraged an environment of innovation and leading-edge thinking in IT at BP, including a 'digital consumer' initiative that is... [06 Jun 2007]
Leader: 'Changing of the guard' for the 2006 Agenda Setters
Leader One surprise Agenda Setter already shaping corporate IT is BP VP Jim Ginsburgh (17), who was chosen for his ground-breaking scheme of giving employees an allowance in exchange for not using the company's IT support. [25 Sep 2006]
Leader: 'Changing of the guard' for the 2006 Agenda Setters
AS Analysis One surprise Agenda Setter already shaping corporate IT is BP VP Jim Ginsburgh (17), who was chosen for his ground-breaking scheme of giving employees an allowance in exchange for not using the company's IT support. [25 Sep 2006]
Jim Ginsburgh
AS Profile This led to the ground-breaking 'digital allowance' scheme whereby select BP employees are given a set amount of money to take care of their own computing needs in exchange for not using the company's IT service and support teams. [25 Sep 2006]
Leader: A tale of two IT chiefs - Tesco vs the NHS
Leader Many cite a sense of 'public duty' or - as Granger calls it "moral motivation" - while the pension scheme and generous holiday allowance can make it an attractive package. Just how much is an IT director worth these days? [30 May 2006]
Wireless - flexible working's natural bedfellow
Comment We have introduced a Starbucks allowance to encourage staff to go there. Wireless these days takes many forms. Anthony Plewes asks which technologies are best for certain scenarios. The growth of wireless technology over the last couple of years... [05 Nov 2003]
Inside Vanco: Lessons from a service provider
Comment For this reason Vanco staff enjoy a range of flexible benefits which they tailor for themselves from an annual allowance. Will Sturgeon recently caught up with Vanco, a rare rising star in the European telecoms sector, at its annual get-together in... [17 Mar 2003]
Fancy a holiday? You should probably think again
Comment The time would naturally come out of their annual allowance - almost 50 per cent of their annual allowance as you're asking - and, no, there was no choice in the matter. On the day thousands of Londoners took an impromptu holiday courtesy of... [18 Jul 2002]
Skills Survey 2002: Snared by IR35? Here are some options...
Comment Moreover, as an employee, not only do contractors benefit from being paid on the same day of each month without having to do any form-filling or chasing themselves, they are not restricted to the notorious five per cent expenses allowance. [28 Mar 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: Novell, unions and accounting for all things
Comment Basic terms like salary and holiday allowance are easy to replicate whereas some benefits, such as discounts on products, that the outsourcing employer produces may have to be compensated by other means. [10 Mar 2002]
We're all going on a summer holiday
Comment Certainly enforced days off are better than lay-offs - even for those poor souls forced to borrow against an upcoming year's holiday allowance. Whether you like Cliff Richard or not (and believe it or not this is an argument the Weekly Round-Up has... [02 Jul 2001]
CIO wanted, no experience necessary: the IT skills shortage
Comment IR35 gives one-person companies a very small allowance for IT training when they should be giving an incentive. The reaction by contractors and recruitment agencies to the UK government's latest plans for "fast track" visas highlights the tricky... [30 Aug 2000]
Share and share alike: Why the Budget let down ecommerce
Comment Brown's move to create a 100 per cent allowance for small businesses on investment in computer hardware and software has been widely welcomed. The UK government's stated aim is to make Britain the most attractive place in the world for ecommerce. [23 Mar 2000]
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