From Planning to Execution: A Crucial Step

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By Curt Finch, CEO of Journyx, Inc.

Why do your best laid plans often go unfulfilled?  You have put the right people in the right jobs, empowered them to achieve, drafted an excellent plan and got the necessary buy-in and funding.  Yet somehow things went into the ditch and now the project is late and over budget, delivering a poor return on investment.

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SALISBURY, U.K. (30 September 2008)

WHO: Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, a leading global HR and payroll software and services business delivering expert solutions to clients in more than 160 countries

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30 September - The leading provider of business management and information systems to the UK mid-market, COA Solutions, is exhibiting its portfolio of accounting, human resource (HR), payroll, document management and business intelligence systems on stands AF203 and HR204 at Autumn Softworld 2008 (14-15 October 2008, Olympia 2, London). ASR Computers, a COA Solutions Company, will also be launching its managed services offering on stand HR204 and COA Solutions customer, Granville Miller, Head of Accounting Policy and Development from Leonard Cheshire Disability, is presenting a Masterclass on the importance and benefits of forecasting and planning software during an economic downturn (11:00 on 15 October 2008).

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Thomsons Online Benefits celebrate 3rd listing in Sunday Times Tech Track 100

(London, UK, 29th September 2008) Thomsons Online Benefits, the leading employee benefits consultant and technology provider, today announced that it has been listed for the third year running in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100, a highly coveted league which ranks Britain’s fastest growing unquoted technology companies.

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Editorial for Newsletter #310

I have taken a break from the Payroll News this week, so there are no new blog entries under UK Payroll News.  Normal service will resume next week.  In the meantime, please take a look at the latest press releases and coming events on the blog.


The days of the default retirement age are numbered in spite of the European Court of Justice’s statement on the Heydey case, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). In today’s tough economic climate, this ruling could spell bad news for employees currently approaching retirement.

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COA Solutions is Multiple Finalist in Business Software Satisfaction Awards

25 September 2008 - COA Solutions (www.coasolutions.com) is a multiple finalist in the Business Software Satisfaction Awards 2008 after its human capital management (HCM) suite of products reached the final in three separate categories. COA Solutions is also a finalist in the Enterprise Software Package of the Year category with its OpenAccounts financial management system, completing an impressive line-up.

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Northern Ireland Housing Executive, in association with Softworks, Shortlisted for UK Best Absence Management Strategy Award

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Editorial for Newsletter #308

A quiet week for news this week, for a change, and I hope you will be as entertained as I was by the Special Commissioner’s case reported this week. The decision is worth reading in full.

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Fraudulent Emails - HMRC provides information about phishing scams

HMRC gives out information periodically about email scams that are reported by employers and individual taxpayers.  Recent emails have been offering tax rebates.  HMRC does not notify taxpayers of tax rebates via email or invite them to complete an online form to receive a rebate.

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