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The trouble with health checks

Concerns have been raised about the huge workloads that will be placed on doctors’ surgeries if the Government’s plans to offer health checks to everyone aged between 40 and 74 go ahead.

More parents lying for school places

There has been a large increase in the number of parents giving false addresses in order to get their children into high-performing schools.

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Issue 5 | June 2008

Welcome to the latest edition of InTouch, the electronic newsletter from Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank. In this issue you’ll find important information about industry issues such as overseas recruitment. You’ll also find details of our products for public sector organisations, from deposit accounts to bill payment and cash handling services. I hope you enjoy this issue.

Recruitment crisis looming?

Recruitment crisis looming?

The UK is set to face stiffer competition for vital migrant workers such as nurses and teachers as wages in their home countries rise and reforming economies elsewhere in Western Europe offer new opportunities.

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Councils stop accepting cash

Councils stop accepting cash

West Lancashire District Council is the latest local authority to stop accepting cash at its offices as technology offers more efficient ways for people to pay for council services.

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Spotlight on corporate manslaughter

Spotlight on corporate manslaughter

Two decades after the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster, a new law has been introduced to make it easier to prosecute both companies and public bodies for health and safety failures.

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Biofuel drives business forward

Biofuel drives business forward

Multimillion-pound chip shop supplier Henry Colbeck Limited has begun refining biofuel from waste vegetable oil and fats for use in its 30-strong lorry fleet.

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