07/10/2007 by admin.

Companies who want to work with Nightingale House are being given a fantastic chance to secure a valuable promotional opportunity at the upcoming Flames of Passion Ball.

The event is being held at The Atrium, home of Marks and Spencer Money on Chester Business Park on November 3. Nightingale House have tailored their ball sponsorship packages to take account of different needs and budgets. Sponsorships range from main event and dinner sponsorship to table decorations and gifts.

With more than half the tables for the ball already sold, companies wanting to take part are urged to ring corporate fundraiser Suzanne Iuppa as soon as possible, on 01978 314292 or email info@nightingalehouse.co.uk.

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07/10/2007 by admin.

A businessman from Wrexham was jailed last week after he admitted immigration offences. Defendant Gulab Ali, 49, of Whitebrook Close, Ruabon, pleaded guilty to three charges of facilitating a breach of immigration law by illegally providing work to three people.

Mold Crown Court heard the defendant was the manager of the Khazan Indian Restaurant on the Ruabon by-pass.

Prosecuter Andrew Thomas said that Ali had sponsored three people connected with his family to come from Bangladesh on temporary 12 month visas. He gave evidence on behalf of two of them at an appeal and they were allowed into the UK after he said that he would provide them with work and accommodation and would ensure that they returned home at the end of the 12-month period. However in March this year police and immigration officers jointly visited the premises and found one who had overstayed by two years, one by nine months and a third by four months and were using false names. There were false passports and national insurance documents for them.

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07/10/2007 by admin.

DESPITE a perception of people working long hours, new figures show that in Wales we are working less.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that, while full-time hours for employees increased in the early 1990s, since 1996 it has eased off – although the survey suggests that people working at home are not necessarily classifying this as working hours.

The average hours per week, worked by people in the UK in 1996, was 38.5 hours per week, while in Wales it was 39. The Labour Force Survey highlights that the level for both the UK and Wales now stands at just over 37 hours per week.

The survey suggests people could feel like working hours are rising because travel to work times have increased and improved networking technologies mean that more workers are easier to contact outside of work.

The research adds, “There has also been an increase in the percentage of households with internet access from 46% in 2002 to 61% in 2007. It may be that people are increasingly engaged in work-related activities at home, but not registering this in their answers to the Labour Force Survey.

People in management positions work on average (including overtime) 41.1 hours a week. The survey also shows that employees in Wales worked on average (from 2004-05) 1.2 hours of paid overtime a week, with 1.2 unpaid. The survey says, “Managers and professionals averaged more than three hours of unpaid overtime per week.

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