Newsletter 1

Branch Bulletin Issue 2 Sept/Oct 2014

CIU GENERAL SECRETARY Following a ballot for election to the position, Ken Green has been elected to the post of General Secretary at the CIU. The post will carry an honorarium, the same as is paid to the President George Dawson.

cision of the Conference, which voted to continue to have a General Secretary, whose role is set out in Rule 18 of the Constitution.

General Secretary will be an officer not an employee and will act under the direction and

Dawson.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

CIU GENERAL SECRETARY ELECTION

BRANCH SECRETARY INDUCTION

FLEXIBLE WORKING RIGHTS

SKY RATES (2014-2015)

SMART ENERGY

GROWTH VOUCHER PROGRAMME

LATE NIGHT LEVY AND EARLY MORNING RESTRICTION ORDERS

LICENSING ACT 2003: IMPENDING AMENDMENTS

LICENSING ACT FEES

MACHINE GAME DUTY (MARCH 2015)

CIU LAW & CLUB MANAGEMENT COURSES

NATIONAL ACCOUNT SUPPLIERS LIST

CIU HEAD OFFICE STAFF CONTACT DETAILS

BRANCH SECRETARY INDUCTION A Branch Secretary Induction & Introduction will be held at CIU Head Office on 3 & 4 November 2014. This is an opportunity for all Branch Secretaries to meet the National Executive, National Account Suppliers and CIU Head Office Staff. Paul Davis (Co-op Bank), Richard Nixon (BOC), Andy Kitchener (A-On), Philip Towndrow (Smart Energy) and Chris Haley (Dransfields) will be representing their products and services. The event commences at 1pm on 3 November with an introduction from the CIU President and concludes by 4pm on 4 November. Refreshments will be provided with a buffet lunch on Day 2. Please contact the Office Manager, Stephen Goulding at sgoulding@wmciu.org or 02072288020, for more information. To confirm your attendance please contact Vera Palazova at vpalazova@wmciu.org or 02072888025.

Newsletter 2

Flexible Working Rights Extended to All

What is the right to request flexible working?

Under provisions set out in the Employment Rights Act 1996 and regulations made under it, all employees have a statutory right to ask their employer for a change to their contractual terms and conditions of employment to work flexibly provided they have worked for their employer for 26 weeks continuously at the date the application is made. An employee can only make one statutory request in any 12 month period. Employees who have been employed for less than 26 weeks, agency workers and office holders do not have a statutory right to request flexible working. Nevertheless, employers may still wish to consider a request from these groups as flexible working can bring business benefits as well as benefits to the employee.

Before June 2014 the right only applied to the parents of children under 17 or 18 in the case of parents of disabled children or to those caring for an adult. Now any eligible employee can apply to work flexibly for any reason.

The government expects the extension of flexible working rights to be of particular interest to elderly workers approaching retirement and to young workers looking for additional training while they work (BBC News, June 2014).

Acas Helpline

You could call Acas Helpline on 0300 123 1100 or visit www.acas.org.uk for free support and advice or to check your workplace policies and practices.

The Acas Helpline provides free and impartial advice for employers, employees and representatives on a range of employment relations, employment rights, HR and management issues

Advantages of Flexible Working

Disadvantages of Flexible Working

morale boost

improved productivity

enhanced employee engagement

more diverse workforce

the burden of additional cost

inability to reorganize work among existing staff

inability to recruit additional staff

negative dynamic

Sky Releases Its 2014/2015 Rates

Sky increased its prices by 5 per cent on August 1 after a three-year price freeze. At the same time it has announced the launch of Sky Sports 5, the first TV channel dedicated to European football. The new channel will show the Champions League- though it will be moving to BT Sport in 2015

Euro 2016 Qualifiers and the Spanish La Liga and Copa del Rey. Clubs are again reminded that showing Saturday afternoon matches breaches the copyright of Sky and the Premium league as several pubs have found to their cost.

THE DEAL FOR CLUBS Rateable Value

£o -

£3,500

£3,500- £5,oo0

£5,000- £8,500

£8,500- £12,000

£15,000

+

Sky TV price per month*

£155

£260

£366

£577

£738

Sky TV price per month with WiFi (set-up fee applies)

£105

£210

£316

£527

£738

Equivalent weekly cost of Sky TV with WiFi (subscription payable monthly)

£24.23

£48.46

£72.92

£121.62

£170.31

*Subscription prices are shown per month and exclude VAT

Newsletter 3

SMART ENERGY Your national accounts supplier Smart Energy has dramatically reduced Clubs electric bills by installing a number of energy efficient products. Their free air cellar system has reduced some cellar running costs by up to 55%.

Crookes Wmc (Sheffield) - Saved £140.00 in electricity in just four weeks

Knutton Ex Servicemens (Staffordshire) -Saved £605.11 in electricity in just eight weeks

Cannock Social Club (Saffordshire) -Saved £402.24 in electricity in just six weeks

Biggleswade Wmc Club (Bedfordshire) -Saved £ 212.00 in electricity in just four weeks

Wombwell Wmc (South York) -Saved £ 246.00 in electricity in just four weeks

Bell Green Wmc (Coventry) Saved £813.00 in electricity in just ten weeks

Rushall Labour Club (Walsall) - Saved £1,207.00 in electricity in just six months

Brinsworth Wmc (Rotherham)-Saved £1,676.00 in electricity in just six months

Barnsley East Dene Wmc (Barnsley) -Saved £1,279.00 in electricity in just eight months

Yet more Club and wanting to go to make savings year in year out. Some C.I.U Branch Secretaries have systems installed in their own clubs and are advising other C.I.U Clubs to take advantage of the system from

. No need to change your existing cellar cooler or

The Smart Energy voltage optimizer can reduce your

Electricity Consumption further by up to 15%. Incoming supply voltage to Uk sites can vary up-to 253 volts. Optimum level for the supply of the clubs electrical equipment is 230 volts. The additional voltage is costing your club thousands of pounds each year to run. Please call Amy at Smart Energy team on 0800 0730041 or email: info@smartenergyprojects.co.uk.

GROWTH VOUCHER PROGRAMME

This government programme helps small businesses get strategic business advice on:

finance and cash flow

recruiting and developing staff

improving leadership and management skills

marketing, attracting and keeping customers

making the most of digital technology

Some businesses will be randomly chosen to get a voucher of up to £2,000 to help finance strategic business advice. It is possible that our clubs could benefit from this programme.

The voucher can pay for up to half of the cost of the advice. The supplier will claim this fee from the programme.

Eligibility

Your business must:

have 249 employees or less (including any employees of companies that own a stake in your business)

be registered in England

actively sell goods or services

be independent (ie no more than 25% is owned by other businesses or organisations)

h

application:

Companies House registration number or Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) from HMRC

registered business address

business turnover details

PAYE number (if you have one)

contact phone number

e-mail address.

For more information and how to apply visit: https://www.gov.uk/apply-growth-vouchers

Newsletter 4

LEGISLATION UPDATE

Update: Late Night Levy and Early Morning Restriction Orders Cheltenham Licensing Authority brought in a late night levy from the 1st of April 2014. Islington Borough Council is the first London borough to impose a levy (from 1st November 2014). The City of London, Chelmsford and Southampton have been consulting on a levy for introduction later this year.

Licensing Act 2003: Impending Amendments The Home Office has now decided against going ahead with its original proposal to abolish personal licenses. However, the Deregulation Bill, currently with the House of Lords, aims to repeal the requirement to renew personal licenses every 10 years. The Bill also looks to increase the maximum number of Temporary Event Notices per premises from 12 to 15 p.a., to take effect from 2016.

Licensing Act Fees The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 amended the Licensing Act 2003 to give the Home Secretary power to prescribe that fee levels should be set by individual local authorities so as to properly enable them to recover their costs.

The Home Office has since consulted widely on introducing locally-set fees based on actual cost recovery. The Government seems determined to get away from centrally set fees because it recognizes that for quite legitimate reasons cost vary from area to area; and because the present ratable value based banding system needs replacing. The Independent Fees Review Panel looked into the question of fees son after the Licensing Act 2003 came into force and found that there was an estimated shortfall of £43 million in local authority full cost recovery; that any replacement system ought to avoid becoming more complex; and should not benefit one group of license holders at the expense of another. The Home Office supports the avoidance of such "cross­ subsidization". However it will be quite a challenge to devise a new system that ticks all the boxes i.e. simplification, full cost recovery and equitable charging across the range of licensed and club premises. There will no doubt be a further consultation round when the Home Office puts forward definitive proposals.

MACHINE GAME DUTY AFFECTIVE FROM 1 MARCH 2015 Legislation will be introduced in Finance Bill 2014 to create a new rate of machine games duty that will apply in respect of machines where the charge payable for playing can exceed £5. The change will have affect from 1 March 2015. Further details will follow nearer the time.

Newsletter 5

CIU EDUCATION

Club Law & Club Management Courses

PLACES FOR 2014 ARE STILL AVAILABLE!!!