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   "Employee suggestion" schemes are an effective way of generating cost saving initiatives. In addition to the financial benefits, there is usually a positive impact on workplace morale. Encouraging and rewarding staff to put forward cost saving ideas is likely to result in many initiatives being identified, in part due to the number of personnel thinking about reducing costs. Sometimes ideas that appear inconsequential make a significant difference. Sainsbury's saved over £60,000 after a member of staff suggested repackaging mangoes. The shop floor worker noticed that the supermarket sold greater volumes of fruit as a result of a "two for £2.50" promotion. The mangoes were supplied in boxes of five, which resulted in considerable wastage due to the odd number. Repackaging the fruit so that it was supplied in boxes of six resulted in considerably less waste. The "Tell Justin" ideas scheme has generated over 50,000 ideas to date since it's in...

   The Contract Disputes Act of 1978 ("CDA") contains a few simple requirements for claims over $100,000, including certification. Yet to this day contractors have consistently violated the certification requirements and, as a result, had their claims dismissed by the Boards and Courts. This is a big mistake that is easy to avoid. The mistake happened most recently in NileCo Gen'l Contracting, LLC, ASBCA No. 60912, Sept. 22, 2017. It seems as if a technology-crazed world sometimes refuses to use the most low tech machine of all-the pen-because the pen is just not electronically convenient. Government contractors should be lower tech when signing claims. The CDA states that each claim for more than $100,000 must be certified to state that: 1. The claim is made in good faith; 2. The supporting data are accurate and complete to the best of the contractor's knowledge and belief; 3. The amount requested accurately reflects the contract adjustment for which th...

 The Real Madrid superstar avoids talk of a Barcelona rival at home, while his mother has set a timescale on how many years her son has left at the top The word ‘Messi’ is forbidden in the Ronaldo household, the sister of  Real Madrid  superstar Cristiano has revealed. Having been locked in a decade-long battle for global supremacy with a Barcelona rival on the field, the Portuguese forward is eager to avoid talk of him away from the pitch. Ronaldo is happy to let others discuss the respective merits of two men with 10 Ballons d’Or between them, with an age-old debate regarding who is the best seemingly set to rumble on for some time yet. "We don't talk about Messi inside the house,” Katia Ronaldo told  L’Equipe . “Cristiano knows that outside the door, there's a whirlwind and he knows that, when he crosses the door from the outside to the inside he is protected. This is where he recharges all his batteries.” The ability to strike the right balan...

  A move by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation working with the Office of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, SPIP to recover allegedly looted funds from two principal officers of the Senate has ended in controversy. The SPIP, working in concert with a private firm, Algaita Group had at the end of last month obtained a search warrant from a Wuse, FCT Magistrates Court to search the properties allegedly belonging to the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and the Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Philip Aduda. The search for the funds allegedly instigated by a whistleblower, however, ended in a fiasco after heavily armed policemen mobilised by the SPIP failed to recover any looted funds and the property at House D1, Nasiru Barau Close, Usman Nagogo Drive, Katampe Estate, Phase III, Abuja was vehemently denied by the occupants as not belonging to Ekweremadu. Following the debacle, the whistle b...

Willian, Morata, Hazard   The Blues need a miracle to qualify for Europe's top competition after falling short against David Wagner's plucky Terriers at Stamford Bridge Article continues below Five minutes into the second half of Wednesday's game at Stamford Bridge, Laurent Delpoitre bulldozed his way through Chelsea's defence and goalkeeper to deliver the final crushing blow to Antonio Conte's Champions League hopes. The hosts managed a lucky equaliser through Marcos Alonso but, just like the Blues' run of four consecutive wins, it was all a case of too little, too late for last season's champions. Delpoitre's goal is worth £80 million to the Terriers, who secured their place in the Premier League with a well-earned point, but the 1-1 draw has effectively cost Chelsea £30m, as it means that they are now highly unlikely to be playing in the Champions League next season. Indeed, Liverpool need only to avoid defeat at home to Brighton on ...