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PCG
Newsletter 15/05 - 4 August 2005
IN
THIS ISSUE
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Consultation for a Better Regulation Bill
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Call for success stories
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Contract opportunities for members
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Regional meetings
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Other events
CONSULTATION FOR A BETTER REGULATION BILL
Following the Hampton
and Arculus reports, the Government has
launched a
consultation for a Better Regulation Bill.
PCG will of course respond to this
consultation and would very much like to hear
members' views before preparing a draft
response.
The main thrust of the bill will be to modify
and extend the scope of Regulatory Reform
Orders, by which the Government will be able
to remove and reform regulatory provisions
without having to use primary legislation each
time. Parliamentary scrutiny and safeguards
will remain. The second part of the proposal
focuses on an 'Enforcement Concordat' which
would enshrine principles for enforcing
regulation.
Comments on any part of the proposals should
be emailed to
John Kell. The consultation closes in
October; a draft response will be compiled and
published to members via the forums in
September.
CALL FOR SUCCESS
STORIES
If you are a freelance contractor or
consultant with a success story to share, PCG
would like to hear from you. We are
particularly interested to learn about:
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Noteworthy contracts won
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PCG members being nominated for/winning awards
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Successful collaborative projects, especially
those involving several PCG member businesses
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Interesting project case stories
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Projects that have made a positive,
outstanding or memorable difference to the
client
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Outstanding charitable activities
The aim is to publish selected stories in PCG
newsletters, the Freelancing Matters magazine
and articles written by PCG for external
publications. Please email your story to
success@pcg.org.uk and confirm that you are
happy to have your name and that of your
business included in any article. You would have
the opportunity to review and approve the
material before publication.
CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS
For information about the latest job, project,
contract and work opportunities, see PCG's
Commercial forum, and Members' Commercial
forum. The Commercial forum may be accessed by
Affiliate members, and PCG welcomes postings
by agencies. If you are willing to have your
commercial post published in the weekly
newsletter, please include the words
"newsletter OK". Current opportunities
include:
REGIONAL MEETINGS
Regional meetings - traditionally known on the
forums as "RLMs" - encourage members to
socialise, network and discuss PCG issues.
These meetings are open to all members, and in
many cases non-members are welcome to come
along too.
If you would like to attend or propose
regional meetings, please register your
interest by posting to the relevant thread.
OTHER EVENTS
"Consulting for the future" - Friday 9
September 2005
The Institute of Management Consultancy's
annual conference "Consulting for the
future" will be a full-day event, to be
followed by an evening reception. Visit the
website for more details.
Byte Night 2005 - Friday 23 September 2005
Five PCG members will be taking part in Byte
Night, in aid of the children's charity,
NCH, which works to prevent youth
homelessness. Simon Juden, Richard Robson,
Justin Powell, Andrew Banks and Andy McDonald
will join hundreds of others sleeping rough
for the night. Please visit the
website to make your pledge.
ATSCo and PCG Charity Golf Day - Tuesday 11
October 2005
PCG and ATSCo will hosting a Charity Golf Day
at Buckinghamshire Golf Club; the net profits
will be donated to the NSPCC. Visit the
RLM forum
for more details.
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