Citation featured in Business Desk red tape debate

CITATION, which provides businesses and professionals with employment law and health and safety law advice, is predicting a record year amid strong demand for its services as published on the Business Desk on 27th June 2011.

Bosses at the Wilmslow-based company, who expect 2011 ebitda to hit £4.5m on £15m turnover, believe that by 2014 these numbers can grow to £8.5m and £20m.

Expanding into new locations and offering existing clients new services are both on the agenda Citation said.
Chief Executive Lindsay Hill said the company’s growth was being driven by not only a rising tide of new rules and regulations from Europe, but also the more rigid, and in some cases “crazy” application of existing regulations by local authority procurement officials.

In one instance a taxi company was forced to meet health and safety rules designed to prevent accidents on construction sites just to be able to tender for council work.

“It’s not that the regulation is bad or not well thought out, it’s that it is being used in the wrong way,” Mr Hill said.

New regulations coming into force this autumn relating to the default retirement age being scrapped and to agency workers are driving customer numbers and call volumes to Citation’s 24-hour helpline.

Mr Hill, who began his career as regulatory lawyer with London firm Fox Williamson, says that despite pledges by successive governments to cut red tape and free small firms from regulatory burden, there is little they can do to stem the tide of new rules from Brussels.

“The reality is the regulatory framework is forever being enlarged and the majority of it is coming from Europe.”

Citation has around 210 staff. As well as the Wilmslow base, which opened in 2009 after a relocation from nearby Knutsford, the firm has bases in Cardiff and Glasgow.

As well as small businesses Citation’s broad client base includes many independent dentists, doctors and vets’ practices, while another strength is in the care homes and education sectors.

It serves around 6,500 clients and is growing at a rate of around 100 per month, finance director Julie Moran said.

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Web Savvy Travel Agents Get the Best Deals for Their Customers at Alfa Travel

Alfa Travel are reaching out to web savvy travel agents across Britain in order to promote its online booking system, which helps agents get the best deals on Alfa Travel holidays for both them and their customers.

The UK coach tour operators recently ran an "online discount day", during which a number of travel agents were able to obtain some great deals on Alfa’s coach tour holidays for their customers, as well as increasing their own booking commissions.

The success of the online discount day has highlighted the benefits of booking with Alfa Travel for travel agents, and so Alfa would like to encourage more and more agents to use their online agent booking service to get the best holiday deals for their customers.

All you need to use Alfa’s agent booking system is your ABTA number and a 5-digit password, which you can obtain by contacting Alfa’s Agency Sales Support (contact details below). Alfa’s best deals are always made available online, so using our online agent booking system can only benefit you and your customers.

Alfa Travel own a fabulous portfolio of 19 hotels across the UK through their sister company Leisureplex, all in premium locations within their resorts, with top class facilities and entertainment programmes.

Prices for a short break to one of Britain’s top seaside resorts with Alfa Travel start from just £159 per person for a five day half board break with excursions - most of which include entrance fees to major attractions and places of interest.

For more information about Alfa Travel, or to find out how you can become an official affiliated travel agent, contact Agency Sales Support on 01257 248006 or visit the brand new Alfa Travel website at http://www.alfatravel.co.uk/

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IT support partner JMC has recently acquired a brand new contract to work with decorative glass manufacturers RegaLead.

Based in Sharston, Manchester, RegaLead is the largest supplier of decorative components to the glass and door industry in Europe and trades across the globe with clients across 64 countries.

RegaLead has enlisted the services of JMC to better support its IT system and ensure it continues to be able to deliver excellent customer service to its diverse client base. The contract was unearthed by JMC’s internal sales team who, after learning that RegaLead was dissatisfied with its previous IT arrangements, advised the company of JMC’s award winning IT support service.

Following a successful bid process, JMC has secured a network support contract as well as a network expansion project with the company.

JMC is a leading IT support partner in the North of England. With an annual turnover of over £8million, the average client has worked with them for over 10 years, and 94 per cent of clients would be happy to recommend its services to others.

As you would expect from a company of JMC’s calibre, it possesses a host of industry accreditations including Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Cisco Premier Partner, Citrix Silver Solutions Network Member, Dell Enterprise Architecture Partner, HP systems reseller, and Pegasus Strategic Partner.

For more information about JMC and the services it provides, call on 0161 925 7777, or visit http://www.jmc.co.uk
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JMC has been providing IT support to organisations in the North of England since 1981.  Helping to make IT make sense by delivering the necessary experience, resource and commitment to help its clients face their challenges and achieve their ambitions.

They specialise in hi-tech software solutions such as Microsoft Dynamics Nav, Microsoft Dynamics GP and Pegasus Opera 3 as well as bespoke solutions.

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