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Today's post is going to be closer to a public service announcement to keep you up to date with changes in things happening here.

Eileen, our customer services manager, has asked me to mention for all the umbrella company guys that the amount of fuel receipts you need to cover 100 miles of travel has gone up from £10 to £13, which given the current fuel costs I doubt is going to affect many of you. She also asked me to remind you that if you're going to be taking holiday next week because of half term, it would be a great time to claim your Holiday pay, as it won't interfere with your normal weekly tax allowance.

We've received the final draft of our newsletter "Free Agent" (the magazine formally known as The Bottom Line), and that will be going to the printers within the week, and should be with you inside a month. Just like the website we thought that the image and name of the newsletter needed updating. There's a competition with some great prizes all in time for Christmas so worth taking a look at.

Another thing that will be changing in the near future is our phone system. The new one will be an all singing all dancing system (number recognition that will bring up your details as the phone is picked up, things like that) and will be installed over the next month or so. You'll still be speaking to the same people as you always have, but now you won't have to wait for them to bring up your details (although the security checks will be the same). Our disaster recovery site has already been switched over, and we've arranged for the upgrade here to be done out of hours to avoid disruption.

That's about it for this week, I'll have a new blog for you Wednesday, and I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that Lynne will be blogging for you on Friday giving you a break from me. Have a great weekend and feel free to get in touch by clicking on Hugo below.

Hugo
24/10/2008