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Grundon Waste Management prides itself on commitment to staff training and recently its highly- successful driver apprenticeship programme earned the company a finalist’s place in the prestigious Apprenticeships 4 England Employer Awards 2016


Biggest shake-up in data protection


The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the biggest shake-up in data protection for over a decade. But what should you do now to protect business continuity? Ardi Kolah LL.M, co-director of Henley Business School’s Data Protection Officer Programme, offers his top 10 tips


Clayton Sullivan-Webb and Lisa Dixon with the successful apprentices


The Awards recognise outstanding examples of quality, best practice, innovation and excellence in Apprenticeship Delivery, and as The Business Magazine went to press, the winners were due to be announced at a gala dinner on February 25, at the Emirates Stadium, London.


In its category, Grundon was competing for top honours against companies including Siemens, VISA, the RNLI and Mitie Property Services (UK).


Anthony Tattersall, Grundon’s logistics support manager who is in charge of the apprenticeship programme, said: “We were absolutely thrilled to be shortlisted as a finalist in these awards.


“We work extremely hard and invest a great deal of time and money into ensuring our apprentices receive the essential training they need to do well in their future careers and it’s great news that our efforts have been recognised by the panel of judges.


“There is a real need to attract more drivers into the Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) industry and we are working hard to encourage and recruit more new candidates to apply for our apprenticeship schemes.”


Nationwide, there is a shortfall of some 60,000 LGV drivers nationwide and to help fill the gap, Grundon has been actively recruiting.


At the end of last year, an initial eight trainee drivers successfully completed their apprenticeships and all have now joined the company’s team of around 400 drivers serving customers across the Thames Valley.


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The new recruits were presented with their certificates by Clayton Sullivan-Webb, managing director of Grundon, who said: “We are committed to offering the highest quality training and career opportunities and congratulate all those who have done so well.


“Our drivers are the front line of our customer service and they play a very important role in flying the flag for Grundon. We wish them long and successful careers with the company and I look forward to celebrating again with the next cohort of successful apprentices very soon.”


A further 17 drivers are currently studying for their Level Two Apprenticeship in driving an LGV, with a further three apprentice technicians in training.


The apprenticeships, undertaken in partnership with Banbury-based JLD Driver Training, and part funded by Activate Learning, take an average of 12-18 months to complete and the Grundon drivers’ pass rate is over 90%, well above the industry average of 50%.


Overall, Grundon invests more than £7,000 in each apprentice before they become a fully-fledged member of the driving team, including the JLD training and ongoing employment costs.


Details: www.grundon.com


With the arrival of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that replaces the out-of-date Data Protection Act 1998, a lot of promising careers of senior managers are on the hook if companies get this stuff badly wrong.


Whereas in the past the discussion of IT and data processing was outside of the boardroom, today it is a very different story.


Organisations that process significant amounts of personal data or special data that carry with it a high risk to data protection, and those companies employing more than 250 employees must comply with this new EU regulation. Effectively it means that every IT company in the Thames Valley, whether large or small, is impacted by the GDPR.


Fines for breach of the GDPR can be up to €20 million or 4% of global turnover of the preceding 12 months, whichever is greater. So this is a ‘game changer’.


So what do you do now within the 24-month transition period? That sounds like plenty of time, but in reality it isn’t. You need to hire the new breed of Data Protection Officer (DPO), one of the first things you need to consider, right now.


It is easy to get overwhelmed in the detail of GDPR, so here are our top 10 tips to get you started:


1 Record all data processing activities


2 Satisfy conditions for lawful processing


3 Conduct a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) without delay


4 Plan a data protection training programme


5 Keep meticulous records


6 Protect the rights of the data subject 7 Watch for danger signs 8 Plan for a personal data breach 9 Build a ‘trip wire map’ of GDPR


10 DPO should have regular formal briefings for the Senior Management Team.


Don’t wait to do the right thing - seek to develop a learning culture and develop best practice as a leader, not a follower. Which is where we come in.


Details: Diana Richards 01491-418767 exec@henley.ac.uk www.henley.ac.uk/dpo


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THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – MARCH 2016


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