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Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
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Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

2019 was a spectacular year for Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. at the RoSPA Health & Safety Awards. As well as being Highly Commended in the Health & Safety Team of the Year, they also achieved a RoSPA Gold Achievement Award. Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. first entered the RoSPA Awards back in 2017, winning a Silver RoSPA Award. Since then, they’ve continued to enter, pushing themselves to win a Gold Award in 2018 and then again in 2019. We spoke to Kieran Doona, Health and Safety Manager at Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. to find out more about their…
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City’s finance committee hears requests to appropriate funds
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City’s finance committee hears requests to appropriate funds

Cambridge City Council’s Finance Committee considered a number of requests from various departments, during its meeting this week. City Utility Director Lou Thornton made a request to appropriate $220,000 from the Unappropriated Sewer Fund. Of those funds $20,000 would go to sewer supplies, $20,000 to sewer miscellaneous service, $50,000 to sewer vehicle maintenance, $10,000 to sewer miscellaneous, $60,000 to sewer capital improvement and $60,000 to sewer equipment. “When we first put our budgets together in October of last year, it’s very difficult to anticipate what’s happened to the economy,” Thornton explained. “As a result between the budget being from last…
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Islamic finance provides an alternative to debt-based systems
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Islamic finance provides an alternative to debt-based systems

The growth of Islamic banks provides Muslims living in North America with options that reflect their beliefs. (Shutterstock) For years, Muslims in North America have struggled to find ways to purchase homes while complying with Islamic law, or shariah. The Qur’an prohibits both the collection and payment of interest. For more than a million Canadians, these religious structures are limited access to conventional mortgages. Recently, however, companies such as the Canadian Halal Financial Corporation have emerged to fill this void. The creation of a vehicle in North America to enable Muslims to finance home ownership is part of an emerging…
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Catch it, Kill it, Bin it… Then What? – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
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Catch it, Kill it, Bin it… Then What? – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

Core messaging during the COVID -19 pandemic has focused on the role each citizen plays in bringing the situation under control. Good hygiene and social distancing have been spoken about widely and it is acknowledged that the latter is the primary risk control measure. The role of key workers has also been widely discussed, such as the value of NHS staff and care workers, the role of educators and the rapid transition to home schooling. And as I sit here at home thinking about the 27million households in the UK on lockdown, and the impact on people and their communities,…
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What to Do After You’ve Over-Contributed to Your 401(k)
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What to Do After You’ve Over-Contributed to Your 401(k)

The most common basic personal finance advice anyone gets is this—max out your 401(k) contributions. But what does that mean? How much is the maximum, and what do you do if you exceed it? And yes, you can exceed it—under certain circumstances. Excess contributions, in fact, are double-taxed (in the contribution year and again when its withdrawn). Below we consider how an over-contribution to your 401(k) can happen, and what the repercussions are. Key Takeaways The most common basic personal finance advice anyone gets is this: max out your 401(k) contributions. Under certain circumstances, you can exceed this amount. For…
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