EC PAPERS NOVEMBER 2017

c) The status of the legal entity that operates the nursery will need to be considered.

d) Legal issues arising from the new build. These are under discussion between the project manager and the lawyer. e) For completeness we have considered the prospect previously discussed of dividing the titles of land on the site and do not think this is a route to pursue.

f)

Advice on the loan letter to potential lenders.

Staffing.

22 This has been a very difficult period staffing wise with a great deal of attention to HR being needed and perhaps a disproportionate amount of my time spent on it. Relative to our success over the last four years in recruiting and settling in and induction and supporting some 70 staff overall, the difficulties are perhaps not as bad as they could have been. 23 Recruitment and selection has taken place for the position of a new Education Administrator and I will report on this at the meeting. 24 A period of self-reflection amongst the SMT that I instigated has appeared to have worked. Further support and training will be offered to one member of the SMT. 25 The Office Support Worker has resigned and I am in discussions about the advisability or otherwise of retaining this post. 26 A new finance officer has been taken on during Daniella’s maternity cover. Two new staff have joined us at the hotel.

1% of spend on Art.

27 We have recently purchased prints for the restaurant from AEU member Louise Bradley.

Events.

28 Organising the Liberating Arts Festival has been extremely time consuming and has been well managed by our producer Chris Jury. This was a fantastic event cut down to one day. If you look at the gftu.liberating arts website you will see the very enthusiastic feedback received. A full organisational report on this by Chris Jury is attached.

Books.

29 Our books on trade union education and trade union related plays have received great reviews which can be seen on the Workable Books site. I attach a feature I did on one of our books for the Morning Star.

Affiliation fees.

30 Current affiliation fees are 98p per member per year. The F&GP recommend that this remains the fee for 2018.