Summary
The view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion, statistics and spin to present a clearer view of the business world, through discussion with people running leading and emerging companies. The programme is broadcast first on BBC Radio 4 and later on BBC World Service Radio, BBC World News TV and BBC News Channel TV.
Evan Davis and his executive panel discuss different types of employment contracts and how far should employers go in checking on their employees' behaviour?
Joining Evan in the studio are Eric Born, Swiss CEO of logistics and transport company, Wincanton, Nick Buckles, CEO of security giant G4S and Jason Iftakhar, co-founder of Salford based company, Swifty Scooters.
Producer: Ben Carter Editor: Stephen Chilcott.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading this podcast from the BBC. In this edition of the bottom line, |
| 0:05.1 | Evan Davis and guests talk about different types of employment contracts and ask how far |
| 0:09.7 | should employers go when checking on their employees' behaviour? Hello and welcome to the |
| 0:14.2 | bottom line and it's all about the workers on the programme this week as we focus on employment |
| 0:18.5 | in our discussions. Now have you noticed how many different |
| 0:21.9 | arrangements for employing people there are? Partners, employees, contract workers, tempts or casual |
| 0:27.8 | labour? When and why do companies choose one rather than another? And we'll also ask how far |
| 0:34.1 | employers should go in checking on their employee' behaviour. But, as always, before |
| 0:40.0 | any of that, we'll spend a few minutes meeting each of my three guests. And first up is Eric Bourne, |
| 0:46.3 | the Swiss chief executive of a British company, Win Canton, which is a logistics and transport |
| 0:51.6 | company. And Eric, it has its origins in the dairy industry, I think. Yes, that's correct. The origin is in collecting milk from the farmers and bringing it to the dairies. And we are still doing that. You're still doing that, but it's much bigger than that now. It's much bigger than that now. And we work across multiple sectors like retail, FMCG, construction, defense, and really make sure the right |
| 1:12.4 | things are the right place at the right time. Right. So how many trucks in your fleet? We manage |
| 1:17.8 | on 5,000 trucks in the UK. 5,000. It is really quite a lot. It is quite a lot. A lot of them are |
| 1:24.3 | the customers' trucks and we manage them on their behalf. Right. So they don't all have Wyn Canton on the side? No, not at all. |
| 1:30.3 | So what's the difference between the customer truck and the Wincanton truck? The customer truck only carries that customer's product? |
| 1:36.5 | Not necessarily. Some we use in collaborative transport forms across multiple customers. |
| 1:41.8 | But we don't need to be that visible. We are quite happy in managing the trucks which have the customers livery on. |
| 1:48.1 | We're going to talk about the Olympics a little bit, probably quite a lot from now on over the summer. |
| 1:52.7 | But are you ready for the Olympics? |
| 1:54.8 | We are ready indeed. We have been planning since September. |
| 1:58.3 | We work with the guys from Locke and the Freight Association for the Olympics, |
| 2:03.8 | and we are definitely ready. We'll be difficult. Yes, it will, but that's our job. |
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