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WINTER 2008

This newsletter reported on our 2008 client event and three projects that we had recently completed.  At Risk Solutions we pride ourselves on our diverse mix of clients and the wide range of projects we work on.  The projects featured in this issue were to:

  • Define a research programme that is needed to form the basis of future negotiations on greenhouse gas stabilisation.
  • Develop an asset management strategy for London Underground's telecoms assets.
  • Develop and help implement an operational risk management framework for International Power.

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WINTER 2007

2007 marked Risk Solutions' tenth anniversary and our first year of being an employee-owned business. This newsletter explains how we marked the occasion by refreshing our corporate identity and overhauling our website. The newsletter also describes three current projects:

  • Assessing whether safety critical rail staff who fail the industry's hearing standard could continue working if fitted with digital hearing aids
  • Investigating the relationship between traffic growth and measures to improve flows on journey time reliability for the Highways Agency
  • Scoping two projects to investigate options under the Office for Disability Issues' Independent Living Strategy.

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SPRING 2007

  • Working with Targets - Our review of international experience of working with targets, especially in the public sector.
  • Risk Based Standards for Roads - Describing how we applied a risk-based approach to the introduction of radically different gantry designs on UK motorways.
  • PACTS - Describing our growing involvement on the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. 
  • By Royal Command - Chris and Helen's appointment at the Palace. 
  • Richard, Jonathan and Mike join the team.

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NOVEMBER 2006

  • Announcing completion of our Management Buyout on 24 November 2006.

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SPRING 2006

  • Review of Medical Driver Licensing - Reporting on our review of DVLA's process for deciding on the fitness to drive of people with medical conditions.
  • Modelling Tomorrow's Railway - Introducing our work on the DfT's Network Modelling Framework that will be used to evaluate strategic options for the UK's national rail network.
  • Modelling Bird Flu in the UK
  • How we applied our techniques for modelling foot and mouth disease to the latest animal health issue to hit our shores.
  • Moving our London office from Euston to Russell Square.

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AUTUMN 2005

  • Disease Control Strategies - Investigating when vaccination is more effective, in overall economic terms, than culling to control an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
  • Reducing Red Tape - Reviewing HMRC’s process for calculating the 'cost of compliance' associated with new regulations - and how this could apply across government.
  • Helping Reduce Occupational Health & Safety Risk - Reporting on our evaluation of HSE's initiative to introduce 'topic based inspection' in 2002.
  • An Enigma Variation - Report on our client event at the Cabinet War Rooms.
  • New Owners – Acquisition of Risk Solutions by CIP Industries LLP.

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WINTER 2004

  • Coping with Climate Change - Our investigation into industry's strategies for adapting to climate change.
  • Carrying a Torch for the Greeks - Reporting on our global risk review of London's Olympic torch relay as part of the build up to the Athens Olympics.
  • Managing Strategic Risks - Describing our approach to identifying and structuring strategic risks to public sector organisations and private sector companies.
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls - Report on our client event of trading risks at the Lloyds Building.

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SPRING 2004

  • Cost of Housing & Council Tax Benefit - Reviewing the administration of housing and council tax benefits for the DWP.
  • Luas Risk Review - Our review of risk management arrangements on Dublin's new tram system which opened in July 2004.
  • Improving Safety Communications - Presenting our Good Practice Guide on Safety Communications developed for RSSB.
  • Victoria joins the team.

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AUTUMN 2003

  • Principles of Decision Making - Our examination, for RSSB, of four areas where the principles that should be applied in safety decision making are not clearly understood.
  • Gaining in Assurance - Overseeing the work on the Central Line trains needed to allow the service to be resumed, following the derailment at Chancery Lane.
  • Cluster Analysis - Using cluster analysis to identify important differences between BSE and different strains of scrapie for Defra.
  • Beyond Reasonable Doubt - Report on our client event at the Middle Temple Hall.
  • Sara Sharp and Sara Ring join the team.

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