Theresa May takes office
Following the resignation of David Cameron, May quickly emerged as the front-runner to lead the Conservative party and take the top job as prime minister. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills became the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in her new government.
May quickly revealed a desire to curb boardroom excesses and shake up corporate governance, with ideas such as putting workers on boards and enforcing mandatory publication of pay ratios. While some ideas have since been scaled back, there’s no doubt May will bring about some serious changes in UK corporate governance in the coming months.
Great night for Wincanton and Pizza Hut at the HR Excellence Awards 2016
More than 600 HR professionals gathered in the London Hilton Park Lane in July to celebrate those leading the way in the HR profession. Wincanton scooped three of the top accolades at a glittering gala dinner, and Kathryn Austin, chief people and marketing officer of Pizza Hut Restaurants, won the HR Director of the Year award.
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The best bits of HR magazine in July:
Solving the STEM crisis: Business's role
Employers need to be innovative when it comes to engaging, sourcing and developing talent to bridge the STEM talent gap, said Jean Martin, talent solutions architect at CEB.
Everything you need to know about MOOCs
What is a MOOC, how does it work, and what benefits could this online training tool bring to your organisation?
Top five tips on implementing change
The top five tips on implementing change we learned at the Landing Transformational Change Conference, hosted by the University of Bath's School of Management.
Reputation in the balance: rethinking corporate governance
In light of bad practice at some large organisations, corporate governance needs to be seen as less of a box-ticking exercise and more an integral, people-focused part of business. July's cover story explored HR's role in this.
