David Woods

Multinationals across EMEA are planning changes to their talent programmes

Employers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are planning to reshape their talent programmes as the global economy shifts out of recession.

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Emergency Budget: Tax breaks on first 10 employees start-up firms in less affluent areas take on

The Government is to offer new firms in Britain's less affluent areas 900 million in tax breaks in order to hire new staff.

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Emergency Budget: VAT to go up to 20% from January 2011

The Government is to raise VAT from 17.5% to 20% from 4 January

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Most London employers won't allow staff to watch the England match during working hours tomorrow

The majority of London employers will not be making any special provisions to allow staff to watch England's World Cup match against Slovenia tomorrow.

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Emergency Budget: Public-sector pensions to be reviewed before next Budget

The chancellor of the Exchequer has announced public-sector pensions will be put under review in time for the next Budget.

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Antipodeans are back in the UK looking for jobs

Candidates from Australia, New Zealand plus South Africa are making a comeback to the UK job scene, having stayed away or gone home during the credit crunch.

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Centrica's group HR director to join Shire's board of directors

Shire, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, has appointed Anne Minto to its board of directors with immediate effect.

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NATS adopts online checking test in recruitment of air traffic controllers

Air traffic control services provider NATS has launched an online checking test to recruit the highest quality candidates for its air traffic controller (ATC) roles.

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CBI report calls for flexible working and removal of regulations that hinder creation of new jobs

The CBI today (Monday) unveiled a package of measures to ensure Britain's labour market is best placed to sustain businesses and jobs during the recovery.

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Attracting and recruiting staff is top of the agenda for majority of organisations in 2010

Recruitment remains challenging this year as employers seek to balance the books while successfully resourcing talented employees, according to the CIPD.

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Long-term absence due to stress at work has fallen by 10% in past four years

The numbers of staff taking long-term absence due to stress is falling, according to Unum.

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HR Forum: You have to move quickly to get staff buy-in after a merger, says Santander's HR boss

HR directors have been advised that during change management following a merger there is no perfect solution, but the key is to work fast to get things done as quickly as possible.

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