Cherie Blair urged more experienced business people to consider becoming a mentor not just in order to help others but also for personal reward.
Three fifths of HR staff think the profession needs to build its understanding of business issues, but developing ‘business savvy’ can be easier said than done, according to the CIPD.
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has launched a consultation on measures to give company shareholders greater influence over executive pay, through enhanced voting rights.
To mark the first day of Business in the Community’s Responsible Business Convention, secretary of state for justice Kenneth Clarke and former MP Jonathan Aitken have joined with business leaders to...
Managed pub company, Spirit Pub Company, has launched a recruitment website.
Last year’s unexpected threats to business presented a wide range of unexpected threats to the operations of UK organisations, have prompted a growing number of employers to develop continuity plans...
The Government should lift two key restrictions on the operation of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) as a matter of urgency, according to a report published this morning by the Work and...
The Government’s plans to increase the unfair dismissal qualifying period from 12 months to two years were debated in a Delegation Legislation Committee yesterday afternoon.
In 2005, a Japanese couple moved to Vancouver, Canada with the dream to run a hotdog stand. They didn’t speak English, they didn’t have a marketing budget and certainly didn’t have the funds to...
In its Work Audit report, published today, the CIPD looks at the impact of the jobs recession that began in 2008 on employers, workers and the economy as a whole.
Jaguar Land Rover is set to create more than 1,000 jobs at its plant in Solihull, following a nationwide recruiting drive.
The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 70.3% unchanged on the last quarter, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
