Peter Crush

Is Cadbury heading for a meltdown following the Kraft takeover?

It's six months since Irene Rosenfeld , CEO of Kraft, successfully bought Cadbury - and she still hasn't bothered to pay it a visit. And while there are positive signs the US-giant appears to take the...

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Government is passing the sick as fit to work

On the day the Government is setting out plans to get more people off disability benefits, an investigation by the BBC has found two-thirds of people so far applying for the new Employment Support...

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Workers uninterested in 'con' pensions

Just one in eight British employees show any interest in their pension - much lower than the third of people that say they keenly follow them in Germany, Belgium and Switzerland.

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The workplace is a seething hotbed of promotion envy

A survey of more than 1,300 employees finds the office is dog-eat-dog after 34%, of employees in small businesses said that they would purposely sabotage a colleague's chances of a promotion, rising...

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Staff expense fiddling tops 3.5 billion

Fraudulent expense claims cost British businesses more than 3.5 billion, with currency exchange company FairFX estimating the average employee claims 462 worth of personal spend as a business expense.

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'Marathon job interviews' slammed

Job interviews lasting longer than it takes to run a marathon have been slammed by the Graduate Recruitment Bureau.

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Outplacement services should be compulsory say public sector staff

As the public sector braces itself for across-the-board job cuts, of survey of public sector workers finds 85% of them want career transition services and CV/interview advice to be made compulsory.

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Health and Wellbeing: Is 'health' about work or fitness?

I have a memory of some famous news footage where a rotund male police officer doesn't so much leap over a garden fence to catch the criminal he is pursuing, but practically topples over it, bringing...

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Interview with Brecon Jones, health and vitality manager at Unilever

Breckon Jones, employee health and vitality manager at Unilever, is adamant his Fit Business project results show the direct business benefits of health and wellbeing interventions. Others are harder...

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Investors in People has introduced a new kite mark to recognise best practice in health and wellbeing

Ever since 2007, when it launched the 'Business Action on Health' campaign, Business in the Community (BITC) has campaigned hard to get health and wellbeing initiatives translated into balance...

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Interview with Tim Martin, founder of pub chain Wetherspoon

Clothes clearly aren't important to Tim Martin, founder of pub chain Wetherspoon. But how his staff look - everything from their rapport with customers to their pint-pulling expertise - is duly noted...

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