December 2012 is the end of an epic sporting year for Britain. In the world of business, it seems that no awards ceremony or black-tie dinner is complete without a token Olympian to sprinkle a little...
HR director of payroll services firm Ceridian believes many organisations face difficulty balancing the need for a lean cost base with the requirements to retain top talent.
Almost 100 years ago, scientist Albert Einstein identified the three great forces that drove the universe as “stupidity, fear and greed”. And 25 years ago, Hollywood character Gordon Gekko in Wall...
American author Washington Irving described Christmas as "the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."
Sainsbury's has reinstated the role of group HR director following the announcement that customer service and colleague director Gwyn Burr is leaving the retailer in March 2013 to focus on her...
Robert Bolton, partner in KPMG Management Consulting and global lead of the firm's HR Centre of Excellence, discusses the professional services firm's new research on HR and talent.
If an ability to deal with difficult people situations is a prerequisite for an HR director, then Vanessa Evans got off to a flying start. On taking over as manager of an Early Learning Centre in...
Speaking at HR Performance yesterday in London, Esther O’Halloran, MD and former HRD of bakery and patisserie chain Paul UK, said that HR directors could make the leap to running a company, but that...
Kate Chapman will be joining UK recruiter Michael Page in January 2013 in the newly created role.
Influencing people is more vital than ever in today’s challenging and uncertain work environment.
Wellbeing schemes are not new. But since they initially emerged much has changed. They have evolved from seeing wellbeing as health and safety guidelines that seek to do no harm, to a wide range of...
Being a small company has its challenges, and FMI Group has had to overcome more than most. When our parent company went bust in 2009, we had to rebuild the business from the ground up – it hasn’t...
