The privatisation of the NHS agenda has taken a leap forward with the news that private company, Circle is taking over Hinchingbrooke Hospital, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire – but a leaked document...
Only weeks after technology firm Ericsson announced it was planning to sell its 50% stake in mobile phone joint venture Sony Ericsson, Ericsson's head of HR Michael Chivers addressed delegates at the...
Kraft Foods has completed a CSR scheme with 561 employees across 10 sites in the UK and Ireland donating 5,000 hours to combat hunger and help build healthy lifestyles in their local communities.
It’s been six months since the publication of Lord Davies’ report on women's representation on FTSE 100 Boards, and the progress report published by Cranfield School of Management last week reported a...
Between July 2012 and September 2012, the London Olympics and Paralympics will see the already-congested capital inundated by something over 5.5 million visitors. The disruption this will cause...
Britain’s bosses are prioritising profits over principles, according to the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) Index of Leadership Trust, released today.
Fleet provider Alphabet has acquired ING Car Lease for the sum of 637 million euros.
The Energy Saving Fund is to create 20,000 new jobs throughout the UK within the next twelve months.
The London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has started to offer candidates a volunteering role at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Amendments to the Takeover Code by the UK Take-over Panel bring due diligence into much greater focus for the people-related issues in acquisitions – driving HR to the discussion table.
The decade: the 1980’s. The scene: urban riots in the inner city, from Brixton to Toxteth. The reaction from business leaders: a realisation that the disenchantment and violence being seen in...
Prime minister David Cameron has made his clearest comments yet on cutting HR jobs within UK police forces as a way of achieving budgeting cuts and strengthening front-line policing (see previous...
