Hot topic: Hard Brexit

With a hard Brexit looking increasingly likely, what areas do people leaders need to be aware of?

Budget 2017: What HR needs to know

We round up the need-to-know HR elements from chancellor Philip Hammond's spring Budget

Government plans £500 million a year for vocational training

This week's Budget will include radical reforms to the ways vocational and technical training are delivered

A new HR blueprint: Capabilities and careers

In the last of a series of three articles laying out a new blueprint for HR, we ask if the function has the right skills

The automotive industry must attract a new breed of worker

The automotive sector needs digitally and technically skilled workers, perhaps from other industries

Building the skills foundations for growth

With many infrastructure projects underway, are we headed for a post-Brexit construction skills crisis?

Case study: Learning and development at HLM Architects

Technical people can lack soft skills, so architectural firm HLM created a L&D strategy that mixes both

Skills shortages still a top concern, finds CBI

The annual survey found once again that skills gaps were the most cited threat to competitiveness, with this a growing threat

Employers responsible for preparing staff for later life

Employees now need to reskill faster and more times in their lives, while working in long-term care will be well suited to older staff

Automation skills should be "major focus" for HR

More than half of employers are already automating business processes, so HR must keep up

Digital revolution must be inclusive, says BITC

Digital transformation offers significant opportunity, but BITC calls on businesses to prevent inequality

Focus on ‘humanlike’ skills to mitigate impact of automation

A panel at the CBI annual conference was positive that automation doesn't have to make humans obsolete