Cardiff Council automates process for hiring agency staff to save money

Cardiff Council has automated its procurement process for hiring agency workers in the hope of saving 5% of its annual spend.

Web 3.0 - Three's a cloud

Web 3.0 and cloud computing are interchangeable terms to describe the trend for dispensing with installing and running certain software programmes and using the internet instead. But how will this...

Business has yet to fully embrace people metrics

Nearly a quarter (22%) of businesses never use people measurements and metrics and 48% use them only occasionally.

Integrated payroll system for Pennine Care NHS Trust

Pennine Care NHS Trust is to implement an integrated payroll system to reduce costs over the next three years.

DfT lambasted for shared services disaster

The Department for Transport (DfT) planned and implemented its shared corporate services project with stupendous incompetence, according to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.

Time comes to the Mersey

The ferry across the Mersey will be running with the help of fully monitored staff, now that operator Merseytravel has signed a deal with time & attendance provider, Crown Computing.

Postmen are bullied to work more quickly

With the Christmas card season in full swing, postmen are under too much pressure to complete delivery routes, according to the Communication Workers Union (CWU).

Outplacement improves company reputation

Outplacement services help boost a companys reputation for existing members of staff according to a survey by coaching and outplacement provider Mason Finch.

First Group invests in HR system

First Group has invested 250,000 in HR software for 6,000 employees across 260 UK sites of First Great Western and First TransPennine Express.

BT consolidates its use of payroll technology

BT has extended its web-based pay review software to manage its equal pay review.

Online appraisals under way at Cubic

Cubic Transportation Systems has implemented an online appraisal system.

Coventry Universitys HR systems get a makeover

Coventry University has updated its HR and payroll operations.