The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) urges new Labour Party leader Ed Miliband to make re-connecting Labour with Britain's business community a top priority of his first months in office.

We have to have the type of people that will absorb our culture and turn that into performance.

For the fifth anniversary of the HR Most Influential ranking, HR magazine has tied up with Ashridge Business School to define influence and create a definite list of those in the sector who have it.

On 1 October Neil Roden ended his 10-year reign as group HRD at RBS. But he refuses to be the scapegoat for everything that went wrong at the bank.

Starbucks' HRD, Sandra Porter, can't understand why so many HR professionals don't get on with their bosses. She and CEO Darcy Wilson-Rymer have a close working relationship.

Pierre Barnabe used to be the boss of Alcatel-Lucent (France). Now he is vice-president, corporate HR and transformation for the global business. It's not the usual career move. David Woods finds out...

Entrepreneur and Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne is clear. HR people are essential: they know about people issues, but they don't need to know how the business works.

Elaine Arden has been appointed group head of HR at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

Fresh from scooping the HR Gold Award from HR magazine, Liz Bell, HR director, B&Q, was named Leader of the Year at the Specsavers Everywoman in Retail Awards held last night at the a glittering...

David Fairhurst senior vice president/chief people officer at McDonald's Restaurants Northern Europe, has been voted HR magazine's most influential practitioner for the third year running, while Dave...

Despite a slowing down in the growth in recruitment, research suggests HR professionals are bucking the trend - but their job roles will have to evolve.

Stephen Moir, corporate director for people, policy and law at Cambridgeshire County Council, is set to influence future development of local government while on secondment as national adviser,...