Social enterprise can develop stronger ties between management and employees

In today's competitive marketplace, organisations are competing fiercely to retain and nurture their top talent pool to power their business growth.

How to balance company security with employee rights

The ubiquity of computers and electronic devices in the workplace presents a major challenge to HR departments.

Breath screening tool for employers launched to save £6.4 billion annual cost of workplace hangovers

Each day over 140,000 people go into work with a hangover with a cumulative impact of £6.4 billion cost to the UK economy, triggering the launch of employee breath screening technology in workplaces.

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SMEs turn to the next generation to plot the social enterprise future

We are seeing a growing number of SMEs intent on transforming themselves into social enterprises: organisations that leverage social, mobile and open cloud technologies to put customers at the heart...

KPMG: UK 'lags behind' on social media for business

Businesses in the UK, Germany and Canada are lagging behind their peers in the emerging markets when it comes to adopting and using social media.

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Quakers launch HR software system to increase efficiency

Faith based not-for-profit organisation the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) has invested in a new HR software system as it looks to increase efficiency.

There's an app for that: HR magazine takes a look at some mobile apps to help with the day job

Mobile internet usage will overtake PC-based usage within the next four years, according to forecasts released in September by market research firm IDC. Its report also said sales of mobiles and...

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Outsourcing – why and how you should lose non-core activity

Why outsource anything at all? Surely you can run it as well as any other party, and they only want to make a profit by providing to you? If these statements are true, then why should anyone do...

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine relaunches HR strategy

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the UK’s national school of public health, has launched a strategy to replace its personnel and payroll system.

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On and offshore service blending – mixed service delivery at blended prices

Hands up if you have upgraded your iPad to 5.0 to gain access to its 'iCloud' feature? No doubt Apple will bring 'cloud computing' into the common language with this positioning of the virtual storage...

Sportscotland outsources HR services for 50 Scottish governing bodies of sport

Sportscotland, the national agency for sport in Scotland has outsourced its HR services and launched an HR help desk for all 50 Scottish governing bodies of sport (SGBs).

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Outsourcing: To make money rather than to cut costs?

Outsourcing has attracted plenty of controversy over the years. To some, BPO (business process outsourcing) may as well read OMG, as it summons up negative connotations such as service cuts, budget...