With a 2,000-strong workforce split between academic and support staff and ranging from minimum wage workers to highly paid academics, the challenge for the University of Lincoln was to develop a...
If evidence were needed to support Ian Powell’s winning approach of putting people at the heart of the £2.46 billion PwC business, it could be the fact he ran uncontested for a second term as chairman...
As Fiona Deal, corporate services director of AmicusHorizon, says: “There’s never been a transformation like ours in the housing world.” And the catalyst for this has been CEO Steve Walker, who has...
A thriving HR team is one that can lead genuine improvement throughout a business and the HR Excellence Awards judges believed insurer Hastings Direct had a department which had achieved just that.
Tube Lines has faced more than its fair share of challenges over the past year – the biggest of which was becoming a public sector organisation – but the HR team has tackled every hurdle in its...
When you think about it, the world has not changed very much over the last four years.
American Express has a vision to help employees shift their view of health benefits, engage in preventative care and above all be inspired to adopt healthier behaviours that will benefit them, their...
Sam Owens joined Merlin Entertainments Group, the company behind Legoland, the London Eye and Alton Towers, in September 2008, as HR advisor in the corporate function, which is responsible for 350...
In a company of 104,000 employees, the challenge for the HR department is to give the right learning to the right people – all within budget. Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has done just that through the...
Three years ago, Network Rail, the authority responsible for the UK’s railway network, made the decision to open a centre in Milton Keynes. By 2012, 3,000 staff would move in to the £120 million...
Having doubled its customer base in two years, insurer Hastings Direct was faced with a sore need to attract and retain talent. It was time to turn the focus to developing a talent management strategy...
Two years ago, in 2010, utility company Thames Water was set the tough financial challenge by its regulator Ofwat to save £300 million through efficiencies by 2015. This triggered the organisation to...
