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HR Excellence Awards 2012: entries closing soon

Our annual HR Excellence Awards are the mostly widely recognised in the field of human resources.

Top Employers for Working Families launches 2012 Benchmark and Awards

The Top Employers for Working Families Benchmark and Awards, founded by Working Families in partnership with the Institute for Employment Studies and sponsored by Computershare Voucher Services,...

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Tesco to hire 20,000 customer service staff over two years

Tesco is to create 20,000 new jobs in the UK over the next two years through a “significant investment” in customer service, refreshing existing stores and opening new ones.

British Occupational Health Research Foundation forced to close due to economic downturn

The British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) is to wind down this year, due to lack of funding in the current economic climate.

Gazprom Energy to recruit for 30 HQ roles in expansion drive

Gazprom Energy, the UK-based retail arm of Russia’s biggest firm Gazprom, is defying the economic downturn and recruiting for more than 30 roles at its Manchester headquarters.

UK salaries are on the up while job opportunities reach two year high, finds Reed Job Index

Job opportunities across the country rose more sharply in February than in January while salaries are back to the level of 23 months ago, according to recruitment firm Reed.

Ex-Vodafone HRD Matthew Brearley to head people and organisation at Arqiva

Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, has appointed ex-Vodafone HRD Matthew Brearley (pictured) as director of people and organisation.

First measures workplace social mobility launched by campaigning group

Campaigning group Professions for Good has launched a Social Mobility Toolkit for the Professions, the first common framework to measure the progress of social mobility within the workplace.

Pensions Regulator publishes approach to maximising employer compliance with auto-enrolment

The Pensions Regulator published its approach to maximising employer compliance with new automatic enrolment duties and supporting the pensions industry to deliver defined contribution (DC)n pensions.

European Equal Pay Day: employers urged to tackle gender gap

Today is European Equal Pay Day, which aims to raise awareness of the gender pay gap and comes ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March.

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Apprenticeships face ‘identity crisis’, according to Forum of Private Business

The Forum of Private Business today warned a group of MPs that apprenticeships are facing an ‘identity crisis’, with business owners in certain sectors concerned that shorter schemes do not provide...

Employers seek more of a 'can do' attitude from applicants rather than specialist skills, finds Virgin Media Business

Employers are calling for more from the next generation of office workers as traditional skill sets in corporate Britain change.