Outsourcing in the UK was originally seen as a way of reducing costs and passing clerical and low-level customer contact tasks to another company and often another country. While the practice...
As we enter into a new financial year, it is more than likely that 'cost cutting' will remain a buzz word for many businesses for the year ahead - indeed Alastair Darling has just warned us in his...
A report published last week found, surprise, surprise that CEOs were at odds with HR about talent management. It seems the top brass know their workforce is important, yet they plan to cut budget....
It is a year next month since chancellor George Osborne announced his Budget for Growth. But so far that growth has amounted to a paltry 0.9%, according to ONS. Worse still, GDP shrank 0.2% in the...
What are the talent concerns facing some of the UK's largest organisations in the current climate? Stephen Hoare spoke to eight HRDs about the issues that keep them awake at night.
Mass redundancies at the likes of Twitter, Made.com and Amazon may have raised concerns about the fate of the jobs market, but will this continue into the new year? Sarah Ronan reports
The government’s Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, which seeks to set minimum service levels during periods of industrial action, will disproportionately impact women who already face...
