Employment
Bankers, lawyers and retailers sign-up to more 2012 travel advice than other sectors and industries.
Firms representing over 370,000 employees already receiving free one-to-one travel advice from London 2012 and TfL.
Firms urged to put day three in their diaries – first Monday of the Games and one of the busiest for business.
By Mark Reed
New university study finds that pomegranate juice reduces stress hormone levels in British workers.
By Brooke DuBois
Latest research from BDRC Continental shows that while employee’s rights to paternity leave are well understood, few SMEs are aware of an impending change in regulation that will give employees the right to request time off for training.
By Brooke DuBois
The deadline for the Encouraging Women into Franchising Awards, sponsored by NatWest, is just around the corner, and women franchisees, franchisors, and franchise service providers that support and encourage women are urged to get their entries in!
By Brooke DuBois
Business Secretary Vince Cable and Skills Minister John Hayes have urged more employers to drive economic growth by creating a new generation of skilled workers, while underling the government’s commitment to increase the budget for Apprenticeships to over £1,400 million in 2011-12.
By Brooke DuBois
One of the greatest challenges to a micro business can be recruiting the right people to enable the business to grow.
By Brooke DuBois
You can’t have escaped the recent media coverage with the announcement that James Caan has decided to step down from BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den for the coming season.
By Brooke DuBois
Lord Heseltine has visited Yorkshire to encourage local businesses and entrepreneurs to bid for cash from the Government’s flagship £1.4bn Regional Growth Fund.
By Brooke DuBois
The Government has confirmed that it will remove the Default Retirement Age (DRA) so that people have more choice when to stop working. As well as benefiting individuals, the freedom to work for longer will provide a boost to the UK economy.
By Brooke DuBois
How many employees really care about the company they work for and do they appreciate its success is their success?
By Gary Hall
Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership Charlie Mayfield has been appointed to lead and reform the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
By Brooke DuBois
Business Secretary Vince Cable today launched a call for evidence to inform the Government’s forthcoming Trade White Paper.
By Brooke DuBois
As any business owner who is undergoing rapid expansion will know - it can be difficult to find a moment to scratch yourself (excuse the term), let alone get the hundreds of jobs on your list done. Outsourcing, as Greg Guildford from HR Solutions explains, may just be the answer.
By Brooke DuBois
In this current climate of high unemployment with a lack of jobs for candidates to choose from, you need to ensure that you attract and retain the right staff.
By Brooke DuBois
Employers may be stopped from sending older staff 'out to pasture', following proposals by the UK Government released for consultation today.
By Brooke DuBois
Small business owners favour candidates with experience and skills rather than recent graduates, irrespective of cost, according to a recent survey.
By Paige Price
The new Business and Enterprise Minister, Mark Prisk, has rolled up his sleeves and is getting his hands dirty doing work experience with British small businesses.
By Brooke DuBois
What not to do when interviewing to fill a vacancy at your business...
By Claude Whitacre
The UK’s lowest paid workers should have a few more bob in their pockets come October.
By Brooke DuBois
Prospective employees who use a little ‘creative licence’ when writing their CVs are wreaking havoc on UK businesses, according to new research.
By Brooke DuBois
It’s an over-used phrase, but I’m sticking with it. Times have changed.
And this is particularly true for women.
By Brooke DuBois
