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Press Releases by date - August 2012
Ithaka Leadership ask the question "Is Team Building Really Worth the Money?"...
Team Building is an experience many of us will have been subjected to, but does it actually contribute to bottom line performance within an organisation? Is it money well spent or could this be put to better use? Spending time away from the office in a relaxed environment with work...
Venture Housing Association selects Dinamiks as its employee performance management tool of choice
August 31st 2012. Venture Housing Association has selected Dinamiks as its employee performance management tool of choice and purchased a 12 month licence to use the online tool for all staff, including management. Venture, which owns and manages 1300 homes in Liverpool and the Wirral, will use Dinamiks to align...
Steria Recruitment shortlisted for APSCo recruitment company of the year 2012
For the third year running, Steria Recruitment has been shortlisted as a finalist for the APSCo Award for Excellence, Recruitment Company of the Year over £50m. APSCo is the Association of Professional Staffing Companies whose mission is to ensure that its members offer the highest possible standards of trading practice...
eArcu help Facebook users save time with job applications
eArcu today announce an innovative new feature for Facebook users that accelerates applications for their next job. Candidates who add work and educational details to their Facebook profiles can now take advantage of this when applying for roles with eArcu clients. Andy Randall, CEO eArcu, explains "Several months ago, we...
Asperity launches world's first fully integrated employee benefits app
Asperity Employee Benefits has launched the world's first fully integrated employee benefits mobile app for smartphones. A global exclusive, the Reward Gateway app is designed to allow employees to browse discounts and check offers, top up reloadable cards on the go, and is the first smartphone app ever to integrate...
- West Lothian Council to offer staff a cost-neutral benefits package -
Following a competitive tender West Lothian Council recently switched to P&MM Employee Benefits to provide an employee benefits solution for its workforce. The benefits available to the council's staff include employee discounts, childcare vouchers and a cycle-to-work scheme - all guaranteed to be cost neutral for the council. P&MM Employee...
Save the date: CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition will highlight HR's role in leading change and ...
6-8 November 2012 at Manchester Central Jean Tomlin, HR Director for London 2012, who devised the scheme to select and train the 70,000 Games Maker volunteers to make sure that the diversity and legacy goals were achieved, will share lessons learned from the London 2012 Olympics with delegates attending the...
Acclaimed staff leave planner WhosOff.com announced as National Business Awards finalist
August 29th 2012. Canterbury, Kent. WhosOff.com - the online staff leave planner used by more than 800 companies across the UK and around the world - has been shortlisted for the Small Online Business of Year Award at this year's National Business Awards In Partnership With Orange. WhosOff.com generates revenue...
Have you heard..? HR professionals are most likely to share a secret
People working in HR are more likely than any other profession to tell a colleague a secret, according to a new study. While an average of 33.6% of UK workers have spilled the beans to a workmate, 37.61% of HR professionals have divulged something private. The report, which was commissioned...
Oasis Search Revises Name to Assist International Expansion Plans
As of 1st September 2012, Oasis Search will be revising its name to Oasis HR to better reflect the industry for which it recruits. All elements of the business, for example the company registration number, will remain the same. This rebranding exercise is being implemented in support of the company's...
Hasson Associates Strengthens Team with Two Recruits
Hasson Associates, a boutique recruitment consultancy that specialises in market research and marketing recruitment, has strengthened its team with two new appointments. Rosie Jessop joins as an Associate, while Kate Gillen is welcomed as Resourcer. After graduating from the University of Exeter with a degree in sociology, Rosie worked at...
Head Light appoints Billy Brooks as new Sales Director
Head Light, the online talent management specialist, has appointed Billy Brooks to the new position of Sales Director. He will assume responsibility for the company's business development and customer management operations and provide direct feedback into the product development team. Billy has worked in senior Sales positions at leading organisations...
Gateley launches ACE legal service for employers
Gateley - the top 50, national law firm - has teamed up with global insurer, ACE Group, to create a legal advice service for businesses and senior individuals. The new service will provide individual and business ACE customers, who currently have a directors and officers (D&O) or employment practice liability...
office* 2012 Exhibitor Show Highlights: training providers
office*, the UK's only dedicated event for PAs, office managers and executive support professionals, will return for its third edition on 12-13 September at the National Hall, Olympia, London, with 175 exhibitors. The following is just a taste of the training opportunities available at this year's office*. Celebrity PAs, Merryl...
INVESTORS IN PEOPLE (IIP) CERTIFICATION FOR SWISSÔTEL HOTELS & RESORTS...
ZURICH, August 2012 - In order to bring the company's Human Resources philosophy "Putting an accent on our people" to the next level, Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts has challenged its Human Resources management practices, testing them through different assessments, and is now reaping the results: the international hotel chain with...
Life is no holiday for the self-employed
• 24% of self-employed workers take no annual leave • 45% of self-employed workers work whilst on holiday • The self-employed are twice as likely to check work emails whilst on holiday • 48% of self-employed workers take less time off than permanent employees Many of us dream about working...
One Performance Outcome appoints Matt Welvaert as marketing director
Cambridgeshire, UK, Thursday 23rd August 2012: One Performance Outcome (OPO) names Matt Welvaert as Marketing Director. Welvaert has 15 years experience working in the B2B marketing arena, with a strong background in the marketing of people performance improvement services. Having previously spent 8 years at Grass Roots, as Marketing Communications...
enei comments on Ernst & Young's glass ceiling study...
As Ernst and Young today reports that the concept of the 'glass ceiling' is dead for today's modern working woman because there are now in actual fact MULTIPLE barriers to career progression, Denise Keating, CEO of leading diversity campaigner, Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion wonders when things will get...
Assessment centre expert, a&dc, opens new book...
After being recognised as experts in the field of assessment centre practices, leading talent management consultancy, a&dc, was asked to contribute to a new book entitled 'The Psychology of Assessment Centers.' The book, which was edited by Duncan J. R. Jackson, Charles E. Lance and Brian J. Hoffman, explores research...
What the Olympics has taught us about modern working
By Philip Harman, Employment Partner at Cobbetts The 2012 London Olympics has been hailed by most to have been a massive success. But now that all of the medals have been handed out and all of the athletes have returned to their home countries, what lessons can businesses take away?...
A 'Timetastic' free app for managing staff leave
Timetastic is a new and easy way for companies with between five and 50 employees to manage staff leave over the internet or via a mobile phone app. Extremely simple and free to use, holiday requests are made online or via the app (using the book time off tab) and...
PizzaExpress For Business launches experience gift cards
PizzaExpress for Business, the reward and motivation arm of the UK's leading casual dining restaurant has introduced a range of experience gift cards. Delivered in the form of a gift card, the experience reward entitles the recipient to a particular meal - for example, a 2 course meal for one...
CTM Launches Leisure Travel Service for Corporates
• European online travel portal to offer holidays to corporate employees • Securitas launches white-label version CTM (Chelsea Travel Management) are delighted to announce the launch of a new leisure travel service for corporate customers. The service will allow corporation's to offer additional travel and holiday benefits to its employees...
International experience boosts CFOs' salaries
International experience plays a key role for chief financial officers (CFOs) in earning a high salary and is particularly valued by European companies, according to Michael Page's 2012 CFO Barometer. The report, which was based on the responses of 4,388 CFOs globally, revealed that the share of respondents who...
Commercial Group plans £10m growth over next three years
- Commercial Group enlists Bond Teamspirit's HR software with confidence that it can match the ambition for further growth - Commercial Group, the office services company, has chosen Bond Teamspirit, the provider of modular, yet fully integrated, HR, Payroll and Time & Attendance software, to provide a HR software solution...
Bank of Ireland Group managers graduate with leadership qualification
The first cohort of Senior Managers at Bank of Ireland Group who participated in their in-house delivered leadership programme have graduated with a university qualification. Fifty seven employees at a senior level within the leading financial institution have been awarded the internationally-recognised Post Graduate Certificate in Managing and Leading People....
48% of UK contractors are putting themselves at risk by using a PSC solution
More than 48% of UK contractors are using some form of Personal Service Company (PSC) solution to manager their affairs, whether managed by themselves or by a third party. That's according to new research undertaken by FPS Group, the Umbrella Company administrator for Contractors, and ContractJobs.com, the jobs board for...
Over 50 apprenticeship vacancies available at Alliance Learning for GCSE students who want to fast t...
As GCSE results are announced this week thousands of young people will be considering their options and deciding what route to take next. Bolton based Alliance Learning are encouraging young people to get in touch and find out how an Apprenticeship might be the perfect fit. Apprentices earn a wage...
Management behaving badly - free event tackles ill-treatment in the workplace
A special event highlighting the problem of ill-treatment in the workplace will launch the new season of free talks and activities offered by Leadership & Management Wales (LMW). The session, entitled Management behaving badly - consequences and responses to ill-treatment in the workplace, will draw on research and real-life case...
GSMA chooses Vaado Software to manage global staff performance
The GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, has purchased performance management software - Vaado Performance - from Vaado Software, the specialist provider of online human resources (HR) and performance management software and services, to monitor and analyse the individual performance of its global employee population. As the...
"Less, Less, More, More" Is the Future of Employee Engagement Surveys...
Employee engagement initiatives may be commonplace, but they often fall short of delivering a measurable impact on the business, says global consulting organisation BlessingWhite. A lot of leaders, when asked , 'Are you doing anything about employee engagement?' say, 'Yes, we run an annual survey'," but is that engagement? Kate...
Head Light announced as a finalist in the Software Satisfaction Awards
Head Light, the online talent management specialist and developer of the widely-used Talent® platform, has been shortlisted in the Software Satisfaction Awards 2012 (SSA12) in the talent management category. The awards are part of the UK Business Software Industry Awards and end-user views were gathered by through an eight week...
Tesco and Summersault Communications team up to produce staff newspaper for the UK's biggest private...
Tesco has appointed Summersault Communications, one of the UK's biggest employee engagement specialists, to produce its staff newspaper The One. The contract was awarded following a competitive pitch and means that Summersault will take on Tesco's existing monthly publication. The brief is to boost engagement levels within Tesco's 300,000 employees...
Fuel Recruitment focus on Facebook
Fuel Recruitment is on a mission - to grow their Facebook community of contractors and candidates. They are inviting all jobseekers with a Facebook account to 'like' their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/FuelRecruitment. New fans will be kept up to date with the latest job vacancies and industry news as well as...
Home Group widens employee choice with Tusker's salary sacrifice car scheme
Home Group, one of the UK's leading providers of social housing, has selected the salary sacrifice car scheme, SS4C, from contract hire and salary sacrifice specialist, Tusker, for all 3,350 of its UK staff following a tender exercise. Tyneside based Home Group, which has an annual turnover of £313 million,...
Death of the salesman - Del Boy's days are over
The time-honoured tradition of relying on good relationships to make sales is a losing strategy according to a study from CEB, the member-based advisory company. In an age when consensus is king and 80% of sales are lost to customer indecision, the salesperson who teaches the customer new ways to...
enei strikes strategic deal with Diversityjobs
Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei) today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with DiversityJobs.co.uk, the largest diversity recruitment website in the UK. This deal enables the two organisations - both fully committed to promoting equality and inclusion in the workplace - to provide members with a...
Your Homes Newcastle Take A Dramatic Approach To Tenant Arrears Training
The Governments proposed welfare and benefits reforms look set to have a negative impact on housing organisations the length and breadth of the UK. The introduction of Universal Credit means that payments will go direct to tenants. Add in benefit cuts and rising living costs and it is likely to...
UK Sport & Exercise Expert Geoff Greenwood Announces Innovative 'Company Athlete Training Progra...
Transferring the science behind elite Olympic Success to the fast-paced world of business, Geoff Greenwood today announces his unique Company Athlete Training and Development Program at www.businesstrainingonline.co.uk With the Olympics now over and athlete consultation successful completed, the UK is being constantly exposed to the product of cutting-edge research in...
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Workplace Options: Workers Struggling with Rising Debt
LONDON, 9 August 2012 - Everybody's talking about it. Pay freezes are commonplace. The price of food and utilities continues to rise. All the while, British workers are facing job insecurity, pension cuts and rising housing costs. The economy continues to struggle, and financial worry is top of mind for...
Paramount Recruitment on Course to Meet 2012 Expansion Plan
Paramount Recruitment is on target to fulfil its expansion and growth plans for 2012 with the recent move to new, highly equipped offices as well as being in the final stage of pre-launch for their much improved and redesigned website. Their new offices offer a much more modern and staff...
Contractors leave it late in search for next role
More than 70% of UK contractors are using recruitment agencies and jobs board to find new employment opportunities. That's according to new research undertaken by FPS Group, the Umbrella Company administrator for Contractors, and ContractJobs.com, the jobs board for freelance professionals. The survey found that more than 42% of contractors...
Keep the Sporting Legacy Alive with a Cycle to Work Scheme
Olympic fever has hit businesses all over the UK. Since the start of the Games, sports clubs and venues have seen a rise in the numbers of people making enquiries and taking part in sports such as hand ball, gymnastics and BMX. As well as raising interest in less well-known...
Xactium claims new US customer, Houston: we've solved the problem
Xactium to provide Claims Management services globally for American HR outsourcer LONDON - August 15, 2012 - Xactium, the cloud provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions, today announced Houston-based G&A Partners, a Human Resources Outsourcer, as a new customer. G&A Partners will use Xactium's Claims Manager to create...
New service to help companies optimise the effectiveness of employee benefits
Businesses will be better placed to maximise return on investment in employee benefits thanks to a new service run by nurses and administration experts. Advocate is an innovative insurance claims administration and management service from Northwich-based PMI Health Group, the UK's largest independently-owned provider of employee health risk management. Regular...
Theatre& launch a series of free drama-based training masterclass events...
HR and learning and development professionals are invited to join drama-based training and creative communication specialists Theatre&, for an exclusive, free event. More and more organisations are realising the benefits of choosing to commission drama-based learning programmes, yet there are many who are still in the dark about how credible...
learnpurple announced as National Business Awards finalist
Today, learnpurple has been shortlisted for the Business Enabler of the Year award at this year's National Business Awards in partnership with Orange. learnpurple, based in London with offices in both Scotland and the United Arab Emirates, are experts in enabling businesses to transform their organisation through their people; focusing...
Dinamiks Ltd appoints Dawn Russell Consulting Ltd as a channel partner for its online employee perfo...
Dinamiks Ltd, the developer of Dinamiks - the online employee performance management tool - has appointed Dawn Russell Consulting Ltd [www.dawnrussell.org.uk ] as a channel partner with a specialism in the SME and housing association sectors. The appointment allows West Malling [Kent]-based Dawn Russell Consulting to provide Dinamiks as a...
Tusker finalist for innovation award at National Business Awards
Contract hire and salary sacrifice car specialist Tusker has been recognised as one of the most innovative companies in the UK after being shortlisted in the Orange Innovation Award category of the 11th annual National Business Awards for its market leading salary sacrifice car scheme, SS4C. The National Business Awards...
New IoIC awards showcase stand-out talent in under 30s
The Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC) has launched its first-ever search for extraordinary people under the age of 30 who are making a real difference in internal communication. The '30 under 30' Awards will recognise practitioners who stand out, demonstrating passion, expertise and achievement in internal communication. They will identify...
Changes to pension ages will alter workforce profile, say UK employers
Following the abolition of the Default Retirement Age (DRA), and the Chancellor, George Osborne's, decision to link the State Pension Age (SPA) with longevity expectations, UK employers expect a significant change in their workforce profile according to new research* from Jelf Employee Benefits. Nearly two thirds, 63%, of employers expect...
Private repatriation service supports UK employees abroad
Where do you turn if you're stranded overseas with a serious medical condition and you want to come home - but you're not covered by travel insurance? What if you want your family to return home with you? A dedicated private repatriation service from established emergency medical assistance provider, CEGA,...
Oasis Search shortlisted for best item of self promotion award
Oasis Search has been shortlisted for a Recruitment Business Award for 'Best Item of Self Promotion', a title due to be announced at a presentation dinner on 27th September 2012. The specialist HR Recruitment Consultancy receives recognition for developing a unique visual representation of its business, known as a 'Recruit-O-Graphic',...
court & spark launches new mapping and research practice...
Retailers can now tap into enhanced market intelligence capability through court & spark's new Mapping & Research Practice. Boutique executive search business court & spark consulting has launched an additional specialist Practice which will be headed up by retail career consultant Ruth Miller. In her role as Director at court...
'Talk About Local' Launches 'Networking for Work' - New Online Profile Training Tool To Help Unemplo...
National training experts Talk About Local are launching Networking for Work, a new UK project providing unemployed people of all ages with the skills to take control of their online profiles whilst promoting themselves more effectively to potential employers through an online support network. Recently funded by major UK charity...
9/10 employees 'engaged' at work despite economic uncertainty
A new online study finds that 87 per cent of employees describe themselves as being 'engaged' at work. Of this number, 30 percent of employees say that they are 'highly engaged'. The research, which features UK-based workers and was carried out by HR consultancy ETS, confounds suggestions elsewhere that employee...
Tentative rise in voluntary sector employment
Employment in the voluntary sector has experienced its second consecutive quarterly rise. Latest analysis of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) shows that during the first three months of 2012 the number of paid employees in the sector increased by approximately 20,000, representing an increase of 2.6% on the previous quarter...
New Directions Issues IVF Policy
Good afternoon, Please find attached a press release regards an innovative policy announcement by leading Welsh recruitment agency New Directions. The policy outlines support for employees undergoing IVF treatment. The business leads the way for SME's across the UK for the introduction of this policy. If you require any further...
Who's who at office* 2012 - show exhibitor list released
office* - the UK's leading business event for PAs, office managers, and executive support professionals, has today released its initial exhibitor list. Taking place next month on 12-13 September, the two-day show has now almost entirely sold out of exhibition space at its new venue - the National Hall at...
RPO, MSP, In-house or Off-shore - are you spoilt for choice?
Pivot Managing Director, Chris McCarthy gives some straightforward advice for organisations looking to improve and develop their recruitment strategy. A lot of businesses are bewildered by the choices available in terms of recruitment strategy, which isn't surprising when you consider the options available: Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Managed Service Providers, In-house...
Leading internal communications agency expands content team
Leading internal communications agency, Headlines, has welcomed on board celebrated regional journalist Martin Smith to head up its growing content team. Martin joins the team having spent fifteen years editing a number of high profile newspaper titles in Northampton and Coventry. Martin started his content career writing for a weekly...
Customer confidence benefits employers
- Most Trusted award gives reassurance on corporate eyecare - Choosing a supplier that employees trust can be a difficult task for employers: a task that has just been made easier when it comes to eyecare. Specsavers has been voted Most Trusted Optician by British consumers in the 2012 Reader's...
Awbery appointed training provider for housing industry programme
Management development and training provider Awbery Management Centre, has been chosen to deliver a major change management programme specifically for the housing industry, in an initiative funded by the Welsh Government's Sector Leadership Fund and managed by Asset Skills. The project, which is part funded by the European Social Fund...
Together Housing Group Awards Pilat HR Solutions Job Evaluation Contract
UK public sector continues to find Gauge® job evaluation as the pragmatic choice Pilat HR Solutions, a premier provider of human capital management technology and professional services, announced today they have been contracted by Together Housing Group for job evaluation software and services. Together Housing Group (TGH) was established in...
court & spark invite HR professionals to be the boardroom boss...
Retail sector executive search consultants court & spark is inviting HR professionals to 'Be the Boardroom Boss'. The search is now on to determine who is the retail industry's dream boardroom team, with voting now open for who you would hire as retail's best CEO. Shortlisted for the hot seat...
Graylink Launches Unique SMS / Mobile Screening Recruitment Solution in UK
Graylink announced the launch of txthire in the UK market, which enables job application and screening via SMS, social media, instant messaging, web & mobile channels. This unique interactive tool won the Gartner 2011 Cool Vendor Award for Graylink and is just one of a suite of mobile and web...
Half of Ireland not complying with health and safety eyecare rules
A major new survey of businesses across the Republic of Ireland has revealed that half of the country's employers are not complying with basic health and safety regulations regarding eyecare. The survey, commissioned by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, has uncovered that 49% of employers are not providing company-funded eyetests, contrary to...
Pilat HR Solutions Enters Into Distribution Agreement with iCIMS
Industry Leader Expands Product Portfolio with Talent Acquisition Offering Pilat HR Solutions, a premier provider of human capital management technology and professional services, announced today that it has formally signed an agreement with iCIMS, Inc . The agreement expands Pilat's global talent management offerings with talent acquisition solutions. With this...
Ochre House and Pinstripe create Strategic Workforce Planning Roadmap
As HR professionals look to be more strategic in a tough economy, there are still barriers to implementing Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP), according to leading international talent management and RPO firm, Ochre House. In a series of global think tanks held in London, Holland, Germany, Singapore and San Francisco, Ochre...
LCP announces partnership agreement with Staffcare
LCP has entered into a partnership agreement with Staffcare, the employee benefits software company, to use its software internally and to promote online reward and its flexible benefits design service to its corporate clients. LCP will promote Staffcare's software for on-line benefits communication, enrolment and administration with a particular emphasis...
Survey highlights discrepancy between active and passive candidates
Recruiters need to move beyond a focus on active or passive candidates, according to a recent poll by online recruiter, webrecruit. The survey of 749 LinkedIn users asked candidates how they would best describe themselves in terms of searching for new opportunities. The results revealed 46% of candidates would consider...
GT Law launches new employment division
National law firm GT Law has appointed Peter McKenna to head up its new Employment division. With more than 20 years experience, Mr McKenna runs his own practice and is currently a regional solicitor for the National Union of Teachers. Prior to this he was a partner at E. Rex...
IPM Global Mobility appoints new business development manager in Scandinavia
IPM (Scandinavia) ApS is delighted to announce the appointment of Pia Jensen as Business Development Manager for Scandinavia. In welcoming Pia, Alan Bentley, Managing Director, said that 'this appointment demonstrates IPM's commitment to Scandinavia and Pia's appointment will be the first of many as the business continues to grow. This...
Half of students believe they will be earning at least £40K by the time they are 30
New research from a survey by studentbeans.com on the futures of university students in the UK reveals that 48% of students believe they will be earning at least £40,000 by the time they are 30. However, one in seven students (15%) expect to earn less than £15,000 at their first...
AmicusHorizon use drama-based training to transform from good to 'stonkingly great'
AmicusHorizon have been polishing their trophy cabinets recently. Not only have they won Business Transformation of the Year at the UK Housing Awards but the Southeast-based housing organisation swept the board at the HR Excellence Awards, scooping six awards. On top of an overflowing trophy cabinet, AmicusHorizon have seen customer...
Target Software chooses Burrbaxter ePayslip system
Target Software Ltd has confirmed that it will use BurrBaxter ePayslip system and incorporate it into the next release of its software....
Bett 2013 evolves into lifelong learning
Bett, the world's leading event for learning technology, is returning from 30 January to 2 February 2013 and has expanded to cover the breadth of lifelong learning for the first time. To remain competitive in a global economy and develop a strong workforce, improving learning and training for adults is...
Bond achieves ISO accreditation in quality management systems and envirnomental management standards
Bond International Software, the global provider of recruitment and capital management software & services, announces its accreditation with internationally recognised quality management systems and environmental management standards - ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001 respectively. The ISO 9001:2008 standard is only awarded to companies who can evidence effective and documented processes...
Minister to speak at voluntary sector skills and training conference
Skills - Third Sector is delighted to announce that the Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd MP will be one of the keynote speakers at its skills and training conference for the third sector - Our People Our Skills Our Future - to be held in central London on 20...
Robert reaches for the sky with new job
An unemployed man from Chorley, Lancashire is reaching new heights with his new job as a film maker. However, 21-year-old Robert Headley's role is nothing to do with the big screen. Robert has finally ended a frustrating 12 months of relentless job-seeking by landing a job with Solarfilm, a business...
Valued employee benefits at no extra cost
Difficult financial times are making it harder for employers in the Republic of Ireland to offer their staff valued benefits, but Specsavers Corporate Eyecare is turning an obligatory provision into an attractive perk that can be delivered at no extra cost to the business. Under health and safety regulations it...
Virtual CTO for Hire - available when, where and how you like
PTS Consulting introduces the Virtual CTO for Hire service Hiring the right CTO is integral to the success of business expanding globally. CTOs are notoriously difficult to hire, requiring a mix of talents; technical, business, interpersonal [communicating technical drivers to the board], project management, leadership and visionary. PTS Consulting, the...
DVLA changes fall short of the mark
- More stringent testing essential - - Increased importance placed on employer's role - DVLA changes to the eyesight requirements for drivers have missed a chance to improve road safety, according to Specsavers Corporate Eyecare. Despite the opportunity to introduce tougher vision standards, a DVLA consultation has concluded that the...
Students are learning to tighten the purse strings
The current wave of students has learned from the mistakes of their predecessors, a study by graduate recruitment website Milkround has revealed. A survey of 130 students and graduates found 81 percent of students prioritise paying bills over going out, compared to 73 percent of graduates when they were studying....
New pension proposition launched by Jelf Employee Benefits to improve employee engagement
A new pension proposition has been launched today by Jelf Employee Benefits, 'Jelf Money at Work' and 'Jelf Money after Work': a holistic approach to look after the complete pension journey from joining through to retirement and beyond. This is a major new development and offers practical support to employees...
Insurance solution needed to improve employee healthcare
More businesses would provide health cover for employees if insurers devised a cost-effective alternative to current group medical schemes. According to research commissioned by PMI Health Group, three-quarters of UK firms would fund medical insurance for more employees if a viable, scaled-back product were made available. In a bid to...
Mystery Applicant launches MA 'Lite' Product
Bath, United Kingdom 30th July 2012 Mystery Applicant has launched a Lite version of the market leading candidate experience measurement tool. We are the leaders in our field for measuring and monitoring the candidate experience and we have developed a version that can be an entry point for some companies....
UK Mail Announces Two New Directors
Parcels and logistics company UK Mail have announced the starting of two new management employees. Sarah Maddox has been appointed the role of HR Director bringing with her 30 years of experience whilst Simon Baxter has been appointed Customer Strategy Director with seven years' experience in a similar role. Sarah...
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