http://www.personneltoday.com/en-gbFri, 10 Oct 2008 10:55:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/10/47887/best-places-to-work-in-hr-winners-announced.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/10/47887/best-places-to-work-in-hr-winners-announced.html It's official. Motability Operations is the best place to work in HR in the UK, after it picked upFri, 10 Oct 2008 10:55:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/10/47861/management-now-thankless-task-as-polite-society-becomes-thing-of-past.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/10/47861/management-now-thankless-task-as-polite-society-becomes-thing-of-past.html Managers are worse at saying 'thank you' than they were 10 years ago, according to a survey. A poll of 1,088 workers by business consultancy Maritz found UK businesses were split between 'thankers' and 'thank nots'. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:40:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/10/47858/pizza-hut-staff-get-taste-of-the-future-as-firm-serves-up-rebranding-exercise.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/10/47858/pizza-hut-staff-get-taste-of-the-future-as-firm-serves-up-rebranding-exercise.html All 16,000 Pizza Hut staff have tasted the restaurant chain's new dishes as part of their training for its transformation to Pasta Hut, HR director Jayne Little</STFri, 10 Oct 2008 07:01:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/09/47860/training-budget-surveys-serve-up-wildly-different-responses-to-downturn.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/09/47860/training-budget-surveys-serve-up-wildly-different-responses-to-downturn.html Two recent surveys of' training budgets at UK organisations reached sThu, 09 Oct 2008 12:06:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/09/47857/international-assignments-could-cost-the-earth-but-firms-are-in-the-dark.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/09/47857/international-assignments-could-cost-the-earth-but-firms-are-in-the-dark.html Employers are failing to comprehensively measure the costs and return on investment (ROI) for staff sent on international assignments, a report has warned. Benefits consultancy Mercer's <A href="http://www.imercer.com/deThu, 09 Oct 2008 11:09:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/07/47780/staff-suggest-ways-to-boost-engagement-during-economic-downturn.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/07/47780/staff-suggest-ways-to-boost-engagement-during-economic-downturn.html Workers have called for more praise, encouragement and recognition to help boost morale during the tough timTue, 07 Oct 2008 14:25:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/07/47742/office-space-race-begins-as-credit-crunch-tightens-grip.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/07/47742/office-space-race-begins-as-credit-crunch-tightens-grip.html Many employers are planning sweeping cuts to their workspaces to cope with the tightening economic squeeze, according to property experts. The <EMTue, 07 Oct 2008 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/06/47737/women-holograms-and-migrants-to-dominate-in-workplace-of-2028.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/06/47737/women-holograms-and-migrants-to-dominate-in-workplace-of-2028.html An intriguing vision of the UK's future workforce emerged from a raft of research published last week. It appears that in 20 years' time, we will be employing more women, more older people, more migrants - and possibly evenMon, 06 Oct 2008 07:44:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/03/47745/tuc-warns-decent-jobs-are-only-way-to-end-global-poverty.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/03/47745/tuc-warns-decent-jobs-are-only-way-to-end-global-poverty.html Campaigns to end global poverty will fail unless more people are given decent jobs, the TUC has warned. The warning comes ahead of World DayFri, 03 Oct 2008 13:04:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/02/47724/care-package-for-staff-at-abbey-aims-to-save-bank-500000-a-year.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/02/47724/care-package-for-staff-at-abbey-aims-to-save-bank-500000-a-year.html Abbey has launched a new emergency care service for its employees that could save the company £500,000 a year. The bank has teamed up with care provider My Family CaThu, 02 Oct 2008 13:09:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/30/47679/david-fairhurst-crowned-personnel-today-power-player.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/30/47679/david-fairhurst-crowned-personnel-today-power-player.html David Fairhurst has been crowned Personnel Today's number one Power Player for the second year running. <A href="http://www.globalretailmanagement.com/Featured-Analysts/Article/DavidFairhurstSeniorViceTue, 30 Sep 2008 06:01:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/29/47677/bradford-bingley-could-face-many-more-job-losses.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/29/47677/bradford-bingley-could-face-many-more-job-losses.html Bradford Bingley is facing "many more" job losses after it was nationalised today, MPs have claimed. George Mudie, Leeds East Labour MP and member of the House of Commons Treasury committee, said it was ineMon, 29 Sep 2008 11:52:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/25/47615/wychavon-district-council-voted-best-council-to-work-for-in-uk.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/25/47615/wychavon-district-council-voted-best-council-to-work-for-in-uk.html Wychavon District Council has been crowned the best council to work for in an annual competition. The council - based Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:25:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/24/47604/healthcare-and-pension-pressures-on-employers-rise-with-ageing-workforce.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/24/47604/healthcare-and-pension-pressures-on-employers-rise-with-ageing-workforce.html Pressure on employers to fund and facilitate healthcare and pensions schemes will intensify as the government struggles with the rising costs of an ageing workforce, a new survey has claimed. A report by think tank the WorWed, 24 Sep 2008 11:27:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/24/47596/employee-engagement-review-launched-by-john-hutton.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/24/47596/employee-engagement-review-launched-by-john-hutton.html Business secretary John Hutton yesterday announced government-funded a review to find new ways to boost employee engagement in British businesses. The Review of Employee Engagement and Investment will make recommendations Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:05:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/23/47593/gordon-brown-urges-employers-to-transform-uk-into-low-carbon-economy.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/23/47593/gordon-brown-urges-employers-to-transform-uk-into-low-carbon-economy.html Gordon Brown has urged British employers to "seize the opportunity" to transform the UK to a low-carbon economy, which he claims will, in turn, create onTue, 23 Sep 2008 15:22:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/23/47590/union-urges-lloyds-tsb-to-transfer-offshored-services-to-hbos-takeover-staff.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/23/47590/union-urges-lloyds-tsb-to-transfer-offshored-services-to-hbos-takeover-staff.html The trade union representing Lloyds TSB employees has demanded that the bank terminate its offshoring agreements in India following the HBOS takeover. Lloyds TSB Group Union (LTU) said the bank should "repatriate" an estimTue, 23 Sep 2008 09:12:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/22/47569/staff-and-skills-shortages-damage-maternity-care.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/22/47569/staff-and-skills-shortages-damage-maternity-care.html Nursing representatives have warned that staffing problems threaten the quality of maternity care in the UK. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said there is a shortage of midwives to deal with the current baby boom. And tMon, 22 Sep 2008 10:26:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/19/47565/xl-hr-team-retained-to-do-dirty-work-at-failed-leisure-business.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/19/47565/xl-hr-team-retained-to-do-dirty-work-at-failed-leisure-business.html The HR director for XL Leisure Group, which went into administration last week leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded overseas, has told Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:45:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/17/47539/hboslloyds-tsb-merger-talks-spark-job-fears-among-staff.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/17/47539/hboslloyds-tsb-merger-talks-spark-job-fears-among-staff.html Staff at HBOS and Lloyds TSB face an uncertain future after it emerged the banks were in advanced talks about a potential £30bn merger. HBOS isWed, 17 Sep 2008 14:29:00 GMT