Business performance

Rather than run the risk of being caught out by the extension of off-payroll working rules to the private sector,...

Justine Woolf, director of consulting at Innecto, part of the Personal Group Family, will discuss how embracing technology and taking...

The National Probation Service, the organisation that supervises high-risk offenders in the community, is hampered by staff shortages...

Employee engagement and performance management have traditionally been two separate facets of HR’s role. But both need to be better aligned for organisations to get the most from their people.

With the recent collapse of Thomas Cook and other established companies in financial difficulty, such as Pizza Express and Links...

The CBI’s quarterly industrial trends survey has seen the fastest fall in headcount since April 2010, with firms anticipating an...

The UK's service sector, which makes up 80% of the country's economy, contracted in September prompting fears of a recession.

As the Rugby World Cup gets under way in Japan, Dr Austin Swain examines the brutal honesty that exists in...

This HR-finance partnership is hugely valuable to organisations if they can get it right. But new research has revealed collaboration is proving difficult to instigate.

Researchers in the US have found that collaboration among teams is welcome but that it should be limited to achieve...

One of the UK's leading department stores, House of Fraser, is to close in 31 of its 59 locations including its flagship shop on London’s Oxford Street...

Is it time for organisations to face up to the difficult question of who owns customer experience? Where should HR...

HR and finance are used to operating in silos, but marrying the two functions can bring major benefits to businesses....

Jaeger’s problems are the latest warning for employers to know their duties to staff in cases of employer insolvency. Chris...

With spring’s four bank holidays fast approaching, it’s easy to get used to the concept of the long weekend. Roisin...