Business performance

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...

With employee representation off the agenda, should the Government bring in new corporate governance regulations to make executive pay fairer...

The UK’s next prime minister Theresa May has vowed to put worker representatives on boards of major companies and to...

More than half (54%) of UK employers say the national living wage will have an effect on the paybill, with the retail sector most severely affected.

Understanding how to measure and communicate the return on investment (ROI) of an e-learning is key to ensuring a robust...