HR strategy

UK employers face two major international challenges: climate change and the increasingly competitive global economy, according to the CBI's new director-general Richard Lambert.

Will the trend towards outsourced OH services make it easier for people to progress in their careers, or dilute the work that OH advisers do? Sally O'Reilly investigates.

HSBC moves towards the 'paperless office' at Canary Wharf HQ.

One in three finance directors are considering outsourcing the HR function, according to research

Oldham has signed a £260m deal that will transfer services and jobs from the council to a new joint venture company

Only one-quarter of HR managers believe that workforce planning, leadership development and performance management are supported by their IT systems

The group HR director at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has gone head-to-head with HR consultant Paul Kearns and defended the bank’s policy of not measuring the return on investment on its new multi-million pound business school (Personnel Today, 2 May).

As the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on London approaches, there is little evidence that businesses are prepared for the consequences ofa major incident.

Media industries sign up to £12bn culture scheme.

UK employers are falling behind the US, Europe and the Far East in the race to invest in India's fast-growing economy, according to a government report.

The leader of the Conservative Party has joined the growing clamour for changes to tax laws.

The government has insisted it is on track with its shared-services programme following criticism that progress so far has been patchy and delivered few real savings

The Met Police is rarely out of the newspapers. How does this affect staff morale? HR chief Martin Tiplady explains

The UK’s flexible labour market has led to employment levels that are the envy of Europe and the US, according to new research.