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Adam McCulloch

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Adam McCulloch first worked for Personnel Today magazine in the early 1990s as a sub editor. He rejoined Personnel Today as a writer in 2017, covering all aspects of HR but with a special interest in diversity, social mobility and industrial relations. He has ventured beyond the HR realm to work as a freelance writer and production editor in sectors including travel (The Guardian), aviation (Flight International), agriculture (Farmers' Weekly), music (Jazzwise), theatre (The Stage) and social work (Community Care). He is also the author of KentWalksNearLondon. Adam first became interested in industrial relations after witnessing an exchange between Arthur Scargill and National Coal Board chairman Ian McGregor in 1984, while working as a temp in facilities at the NCB, carrying extra chairs into a conference room!

    • Civil Service
    • Legal sector
    • Latest News

    Vince Cable: Post Office managers were ‘thugs in suits’

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2024

    As business secretary between 2010 and 2015, Cable revealed that officials did not consider Horizon issues to be serious enough to bring to his attention.

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Hiring confidence at highest point for more than two years

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2024

    Confidence in making hiring and investment decisions surged in the three months to June.

    • Latest News
    • Retail
    • Job creation and losses

    Cineworld expected to cut hundreds of UK jobs

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2024

    The chain, which also operates Picturehouse cinemas, is shortly to publish details of a restructuring plan that will lead to the loss of about 25 of its 100 sites across the UK.

    • Hybrid working
    • Absence
    • Latest News

    Acas urges flexibility for employees during Olympics

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2024

    Acas has urged employers to be flexible when allowing staff time off to watch the Olympic Games.

    • NHS
    • Carers
    • Local authorities

    Care sector needs half a million extra workers by 2040

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jul 2024

    Skills for Care’s Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England warned that the vacancy rate was still three times higher than that of the wider economy.

    • USA
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Microsoft downgraded diversity schemes, ex-employee alleges

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jul 2024

    Microsoft has joined other US companies like Zoom and Tesla in cutting DEI employee numbers.

    • Benefits
    • Company cars
    • Latest News

    Company car schemes increasingly opt for EVs

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jul 2024

    The shift towards electric, hybrid and low emission vehicles is a greener step towards achieving multiple company objectives, finds WTW study.

    • Social mobility
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    University admissions to drop personal statements

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jul 2024

    Ucas has decided to ditch the 4,000-character personal statement from university application forms.

    • Latest News
    • Mental health
    • Commuting

    Cycling to work helps commuters avoid heart disease and cancer

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jul 2024

    People who cycle to work have a higher life expectancy and are more likely to avoid major illnesses, a study over 18 years has found.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Gamification
    • HR software

    Safety concerns temper positivity over impact of AI at work

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jul 2024

    Employers and staff optimistic about impact of new technologies, despite uncertainty about safety, according to new research commissioned by the...

    • Bonuses
    • Financial services
    • Latest News

    Bonuses and pay soar at Goldman Sachs

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jul 2024

    Pay and bonuses for bankers at Goldman Sachs have increased by 17% as profits more than doubled.

    • Bank holidays
    • Latest News
    • Sickness absence

    England v Spain: HR frets about the Euro final

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Jul 2024

    How should HR react to time off for the Euros final: productivity must be balanced with employee morale say HR professionals.

    • Absence
    • Bank holidays
    • Latest News

    England v Spain Euros final: employers offer workers time off

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Jul 2024

    Businesses are looking to give workers time off on Monday, in the aftermath of the England v Spain Euros final....

    • Business performance
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Business optimism at high levels as new ministers get to work

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jul 2024

    The BDO index indicates that despite worries over unemployment and skills, businesses are feeling more optimistic than at any time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    • Latest News
    • Ex-offenders

    Ministers to encourage more recruitment of former prisoners

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jul 2024

    James Timpson, the new prisons minister, is seeking to boost the number of companies that actively recruit from behind bars.

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