After 10 years as prime minister, Tony Blair is expected to announce his resignation this week. But will the world of business be bidding him a fond farewell?
Mike Berry
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Olympic Delivery Authority at war with construction union Ucatt over building project
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryEXCLUSIVE
The £5.3bn Olympic Games building project is heading for industrial relations meltdown as a stand-off intensifies between trade unions and... -
European HR directors choose to keep shared-service centres in home countries rather than cheaper offshore locations
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryHR directors across Europe are keeping shared-services centres in their home country, and focusing on quality of service rather than...
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Birmingham uses skills programme Fair Cities to prepare unemployed applicants for street-cleaning jobs
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryBirmingham City Council has been working with Fair Cities, an employer-driven skills programme, to recruit street cleaners from areas in...
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Half of final salary/defined benefit pension schemes could be closed by 2011
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryHalf of employers with final salary or defined benefit schemes could be closed to future accruals by 2011, trebling the...
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HR software company Northgate buys majority stake in international outsourcing company Arinso
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryHR software company Northgate has bought a majority stake in international outsourcing company Arinso. The purchase is the first step...
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Construction union Ucatt calls for National Institute for Clinical Excellence to recommend Alimta drug in treating mesothelioma cancer caused by exposure to asbestos
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryConstruction union Ucatt is demanding the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) recommends the use of the drug Alimta, in...
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Doctors want public inquiry into flawed Medical Training Application Service
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryNine out of 10 doctors want a public inquiry into the disastrous online Medical Training Application Service (MTAS), according to...
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Health and wellbeing benefits are being used to attract and retain top HR staff
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryEmployers are increasingly using health and wellbeing benefits to attract top HR candidates, rather than higher salaries, according to a...
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Tyre giant Michelin to close UK final salary pension scheme to existing staff members in bid to plug £250m shortfall
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryTyre manufacturer Michelin is to close its final-salary pension scheme to existing members in the UK and transfer staff to...
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Rita Donaghy to take over from Sir Alistair Graham as interim head of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryRita Donaghy has been appointed interim chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life with immediate effect.She takes over...
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Companies escape corporate manslaughter convictions in the deaths of construction workers
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe number of convictions of companies responsible for the death of construction workers has fallen by nearly 75% despite the number...
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Employers put off recruiting disabled people by politically correct language of disability
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryMany employers are put off by the politically correct “language of disability”, despite believing they should make efforts to hire...
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Public sector workers in second one-day strike over job cuts, pay and privatisation
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryTens of thousands of civil servants across 200 government departments, agencies and non-departmental bodies are taking part in a second one-day...
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Today you will have come to work as normal, sat down at your desk, drunk your cup of tea and...