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    Arriva appoints Hewitt Associates to provide pensions advice

    by Mike Berry 3 Jan 2007
    by Mike Berry 3 Jan 2007

    Arriva, one of the largest transport service organisations in Europe – operating a fleet of more than 15,000 buses and...

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    Half of CVs sent to agencies have spelling mistakes or grammatical errors

    by Mike Berry 3 Jan 2007
    by Mike Berry 3 Jan 2007

    Half of all CVs received by recruitment firms contain grammatical and spelling errors, a survey of 266 firms found. The...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • HR strategy

    HR helps English councils to make £1.3bn of efficiency savings

    by Mike Berry 3 Jan 2007
    by Mike Berry 3 Jan 2007

    HR departments in councils across England have helped them to beat efficiency targets set by chancellor Gordon Brown, who expected...

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    Amicus to link with unions in Germany and the US to create global super-union

    by Mike Berry 2 Jan 2007
    by Mike Berry 2 Jan 2007

    The union Amicus has signed a deal with three international unions in a move to create a global trade union....

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    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

    Civil service union members balloted after strike call to resist job cuts and below inflation pay rises

    by Mike Berry 2 Jan 2007
    by Mike Berry 2 Jan 2007

    The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is balloting 280,000 workers in more than 200 government departments about industrial action. ...

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    • Wellbeing

    Laughter is good for your health and your workplace

    by Mike Berry 19 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 19 Dec 2006

    Laughter is not only good for you, it’s good for your workplace, according to Kate Hull-Rodgers, director of HumourUs,  who...

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    • Pay & benefits

    Culture of promoting talent delivers 67% bonus to companies’ performance

    by Mike Berry 18 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 18 Dec 2006

    Companies where the promotion of talent is fixed in the organisation’s culture outperform those where it is not by 67%,...

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    London HR managers pool expertise to develop an improvement programme for local government

    by Mike Berry 18 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 18 Dec 2006

    HR managers from London’s local authorities have pooled their experience and knowledge to develop a set of products for improving practice...

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    • Pensions

    More than 16% of UK workers don’t think they should have to save for their pensions

    by Mike Berry 18 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 18 Dec 2006

    More than 16% (about one in six) of UK working adults think they should not have to be responsible for...

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    One in six UK firms says its pension plan represents a great financial risk to the organisation

    by Mike Berry 18 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 18 Dec 2006

    One in six firms believes its pension plan poses a great financial risk to the organisation, a global study has revealed.More...

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    ‘Train to Gain’ scheme attracts attention of 15,000 employers in just five months

    by Mike Berry 15 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 15 Dec 2006

    More than 15,000 employers are now using ‘Train to Gain‘, the new service offering advice on training for businesses, according...

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    Capita Health Solutions wins extension of occupational health contract at BT

    by Mike Berry 15 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 15 Dec 2006

    BT has extended its contract with Capita Health Solutions to provide outsourced occupational health (OH) services. The extension, worth in...

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    Government promises £500,000 to fund pilot schemes to help ex-offenders’ job prospects

    by Mike Berry 14 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Dec 2006

    The government has launched a new drive to cut crime by getting offenders into training and jobs.Education and skills secretary,...

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    • Labour market

    Number of jobless people in UK falls to 1.7 million as earnings rise by 3.9% on previous quarter

    by Mike Berry 14 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Dec 2006

    The number of unemployed people in the UK dropped by 7,000 to 1.7 million in August to October of this...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
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    • Economics, government & business

    Capability reviews expose DTI, Department for Communities and Local Government, and Cabinet Office delivery failures

    by Mike Berry 14 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Dec 2006

    Second-tier government departments are failing to deliver despite strong leadership, according to the second round of capability reviews published by cabinet secretary Sir...

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