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    Employees accept pay cut as Britishvolt battles for gigafactory’s future

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Nov 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Nov 2022

    About 300 staff at troubled Britishvolt have agreed to accept a pay cut in November while the company attempts to secure funding to assure the future of its gigafactory in Northumberland.

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    Dyson fined £1.2m after machine fell on worker

    by Rob Moss 4 Aug 2022
    by Rob Moss 4 Aug 2022

    Court orders Dyson to pay £1.2 million fine for breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act following accident.

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    ‘I’m not an activist: I just want fairer and more diverse recruitment’

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2022

    With huge pressure on the construction industry to build new homes and infrastructure, diversity chief Mark Harrison explains how EDI initiatives will produce a fairer sector with more skills

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    UK in urgent need of female tradespeople finds research

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jun 2022

    New research reveals that only 1% of tradespeople are women in the UK.

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    Construction blighted by skills shortage as sector steps up diversity efforts

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jun 2022

    The construction industry is facing a shortage of a quarter of a million workers within the next four years because of Brexit and the effects of the Covid pandemic.

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    • Workplace culture

    Jeans with purpose: Hiut Denim Co’s David Hieatt talks to Oven-Ready HR

    by Chris Taylor 4 Mar 2022
    by Chris Taylor 4 Mar 2022

    Chris Taylors talks to David Hieatt, founder of Hiut Denim Company, about the purpose and drive behind the company...

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    Going ahead with NI rise is ‘illogical’, says manufacturing body

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Mar 2022

    The government is facing renewed pressure to delay the planned 1.25% National Insurance increase.

    • Brexit
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    Waning interest in roles once held by EU workers triggers 11% wage rise

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Feb 2022

    Indeed's research found the rise was more than double the 5% wage growth seen in roles with the lowest share of European nationals.

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    Tesla faces California court fight over race discrimination

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Feb 2022

    Tesla alleged to have kept black workers in the lowest level roles and paid them less than white colleagues.

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    Nestlé Newcastle plant closure will cost hundreds of jobs

    by Personnel Today 3 Feb 2022
    by Personnel Today 3 Feb 2022

    The Fawdon plant, which produces Toffee Crisp, Rolos, Jelly Tots and Fruit Pastilles is to close next year, as production shifts to eastern Europe and Yorkshire.

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    Ford of Britain: Taking employees on an electrifying journey

    by Jo Faragher 28 Jan 2022
    by Jo Faragher 28 Jan 2022

    Surinder Birdi, HR director for manufacturing and employee relations for Ford of Britain, speaks to Personnel Today.

    • Change management
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    Management restructures planned at Royal Mail, Unilever and Primark

    by Personnel Today 25 Jan 2022
    by Personnel Today 25 Jan 2022

    Three major employers have all revealed plans to restructure their management with the loss of 2,600 jobs.

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    Airbus recruitment drive ignites hope for future of aviation sector

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jan 2022

    Airbus has announced plans to hire 6,000 new staff in the first part of 2022 as it increasingly focuses activity around more greener aircraft technologies.

    • STEM
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    Work with employers on skills, manufacturers tell government

    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Oct 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Oct 2021

    The government must work with organisations to develop a plan for economic growth that involves investment in technology and skills...

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    Rolls-Royce recognises value of neurodiverse graduates

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Oct 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Oct 2021

    The engineering giant has sponsored a new category in the annual Undergraduate of the Year Awards to boost recruitment prospects for people who are neurodiverse.

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