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It’s official. Motability Operations is the best place to work in HR in the UK, after it picked up the...

The Healthcare People Management Association (HPMA) has appointed Kelvin Cheatle as its new president.Cheatle, director of workforce and environment for...

Local authorities have saved a total of £1.2bn through changes to back office functions such as HR, according to the...

Helen Giles, HR director for homeless charity Broadway, has been shortlisted for the Guardian’s Public Servant of the Year award....

How did you get to where you are now?Not via the typical HR route. I started out as a lecturer...

The number of employers seeking help with making redundancies has risen by almost one third, the Chartered Institute of Personnel...

Jackie Orme, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) chief executive, said that HR is in the midst of...

David Fairhurst is HR chief at McDonald's, and has topped our annual Power Players list for the second year in a row. By Louisa Peacock and Georgina Fuller.

Our weekly HR news and analysis audio programme includes the CIPD chief executive Jackie Orme talks exclusively to Personnel Today about her...

Where were you working before, and what were your responsibilities?
I was a lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy, most...

Nissan has appointed Danny Griffiths HR director, UK operations. Griffiths is personnel director at Nissan’s Sunderland plant and will oversee...

Jackie Orme, the chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), has pledged to work with the...

Petrofac, the international oil and gas facilities service provider, has appointed Geoff Tranfield as group head of HR Tranfield brings...

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has urged the US Senate to pass president Bush’s $700bn (£380bn) bail-out...

David Fairhurst has been crowned Personnel Today’s number one Power Player for the second year running.Fairhurst, senior vice-president and chief...