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“The rest of HR needs to catch up with the best of HR” says institute
The global financial crisis presents both an opportunity and a threat for HR, according to a major new study published today by the CIPD.
The first report of the CIPD’s Next Generation HR project recognises a far greater focus amongst [...]
Chartridge Conference Company has just appointed Andrew Hall as catering manager at the Beeches, their Birmingham based conference centre.
New trends emerging in supply chains, corporate finance and workforce dynamics
The recession has raised concerns about commercial models, supply chains and finance that will reshape business behaviour well into the next decade, the CBI said today.
Launching its report “The Shape of Business – The Next 10 Years”, the UK’s leading business organisation said that the [...]
Greenfield Project Management Ltd has confirmed that it has entered into an agreement with Litasco SA, Geneva which both parties intend will lead to the conclusion of an offtake (sales) agreement for the output of bioethanol from the first phase of Greenfield’s bioenergy complex at Mozyr, Republic of Belarus.
Litasco (LUKoil International Trading and Supply Company) is [...]
It’s a slow grind from here – Say Ernst & Young
June 2009: Scotland will continue to suffer from the impact of the global economic downturn until 2017, despite having already shown the first tentative signs of stability and improving business confidence, according to research released today by the Ernst & Young Scottish ITEM Club.
In its [...]
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON GENERAL MOTORS RESTRUCTURING
Grand Foyer
11:51 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Just over two months ago, I spoke with you in this same spot about the challenges facing our auto industry, and I laid out what needed to be done to save two of America’s most storied automakers — General Motors [...]
Lloyds TSB Business Barometer ‘monthly snapshot’ for March shows:
> Businesses’ confidence in own trading activity increases slightly
> Firms remain pessimistic about the UK’s economic outlook
> Industrial sector business confidence grows
Confidence amongst British businesses remained weak in March, despite a slight increase in firms’ optimism over activity levels, according to the latest Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets [...]
The Bank of England has announced today that core parts of Dunfermline Building Society have been transferred to Nationwide Building Society. Dunfermline’s retail and wholesale deposits, branches, head office and originated residential mortgages (other than social housing loans and related deposits) have all been transferred to Nationwide. This follows a sale process conducted by the [...]