Kingfisher announces 60 B&Q stores to close
The owner of DIY chain B&Q has announced plans to close 60 stores across the UK and Ireland...
Kingfisher has revealed 60 of its B&Q...
Hundreds of North Sea jobs to be cut
Oil companies Shell and Taqa have revealed plans to cut hundreds of jobs from operations in the North Sea...
Shell UK will cut 250 jobs...
Coventry taxi plant will create 1,000 jobs
A new taxi plant set to be built on the outskirts of Coventry will create up to 1,000 new jobs...
Plans have been revealed by...
Managing wellbeing in the workplace
Louise Aston, Workwell Director, Business in the Community, gives her views on why a positive culture of wellbeing is vital for all organisations…
Supporting employees...
Committee MPs should get £10,000 pay rise
According to the think tank Reform, MPs who sit on Commons select committees should receive a £10,000 pay increase...
Committees responsible for debating and amending...
Healthy workforce, happy customers, healthy bank
Employee health and well-being can make a significant difference to an organisations productivity and costs. Here Dr Jill Miller, Research Adviser at CIPD explains...
National Express pledges living wage for UK workers
Transport firm National Express is set to become an accredited living wage employer, paying workers more than the National Minimum Wage...
National Express will become...
Scotland facing GP recruitment crisis
The British Medical Association has called for action after claiming almost a fifth of GP practices in Scotland have a vacancy...
According to figures released...
High performing teachers could get pay rise
Teachers who perform exceptionally well in schools across England and Wales could be given a pay rise of up to two per cent under...
The value of apprenticeships
As National Apprenticeship Week draws to a close, Adjacent Digital Politics examines the value of these training schemes and how they can help young...
Coventry council sick days cost £11.6m
Sick days at Coventry City Council will have cost an estimated £11.6m by the end of the financial year, it has emerged...
According to new...
Leicestershire council £107m injection for jobs
Job creation and business boosting loans will benefit the Hinckley and Bosworth areas thanks to a £107m cash injection from the county council.
The authority...
Effective leadership in education
In a interview with AG, Dr Victoria Showunmi of UCL Institute of Education in London, sheds light of what an effective leader is, and...
Coastal fund will create jobs and bring business
The New Coastal Revival Fund will help to kick-start the development of businesses and creation of new jobs in seaside towns...
The £3m fund will...
Talent recruitment – the Bucks way
Jenny O’Neill, Workforce Management Manager at Buckinghamshire County Council, tells AG how her Council is focusing across the age spectrum in the search for talent
There...
Managing wellbeing in the workplace
Louise Aston, Workwell Director, Business in the Community, gives her views on why a positive culture of wellbeing is vital for all organisations
Supporting employees...
Behavioural Safety Readiness
A key part of any business’s journey towards ensuring safety excellence, behavioural safety is a proactive method for preventing hazards from escalating into incidents...
Case study: Team efficiency review
Improving Customer Experience
Much emphasis is placed these days on improving Customer Experience – and rightly so. Happy customers cost less to care for and...
Healthy workforce, happy customers, healthy bank
Employee health and well-being can make a significant difference to an organisations productivity and costs. Here Dr Jill Miller, Research Adviser at CIPD explains...
Understanding continual improvement
David Armstrong, Head of Profession at The Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) sheds light on what lies at the heart of continual improvement for organisations
It is...