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Will the 'Right to Switch Off' Improve employee wellbeing?

Does your workday truly end when you log off, or do emails and messages still demand your attention ...

How Specialist Recruiters Improve the Hiring Process

Hiring processes are always evolving, with the methods for identifying and interviewing suitable can...

How Exit Interviews Improve Employee Retention

Conducting exit interviews with employees who are leaving your organisation is an excellent way to i...

Why is now the time to start looking for a new role?

As we’ve settled into 2024, many of us will be contemplating making some changes and improveme...

Leave Your Comfort Zone for a New Career

Starting a new career in a new industry can have a lot of benefits for modern professionals, but it ...

How SMEs Benefit from Skilled Recruiting Partners

Both small and medium-sized enterprises face an endless series of challenges to establish their bran...

When to Move Jobs in Financial Sciences and Services?

As this year draws to a close and we look forward to the next, many of you working in the financial ...

HMRC to Resolve IR35 Double Taxation Issue

HMRC to Resolve IR35 Double Taxation Issue The double taxation problem faced by many businesses a...

Wages Keeping Pace with Inflation

Wages Keeping Pace with Inflation Wages have kept pace with inflation for the first time in over ...

How to Eliminate Maverick Spending in Procurement

It is important for businesses to control spending and eliminate maverick spending wherever possible...

Is Outdated Accounting Software Slowing Your Growth?

Outdated accounting systems are holding back many businesses from achieving their true growth potent...

Strategies to Meet HR Challenges

Navigating through the HR landscape involves overcoming plenty of challenges even at the best of tim...

Using ChatGPT in Recruitment

The OpenAI chatbot known as ChatGPT has already been used for a wide variety of purposes, and it can...

Top Finance and Accounting Skills of the Summer

There is a growing demand across the UK for a variety of roles in finance and accounting, with some ...

Attracting Talent to the Social Housing Sector

Attracting the sort of talent who can have a positive impact on the social housing sector can be a c...

The importance of hiring for cultural fit

The importance of hiring for cultural fit The culture of a company has always been impo...

The benefits of working with a specialist recruitment agency

The benefits of working with a specialist recruitment agency The traditional recruitmen...

3 tips to kickstart employee engagement in 2023

3 tips to kickstart employee engagement in 2023 For HR and people management, 2022 was ...

International Women’s Day 2023 - Interview with women of Castlefield Group International

International Women’s Day 2023 - Interview with women of Castlefield Group International: Wom...

International Women’s Day 2023 - Inspirational women throughout history

International Women’s Day 2023 - Inspirational women throughout history: In light of Internat...

Why a new approach to workplace mental health is needed in 2023

The start of a new year is an ideal time to kickstart change. The goal for many organisations in 202...

What does it take to win the war for talent in the public sector?

Hiring in the public sector right now is challenging, to say the least. Wave after wave of public se...

Why digitisation should be the top priority for procurement in 2023

The last couple of years have been extremely challenging for procurement. Chief procurement officers...

How HR can combat ‘quiet quitting’ and burnout

The last few years have seen seismic changes in the world of work. The Covid-19 pandemic necessitate...

Second delay for NHS data platform procurement contract

The procurement process for the new NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) has faced yet another setback,...

10 struggling NHS trusts earmarked for emergency winter funding

NHS England is planning to provide emergency funding for 10 NHS trusts across the country that are b...

Health career aspirations

In need of inspiration to help you take the next step in your healthcare career? Take a look at this...

Leveraging supplier innovation can deliver earnings growth of 10%

A recent survey by McKinsey has revealed that organisations able to tap into supplier innovation can...

NMC publishes second Ambitions for Change diversity report

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has published the second of its reports examining the experi...

NHS England aims to become world’s first net zero health service

For the first time in its history, every NHS Trust in England has a plan in place to cut carbon emis...

Levelling up funding for Bristol set to create thousands of new jobs

Bristol is set to receive almost £95 million of new government ‘levelling up’ fund...

Housing association shared ownership sales fall nearly 50%

According to the latest figures for 2021, the number of housing association shared ownership sales i...

Government reboots plans to overhaul public sector procurement

The UK Government has relaunched its plans to reform public sector procurement, with the first readi...

NHS Supply Chain starts procurement process as existing contracts end

NHS Supply Chain has officially announced the launch of a new procurement process, ahead of current ...

New £9bn route to market framework announced for NHS construction projects

NHS England and NHS Improvement have unveiled a new route to market framework for capital ...

Procurement moving towards supplier ecosystem model to hit decarbonisation goals

According to experts speaking at the Ivalua Now 2022 conference, procurement is undergoing a major c...

How is the UK energy crisis affecting housing associations and their residents?

The UK’s energy crisis has dominated the headlines over the last few months, after the price c...

HMRC report claims IR35 has ‘minimal’ long-term impact on public sector

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has published its first assessment of how changes to IR35 off-payrol...

Why is there such a need for procurement staff right now?

Procurement staff are in-demand across a range of industries at the moment. According to t...

The benefits of fixed term contracts

As we approach the end of 2021, your organisation may be thinking about how to tackle skills gaps in...

Can accountants drive sustainability improvements in the SME space?

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has launched a new playbook to h...

What does the 2021 UK Budget announcement mean for UK housing?

The recent Budget announcement from Chancellor Rishi Sunak featured a number of important spending...

The seven pillars of clinical governance – how healthcare organisations keep standards high

All public sector healthcare services have a duty to maintain high standards in the quality of care ...

How the role of HR leaders in the public sector has changed

What do you look for in the ideal HR public sector leader? Emotional intelligence, the ability to na...

How social housing is key to post-COVID economic growth in the UK

With a post-COVID economic crisis potentially looming for the UK, it’s more important than eve...

What the latest proposals for ICSs could mean for the NHS workforce

The NHS has released new proposals for integrated care systems (ICSs), which it believes are the fut...

Digital transformation within the public sector

Digital technologies are having a significant impact on the public sector. Recent Deloitte surveys h...

Housing associations overcoming COVID hiring challenges with flexible working, study finds

Many industries are facing unprecedented recruitment challenges due to COVID-19, but one seems to ha...

Could rise in remote working transform the role of HR within the NHS?

Remote working has rocketed in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown, in the UK and worldwide. This incr...

How procurement within the NHS can adapt and learn from the Coronavirus pandemic

Once the UK enters the ‘new normal’ and we’ve all had time to reflect on the COVID...

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