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The government's decision to abolish the Default Retirement Age (DRA) has led to a demographic shift in the workplace, according to a new report from Group Risk Development (GRiD) involving a sample of 500 businesses.
Some 25...
Categories: Functional Practices, Financial Management
The financial services industry is to launch a scheme this week aimed at improving the quality of leadership found in its boardrooms, hoping to restore faith in its reputation following a torrid few years in which it has been...
Categories: Functional Practices, Financial Management
The British economy is making some progress despite poor macroeconomic conditions and continued concern about the eurozone, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC)....
Categories: Functional Practices, Financial Management
A new report from Deloitte has suggested that financial executives in the UK are more enthusiastic about 2013 than they were for 2012, with optimism up for the second consecutive quarter....
Categories: Functional Practices, Financial Management
The majority of business process outsourcing (BPO) is no longer being driven by cost as factors such as efficiency and expertise become increasingly important, according to a new survey....
Categories: Functional Practices, Financial Management
Business executives can play an important role in encouraging successful flexible working, according to a new report from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)....
Categories: Functional Practices, Financial Management, Human Resources
Change management programmes can be instrumental in helping companies to successfully bring spiralling labour costs back under control....
Categories: Financial Management
The number of companies seeking to recruit interim managers has risen over the last year, according to a new industry report....
Categories: Financial Management
Companies that have implemented cost reduction initiatives during the recession have been warned that phasing out such programmes could lead to the return of high expenditure....
Categories: Financial Management
The rate of business failures slowed in the third quarter of the year, new figures reveal, although UK companies still face challenging conditions....
Categories: Financial Management
