Human Resources news in the UK | Page 14

An overview of news, trends and research in Human Resources consulting in the UK:

More than half of CHROs not career HR professionals 53% of Chief Human Resources Officers are not career HR professionals and many switched industries at least twice, research by Aon Hewitt shows. Although more importance is placed on functional skills than behavioural skills, the study shows that n
24 September 2015
UK takes more than a decade to again reach 2008 pay Pay is on the increase in real terms in the UK, up 2.8% on last year, research by Towers Watson shows.
22 September 2015
Deploying older workers to boost UK GDP by 100 billion The UK could boost its GDP by £100 billion by increasing the employment rate of workers aged 55-69, an analysis by PwC shows.
21 September 2015
The 9 companies with the healthiest employees in UK Vitality and Mercer have unveiled their ‘Britain’s Healthiest Company’ ranking, which celebrates the organisations with the healthiest employees in the UK.
14 September 2015
McKinsey & Gallup start Organisational Science Initiative Businesses are increasingly coming to question all elements of their existence as new techniques arise through which businesses can be quantified.
09 September 2015
Middle East businesses must prepare for Generation Z Generation Z will, according to PA Consulting, be hard to engage by traditional Middle East employers – as the generation has grown up with the technology and what it makes possible.
09 September 2015
Accenture to overhaul annual performance review cycle Accenture will replace its old bell-curve form of performance review by a more people friendly form of assessment. The consulting firm cites that the traditional performance review itself has been shown to be underperforming. It often selects narci
08 September 2015
The evolution of talent and performance management In a series of four articles on Consultancy.uk, Angel Hoover, EMEA Regional Practice Leader Talent Management & Organizational Alignment at Towers Watson, reflects on key trends and developments in the human capital space. In this article Hoove
08 September 2015
PwC: More and more employees work outside of office The Millennial generation is causing dissonance in the expectations of many traditional employers, a recent survey from PwC shows.
31 August 2015
UK based CFO / Financial Director earns 176.000 euro Financial directors, or CFOs, based in UK and Ireland earn well above the global average – taking home around €176.300 per year, research from recruitment specialist Michael Page finds.
25 August 2015
Culture impacts strategy and corporate governance Board members remain a key source of cultural influence within corporate entities, a recent Grant Thornton report highlights.
24 August 2015
KPMG buys HR Service Delivery Practice Towers Watson Professional services firm KPMG has acquired the Human Resources Service Delivery Practice of Towers Watson to strengthen its global HR transformation skills. Financial information about the deal has not been disclosed. The Hu
24 August 2015
PwC receives 41k applications for student programmes PwC this year has a record number of students to select from for the 2,000 places it has available within its student entry level programmes.
19 August 2015
EY overhauls recruitment selection process for students Social mobility remains an issue in the UK, with recent research finding that 70% of the elite companies in professional services are selecting their candidates from a pool of just 4% - 7% of the pop
18 August 2015
Deloitte: 8 key trends in learning and development The learning and development of staff through organisational efforts has the potential to greatly improve their performance as well as that of the business as a whole.
12 August 2015
Recruitment firms in consulting face changing demands Consulting is known for its high turnover. Against this backdrop, keeping talent on-board is key, yet so too is recruiting the right new people. In recent years, the consulting industry has become more exacting on recruitment agencies, seeking to i
11 August 2015
PA Consulting: RPO offers latest HR at reduced cost HR outsourcing is growing steadily as more and more organisations are looking to standardise their global HR operations, access the latest technology and save money through recruitment process outsou
06 August 2015
Daniel Hibbert joins Deloitte Human Capital practice Deloitte Consulting has appointed Daniel Hibbert as Director in its Human Capital consultancy practice. Hibbert joins from Mercer, and prior to that served Big Four rivals PwC and EY. span class="s1"
29 July 2015
Grant Thornton: Hotel sector to enter digital talent war The hotel industry will need to take up arms in the ‘digital talent war’ to develop innovative digital offerings to attract and retain customers and personalise their experience in the near term, res
27 July 2015
Right incentive system crucial for Financial Services Complexity is in the nature of the financial services beast, however, with the right incentives, it can be managed. New rules around bonuses, according to Oliver Wyman, may have the opposite of their intended effect, incentivising generalised centr
21 July 2015
Capita: Three in four employees experience work stress Three in four UK employees are experiencing work related stress, with especially young employees affected, Capita’s latest employee survey shows.
20 July 2015
Deloitte Consulting acquires HR consultancy firm FCTB Big Four accountancy and consulting firm Deloitte has acquired consultancy firm FCTB. The acquisition improves the strength of Deloitte’s human resources consulting and talent management, as well as of its HR-cloud
10 July 2015
Hay Group: Poor job descriptions drive staff turnover Poorly aligned job descriptions are causing a considerable headache to mid-sized businesses across the UK, a recent Hay Group report highlights.
07 July 2015
KPMG: UK unprepared for future workforce challenges Many UK businesses are not sufficiently prepared for future workforce challenges, finds a recent poll by KPMG and the Corporate Research Forum.
06 July 2015
Family businesses trust in the power of female CEOs Family businesses are more likely to appoint female leaders as they believe in the power of women on top, research by EY shows.
30 June 2015
Spending on HR technology & systems remains robust Spending on upgrading HR technology and systems is expected to continue to grow in 2015, a recent Towers Watson survey shows.
25 June 2015
Online talent platforms add 2.7 trillion to GDP by 2025 Using online talent platforms will ease current labour-market dysfunctions, making it easier to connect talent and jobs in the digital age, research by McKinsey & Company shows. According to the consulting firm, these platforms have the potenti
22 June 2015
PwC: CEOs see skills shortage as top threat to business Eighty-four percent of UK CEOs view the skills shortage as a threat to their business, research by PwC shows.
22 June 2015
HR and Finance back office outsouricng on the rise Companies continue to seek outsourcing partners across most regions of the world, with especially Latin America entering such deals.
18 June 2015
Aon: Overall employee work experience is deteriorating The overall employee work experience is declining globally, research by Aon Hewitt finds.
16 June 2015
Deloitte: Dutch midsized business invest little in learning Dutch midsized corporates are not significantly investing in educating their staff, a new study from Deloitte Human Capital finds.
08 June 2015
Lack of people skills of graduates concern for UK firms Businesses in the UK are struggling with a lack of people skills of graduates, caused by a perception gap on the subject, research by Hay Group shows.
03 June 2015

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