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Crown Estate's £400m wind boost: How businesses can commit to environmental goals

The UK’s offshore wind sector is set to receive £400m of capital into its supply chain from The Crown Estate, the estate's head of investment announced yesterday (17 June).

Recruitment | Hook your own talent: How to bring recruitment in-house

Bringing recruitment in-house isn’t a simple case of just ditching your external agency and hiring a recruiter to save money. The hard work begins with securing buy-in, as Claire Muir discovers,...

Wellbeing | How to support employee wellbeing during a heatwave

With the UK set to head into a 30°C-plus heatwave this week, we asked HR commentators how to support employees working in extreme heat.

Recruitment | When AI does the work, hire people who can think

To futureproof organisations in the artificial intelligence (AI) age, more organisations may need the skills that people who make wonky career choices already have.

Health | Women delay cervical screenings due to work, research suggests

Work prevents women from attending potentially life-saving screenings, according to research published yesterday (16 June).

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Do the Best Work of Your Life, episode eight: Hasten high performance, and supercharge success

Can artificial intelligence (AI) successfully prepare managers and employees for even the trickiest performance management discussions? Yes, according to ‘AI evangelist’ Ollie Quayle, who works for...

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Wellbeing | HR professionals more than twice as likely to experience depression, report finds

Almost half (44%) of HR professionals meet the criteria for clinically significant symptoms of depression, according to a report released on Monday (9 June).

Cover story | Learn outside the box

Learning and development

Is now the time for HR to reimagine workplace learning? Cath Everett investigates.

Skills | Lack of soft skills hampers performance, research suggests

Learning and development

Three quarters (75%) of UK employers admitted to hiring a candidate with strong technical skills who later underperformed due to a lack of soft skills and cultural alignment, according to research...

Employee engagement | Manager engagement is falling fast. How can HR help?

Employee engagement

Disengaged managers are leading disengaged teams. Rebuilding starts through leadership, coaching and motivation.

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HR Excellence Awards | Judges call for entries: HR Excellence Awards 2025

The judging panel for this year's HR Excellence Awards is currently inviting people to prepare and submit their entries before Friday 1 August 2025.

Leadership | Break the glass ceiling: How HR can support pioneers

As Blaise Metreweli prepares to become the first woman to lead the UK's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in its 115-year history, we asked commentators how HR can support people in pioneering...

Opinion | "Transform management models, to harness Gen Z's creativity and passion"

The current management model doesn’t work for Gen Z. But HR can help change that.

Transformation | How to counter transformation fatigue in the AI age

Transformation fatigue is no longer a fringe concern; it has become a defining challenge of the modern workplace.

Employment tribunal | Charity worker wins £17k in disability discrimination case

The Venture (Wrexham) charity, which runs a children's centre, must pay more than £17k in damages after an employment tribunal accepted an employee's claims of disability discrimination, failure to...

HR careers | Future leader: Halima Sacranie, DAZN

Halima Sacranie, head of people at DAZN, shares her vision for the future of HR.

Wellbeing | Dubai chocolate craze sparks workplace safety concerns

As viral food trends infiltrate UK companies, and lines between personal consumption and workplace sharing are blurred, we asked commentators about the associated health and safety challenges for HR...

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The cost of living crisis has returned: HR must be ready

The cost of living may again become a problem this year, representing yet another challenge for employers.

How can HR departments support younger employees to save money? 

Pensions

Economic uncertainty has illustrated the need for HR departments to support employees’ financial wellbeing.

Financial wellbeing support: Where is the boundary for employers?

Employee benefits

The employer-employee relationship is one of the most important financial relationships. With the recent period of high inflation and ongoing economic uncertainty, many workers find themselves in...

“Bland” Spring Budget a flop for HR

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget has gone down poorly with employment experts, who have criticised its narrow focus on personal tax cuts and “bland and beige” policies.