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Overseas business trips are vital for any flourishing brand worth its weight in gold today. Whether you look upon them as a necessary evil or as a chance to try new cultures, the costs associated with them can be extremely high, and this can extend past finances too.

As the year draws to a close, XpertHR data again records the subdued nature of pay awards for employees

As 2015 draws to a close, HR professionals are starting to plan for the year ahead. Recent pan-European research from ADP® has identified five key trends that are going to impact the rapidly changing world of work in 2016.

We are pleased to announce that the leading careers advice organisation, Inspiring Futures, has become part of Group GTI. Furthermore GTI is investing £500,000 in careers support for schools and their students.

It will be a brighter Christmas for children supported by Barnardo’s Scotland this year thanks to the generous spirit and hard work of employees and directors at Scottish recruitment specialist the Brightwork Group.

UK recruitment firm Munro has recruited Nicola Dunn in a newly created role of Senior Researcher. A successful business and life coach who has supported a range of international clients including the EU Commission and The Hague, Nicola also has direct executive search experience, working with former Edinburgh-based agency Quantum where she specialised in marketing sector recruitment.

When it comes to hiring new staff, many recruiters or HR departments follow a standard set of rules and processes because that’s the way it has always been done.

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The upward momentum of chief executive pay and reward in the UK’s largest organisations has reached a crisis point. It does not clearly correlate to personal performance or business outcomes and this is having a significant impact on the motivation levels of the wider workforce, according to new research from the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development.

In over half (55%) of UK organisations, HR is now an essential part of the development and delivery of the overall business strategy. This is according to research1 from NGA Human Resources, the HR and payroll expert.

According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), employment levels increased by 207,000 in the three months to October, representing an employment rate of 73.9% with 31.3 million people in work.

The recent ONS Regional Labour Market Report shows that the North is still lagging well behind the South.

ONS figures published today show the number of self-employed people reached a record high in the three months to October.

Commenting on today’s ONS Labour Market Statistics, Mark Beatson, Chief Economist at the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, says:

UK accountants anticipate sharing a £4 billion bonus pot in the 2015/16 bonus season, an increase of £2 billion annually, according to the latest research from specialist accountancy recruiter Marks Sattin