People & Culture
Convera and JustLogin to enable cross-border payroll and payments across...
Convera, a global leader in commercial payments, and JustLogin, an AI-Powered Singapore-based human resource cloud platform, have announced a partnership that brings embedded cross-border payroll and business payment...
Employee Assistance Programmes exist. So why aren’t employees using...
Bronwyn Partridge, Managing Executive: Insurance Cluster at Workforce Financial Services for EEB, explores the importance of employee assistance programmes for the workforce. Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) and ...
Why the UK jobs market is stuck in a vicious cycle
AI is being used in the recruitment market both by the employers and the potential employees, but it is not always used effectively. Candidates are using AI to apply for a huge variety of jobs which do not always m...
A majority of UAE organisations have lost more than US$500,000 due to poo...
As organisations across the Middle East navigate an increasingly volatile operating environment, new research from Optro (formerly AuditBoard) reveals a concerning disconnect between how resilient UAE organisations...
When is it too hot to work in the UK?
With an amber weather warning in place for today across most of Wales, the Midlands, the East of England, the south east and parts of the south west, going up to a red weather warning tomorrow and Thursday, when is it...
Project round-up: News from around our regions
USA myBasePay, a leading provider of independent contractor management, employer-of-record services and vendor of record services, has announced the release of MBP FlexWorkOS. The platform unifies...
The cost of doing nothing just went up
Marcelle Steyn, Strategic Sales Lead at InnoVent, discusses how rising IT hardware costs and supply constraints now carry real operational and financial risks. There’s a disconnect in many South African busin...
Workers see flexible working as more valuable than hybrid working
Flexible working hours and financial reward are the most important contributors to job satisfaction for UK employees, according to new research from Avilio. The productivity and performance coaching provider...
Payroll data gaps exposed ahead of HMRC introduction of JSL
New research from Finity reveals a growing gap between perceived confidence and operational capability among payroll professionals ahead of HMRC’s introduction of Joint and Several Liability (JSL) in April 2026....
Mindset over process: Why business leaders need to shift their perception of...
Whether you like it or not, businesses change all of the time. Mark Green, CEO at Change Rebellion, says business leaders need to stop viewing change as a process and start treating it as a cultural evolution. He looks at...
Pay pressures: 53% of UK employers see spike in wage growth
As we approach annual review season, over half (53%) of UK employers say their wage costs have shot up in the last 12 months. That’s according to new research from SD Worx, a leading European HR solutions...
HM Land Registry selects Symatrix to run its payroll
Symatrix, a Manchester-based Oracle HCM and ERP partner, has announced that HM Land Registry has chosen its fully managed payroll service, SymplyPay, based on Oracle Cloud Payroll, to deliver accurate, reliable and...
Eksom launched dedicated renewable energy business
Eskom Holdings in South Africa has launched Eskom Green, a dedicated renewable energy business designed to accelerate the development of utility-scale renewable energy projects and support larger power user...
Almost half of UK workers say AI is causing a trade-off between speed and ...
AI is helping UK workers move faster, but new research from Atlassian suggests that businesses are yet to solve the harder productivity challenge of helping teams work better together. According to...
M&S launches 1,000 training places for young people across stores
M&S has announced Not Just Any Career, a new initiative that will create 1,000 training places for young people across the UK and Ireland. Designed to open opportunities for people at the start of t...
Half of creative freelancers report rising stress as budgets tighten
Half of freelance creatives (50.7%) say rising stress levels are affecting their work as client budgets tighten across the industry, according to new research from The Accountancy Partnership. At the same time,...
Marks & Spencer begins construction on £340 million automated food ...
Marks & Spencer has begun construction on its new state-of-the-art automated National Distribution Centre (NDC) in Northamptonshire, marking a major milestone in the company’s £340 million investment to modernise an...
Honda selects Macrium to boost resilience across US manufacturing facilities
Macrium Software, a specialised provider of backup and recovery solutions for manufacturing and critical infrastructure, has been selected by Honda Motor Co to strengthen the resilience of its US manufacturing...
New global study by Anchanto reveals confidence is outpacing operational...
Anchanto has released The State of Omnichannel Commerce 2026/2027, a new global study conducted with Demand Metric examining how enterprise brands and retailers are managing the growing complexity of modern c...
Why pursuing high performance leads to corporate burnout (and how to fix it)
Organisations want teams that work faster, deliver more and consistently outperform the competition. On the surface, that sounds positive. Ambition drives innovation and growth. But many businesses are discovering a...
Ryanair and Google Cloud announce five-year data and AI partnership
Ryanair, one of Europe’s largest airlines, and Google Cloud have announced a new five-year partnership. Under the agreement, Ryanair will deploy Google Workspace and Google Cloud services to 35,000 employees across its n...
New Conga research reveals AI ambition outpaces operational readiness in CLM
Conga, a company lining up commerce, has announced new research revealing that organisations are high on AI ambition but low on operational readiness in contract lifecycle management (CLM). Notably, 95% of respon...
Why the UK jobs market is stuck in a vicious cycle
AI is being used in the recruitment market both by the employers and the potential employees, but it is not always used effectively. Candidates are using AI to apply for a huge variety of jobs which do not always m...
The cost of doing nothing just went up
Marcelle Steyn, Strategic Sales Lead at InnoVent, discusses how rising IT hardware costs and supply constraints now carry real operational and financial risks. There’s a disconnect in many South African busin...
