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Tea and Hampers for all our Quizzers

We hope you had a great Yorkshire Day and week! It was fantastic to meet you and thanks for taking part in our quiz. Many people guessed the correct answers and yesterday one person was chosen at random.Congratulations to Marie … Read More

Social Media – The Death of Traditional Media? | Institute of Directors Yorkshire Blog

Social Media – The Death of Traditional Media? | Institute of Directors Yorkshire Blog.

Making the most of LinkedIn

As spring approaches it’s time to give your social media presence a new lease of life. With everyone and everything currently being online, your social media profile might be in as much need of a spring-clean, as your houses and … Read More

Latest AWR event in Barnsley

The Works latest AWR event in Barnsley went down a storm this morning. A special thanks to Fiona Coombe for coming along and sharing her knowledge with us. We would also like to thank everybody that attended. The questions and … Read More

Results from our Valentine campaign

Top comments: If you have flexible working hours – one can take care of personal development. It is getting costlier to live these days, so I won’t mind the money part, but surely, ‘New Challenges’ is the key to keeping … Read More

AWR: Questions and answers uncovered

A PDF resource that can be saved and printed answering a lot of the questions that managers and business owners are currently asking about AWR. Click here to view Summary of questions: 1. Assignment lengths 1.1 What are the current … Read More

Yorkshire Unemployment increase by just over 3%

Unemployment in Yorkshire and the Humber has increased by 3.4% to 244,000 in the three months to February, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that 8,000 more people were unemployed in the region during the period. … Read More

Introduction to the Agency Workers Regulations

AWR Implementation Guidance Background Information The information below provides some very broad background information on the new Agency Worker Regulations. The Regulations in context Following many years of debate in Brussels, the Regulations will come into force in England, Wales … Read More

Shock GDP figures: REC says growth is still on the cards for 2011

Today’s announcement by the Office for National Statistics has revealed a shock 0.5 per cent contraction in the UK’s economy in the final quarter of 2010. This is very disappointing but understandable given the appalling weather the UK experienced in … Read More

HR directors spend only 15 per cent of time on strategic work

Most HR leaders spend a relatively small proportion of their time on ‘strategic’ work, despite describing themselves as strategic business partners, according to recent research by consultants Mercer. In the survey of around 500 HR directors across the EMEA region, … Read More

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