Business Reporter

It can be a long and winding road to sustainability but in today’s competitive world it’s a journey an increasing number of businesses are taking In times of economic strife, unnecessary fads tend not to last long. Yet the past few years have seen companies continue to tackle their carbon footprints and develop sustainability initiatives. [...]

Global supply chains are straining under the weight of political, social and economic pressures. Maybe it’s time to start thinking small and thinking together Probably one of the more bizarre calls to action this summer has come from rail bosses in London. Apparently throwing up their hands in despair at the impending Olympics and Paralympics, they [...]

Employers should think more creatively about how they use their existing pay pot to retain their talent Pressure on the pay bill is challenging employers to use their reward budgets as effectively as possible to ensure staff remain motivated and engaged. A recent survey for Hay Group found two-thirds of organisations intend renewing their reward [...]

We’re light years away from a return to fat pay rises of five to 10 years ago, but after several years of pay freezes and below-inflation deals, employers could struggle to contain the pay bill this year Technically, the UK economy has been out of recession for more than two years. Despite this, pay rates [...]

Hold the front page… the printing industry isn’t quite ready to give up the ghost yet. In fact, it’s reinventing itself for the digital age When news broke in March this year that the Encyclopaedia Britannia would in future only be produced in digital format, it seemed another milestone in the decline of the printing [...]

Having shaken off its image of decline, the UK print sector is now one of the most innovative and efficient in the world – and has reinvented the way it works with its customers Against a background of recession, the challenge for the traditional printing industry has been huge. The sector has had to reinvent [...]

A hike in merger activity could be just a heartbeat away. But what will trigger the blood flow? At the tail end of 2010 all the talk was of how merger and acquisition activity in the UK was set for a record breaking year. And despite concerns over the economic landscape – and levels of [...]