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RSS hr in newsShared services spend to reach £4bn by 2012
News Shared services, where government department share back-office facilities, such as HR, payroll or IT systems, is one of the lynchpins of money saving initiatives set out in the Gershon Report published in 2004. [17 Nov 2008]
No easy Ryde for Isle of Wight's legacy systems
News By providing a single source of management information, the new systems will provide greater opportunities to improve financial management and HR processes," he said in a statement. Isle of Wight Council has awarded... [14 Oct 2008]
BAT lights up £26m SAP savings
News As well as reducing support costs, Colman said work has helped with other initiatives such as implementing shared services, improving information management and paving the way for transformation projects in finance and HR. [02 Oct 2008]
Businesses ready for Facebook generation
News Peter Pedersen, CTO of online womenswear retailer figleaves.com, said: "It will provide new challenges for IT and HR departments in terms of changing policies and letting go of a variety of controls and passing a new... [15 Sep 2008]
Flexible working revamp: Nothing to be scared of?
News Sainsbury's HR director and the report's author Imelda Walsh said: "On the evidence I have seen, I do not believe that this extension will add significantly to business costs. The government has launched a consultation... [28 Aug 2008]
Indian outsourcing takeover is imminent
News Gartner says the India-3 have achieved this by demonstrating process excellence, world-class HR practices, providing high quality services at a low cost and by winning significant "mind share" compared to their size. [14 Aug 2008]
£400m outsourcing deal faces employment tribunal
News The dispute revolves around the transfer of 1,500 local government jobs in Somerset - including more than 130 IT workers as well as finance, HR, property procurement and contact staff - to a joint venture company... [06 Aug 2008]
Revealed: Top tech security risks and cash-sappers
News Insecure PCs: Another customer had several PCs containing password crackers and network sniffing code that could have significant implications on privacy and HR. Viruses, dodgy printers, unsupported open source software... [29 May 2008]
Bradford & Bingley gets Oracle HR system
News Mortgage and savings specialist Bradford & Bingley has implemented an Oracle staff management system to streamline HR processes.silicon.com Financial Services The Oracle e-business suite, which includes the Human Capital... [20 May 2008]
Vodafone boosts apprenticeship scheme
News Big Red's UK HR director, Matthew Brearley, added in a statement: "The continued expansion of Vodafone's apprenticeship programmes will further strengthen our recent commitment to the UK government skills pledge. [25 Feb 2008]
Jaeger invests in data mining to cut stock loss
News The data-mining application, supplied by IDM Software will bring together business information from the IT, HR and finance departments to support efforts to make staff more aware of stock loss. Classic fashion retailer... [06 Feb 2008]
Shell's outsourcing plans face legal threat
News Amicus is hoping legal action will force Shell to reinstate the more favourable HR policy before the IT outsourcing contracts are signed. Trans said: "If we are successful [in getting Shell to honour the original... [07 Jan 2008]
Bank IT spend to rise despite credit crunch crisis
News BPO will be particularly demanded for processes such as finance and accounts and HR, as well as more core areas like mortgage and loans processing as banks seek to lower costs. As the UK banking sector steadies itself in... [11 Dec 2007]
BA to roll out email to workers' mobiles
News Up until now, the service was used mainly as a conduit for HR communications and management communications to staff. British Airways plans to roll out corporate email to workers' mobile phones next year. [31 Oct 2007]
SMEs just want to grow
News These include finance (37 per cent), HR (30 per cent) and sales and marketing (25 per cent). The UK's 4.5 million small businesses are keen for the government to do more to help them grow. A report from BT Business... [29 Oct 2007]
