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Drain to gain (3 comments)

Wed, 14/07/2010 - 23:00 by Rebecca Kearley Fat is a management issue according to Anglian Water, which estimates that at any one time there is 10,000 tonnes of fat in its network of sewers. That’s enough to fill four Olympic-sized swimming...

Job hunting today? (1 comments)

Wed, 11/01/2012 - 15:24 by Rebecca Kearley According to a new report by MyJobGroup, today is the busiest day of the year for job-hunting. MyJobGroup, which posts vacancies on its website, studied the past seven years of data and found that...

London and the South East do the most unpaid work ( comments)

Thu, 05/01/2012 - 14:18 by Rebecca Kearley New figures released by the TUC have revealed that UK workers did nearly two billion hours (1,968 million hours) of unpaid overtime last year, worth £29.2bn to the UK economy. Image via Wikipedia...

Happy New Year! ( comments)

Tue, 03/01/2012 - 16:55 by Rebecca Kearley As many of us return to work on what is aptly titled 'the most depressing day of the year’, we may feel entitled to feel a little grumpy according to Moodscope.com. Now, we start to count the cost,...

Book Review: Guide to Supply Chain Management (1 comments)

Sun, 17/01/2010 - 09:37 by Rebecca Kearley Guide to Supply Chain Management: How getting it right boosts corporate performance by David Jacoby Supply Chain Management is one of those subjects that is difficult to define precisely,...

Two thirds of UK employees are unaware of IT security threats ( comments)

Mon, 05/12/2011 - 10:53 by Rebecca Kearley Economic crime is still rising according to the findings from PwC’s latest global economic crime survey (GECS). 51% of the UK respondents reported at least one instance of economic crime in...

Air, Water & Internet (3 comments)

Thu, 10/11/2011 - 00:00 by Rebecca Kearley A report by Cisco has found that 1 in 3 students (33%) believes the Internet is a fundamental resource for the human race – as important as air, water, food and shelter and half (49% of college...

Romance in the workplace (6 comments)

Mon, 19/09/2011 - 23:00 by Rebecca Kearley Romance in the workplace can be explosive and destructive. But relationships can be managed – and sometimes turned into a positive force, writes GQ columnist Rebecca Newman   Image via...

Speaker's Corner: Shay McConnon ( comments)

Sun, 30/10/2011 - 23:00 by Rebecca Kearley Shay McConnon, founder of People First Limited, brings a little spark to his talks on relationship building, communication and leadership. He will speak at this year’s North West Regional Conference...

How does technology help your commute? (3 comments)

Tue, 02/08/2011 - 23:00 by Rebecca Kearley On a good commute I can relax, listening to my ipod or catching up on a good book on my kindle but on a bad commute I desparately look for new houses in the country on my iPhone,...