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How to live with a really bad decision

We’ve all been there, we’ve all made a bad decision at least once in our lives. Although making a poor decision is part and parcel of being a human being, it can often lead to unfavourable consequences which can be difficult to handle. But it is how you handle the fallout that really matters…. Someone […]

September 19, 2016

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Apprenticeships: the poor relation?

HR180 is the leading HR outsourcing and consultancy company in Leeds, Yorkshire dealing with everything to do with the people side of businesses throughout the UK. HR Manager Becky Mee ponders Apprenticeships which can be seen as the poor relation of post-16 education. I’ve recently had the misfortune of having my house re wired.  Now, […]

September 19, 2016

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Claire shortlisted for WIBA

With a new female prime minister, eight women cabinet ministers, and a new female chair of the Institute of Directors, British politics and businesses are trailblazing for women in leadership. It is timely, then, that Forward Ladies has announced it’s shortlist for the 2016 National Women in Business Awards, sponsored by HSBC, which this year has attracted […]

September 19, 2016

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Happy Friday, but workplace treats could be bad for your health

Last weekend Professor Hunt, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons, warned that workplace ‘cake culture’ is fuelling the current obesity epidemic and contributing to poor dental health. And for many people, it transpires that the workplace is now the main place they will eat sugar. But he warned […]

September 19, 2016

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Career development with HR180: My Journey by Jen Fisk

After 2 years working at HR180, it is now my time to move on, but not before I tell you all about my HR180 journey and why I believe one of the reasons I have been able to move into a development role is because of the experience I have gained here. I always knew […]

September 19, 2016

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Post-EU referendum – what about your business?

Today the country votes on whether to REMAIN or LEAVE the European Union (EU). But what happens then – and how might the result affect your people management and ultimately your business? People Management recently asked Chris Rowley, professor of HR at Cass Business School how UK employment might be affected post-referendum, “It is impossible […]

September 19, 2016

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Brexit debate at HR180, and in the STAY corner…

HR180’s founder and MD, Claire Morley-Jones, supports staying in the EU. Here’s her take on why. I have been amazed and surprised by the strength of emotion that this debate has evoked in the nation and with the final result looking to be so close, I am sad that a great majority of us will […]

September 19, 2016

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Brexit debate continues, and in the LEAVE corner…

HR Manager, Tim Frear, supports leaving the EU. Before I start there is one key question a number of people have asked and that must be addressed before any other issue about the EU referendum: the Eurovision Song Contest – even if we pull out of the EU WE WILL still be a key country in the […]

September 19, 2016

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National Living Wage causing a stir for veg growers – and further afield

HR Consultant, Sue Westhead, takes a view on the realities of the National Living Wage on SMEs – in this case, around agriculture and food production. I watched an interesting programme, which provoked a lot of thought for me as a HR professional, on the topic of the living wage. COUNTRYFILE’S Vegetarian Special* certainly stirred up […]

September 19, 2016

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Happy Birthday ma’am! What’s happened in the last 90 years?

The longest reigning monarch in British history has enjoyed a remarkable and long life. And during those 90 years, rather a lot has happened so we’ve put together some of the highlights – and the quirky – which are now part and parcel of life in the UK. April 1926 – At a time when […]

September 19, 2016

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