The Summit is the premier event of its kind in Europe and is back and bigger than ever for 2019, being held on 10th May in Central London.
The big news for 2019? Well, we’ve moved! After a 50% growth in the event, we are very excited to announced that our new home is the Riverbank Park Plaza, meaning an exciting additional third seminar hall and more content than ever before being soaked up by delegates on the day.
With research showing that organisations are facing a radically shifting context for the workforce, the workplace, and the world of work, the employee engagement team are faced with a number of converging issues that are driving the need to ‘rewrite the rules’ of engagement. For this reason, we’ve collated the best of the best within the industry to share their stories with you as to how they’ve successfully led their organisation through disruptive times.
Sir Philip Green is working on a restructuring of his Arcadia Group retail empire that includes Topshop and Miss Selfridge. The billionaire’s company said in a statement that it was suffering “an exceptionally challenging retail market” in the UK. Arcadia was therefore “exploring options” to bolster the business. Job cuts and store closures are likely, […]
The US is suing Volkswagen, accusing the German carmaker of “massive fraud” over the diesel emissions scandal. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claims the firm misled investors by issuing billions of dollars worth of bonds and securities, without disclosing that it had cheated emissions tests. Volkswagen’s former chief executive Martin Winterkorn is also being […]
Budget hotel chain Travelodge is targeting parents who want to return to work to fill a potential post-Brexit staffing gap if EU worker numbers fall. It plans to open 100 new hotels creating 3,000 jobs by 2023, and says it hopes to attract parents by offering flexible hours and school hour roles. The firm, which […]
Regulators say a ban or cap on exit fees would make it easier for investors to switch investment “platforms” – otherwise known as fund supermarkets. The fees, which can amount to hundreds of pounds, effectively tie investors to one provider, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said. It has proposed a crackdown on these fees so […]
The chief executive of oil-company Shell saw his pay more than double last year to more than €20m (£17m). Ben van Beurden’s total salary in 2017, which was approximately €9m, prompted a shareholder revolt. The raise comes as the company increased its annual profits by almost $10bn and is largely down to long-term incentives kicking […]
Dozens of firms, including Domino’s Pizza, JD Sports and Greene King have been told to put more women in their boardrooms. The Investment Association, a financial sector trade body, and the government-backed Hampton-Alexander review wrote to 69 companies. They have called on them to have 33% of their boards made up of women by 2020. […]
Facebook has suffered the most severe outage in its history, with key services rendered unusable for users globally for much of Wednesday. The last time Facebook had a disruption of this magnitude was in 2008, when the site had 150m users – compared with around 2.3bn monthly users today. Facebook’s main product, its two messaging […]
The UK’s tech professionals are now more likely to blow the whistle on an employer’s misbehaviour in the wake of scandals in the sector, according to exclusive new research from the world’s largest job site Indeed. Various controversies in the tech industry last year have shifted many workers’ attitudes, with almost a quarter (23.6%) now […]
The UK needs to tackle “bullying tactics by market leaders” and the other consequences of a lack of competition in the technology sector, according to a new report. A six month review of the sector has concluded tech giants like Facebook and Google should face greater competition. Philip Hammond will give his initial response to […]
Brilliant Energy – which supplied gas and electricity to 17,000 households – has ceased trading, marking the latest casualty in the sector this winter. The business, based in Gosforth, had boasted of providing a “straightforward” service at a “fair and stable” price. Its collapse means energy regulator Ofgem has had to step in again to […]
