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| 8 January 2009 The Benefits of a Diverse Workforce In difficult financial times the last thing employers want is to be burdened with more red tape and legislation. However, in the area of employment law the requirements on business are ever increasing and changing and failure to comply can lead to costly mistakes, damaging your bank balance and your reputation. |
| 3 September 2008 Developing People Makes Good Financial Sense As Economic challenges loom, many organisations are looking for ways to cut costs. Frustratingly, this is against a backdrop of staffing difficulties causing many organisations to either run short-handed (and lose even more people) or to bust their budgets for advertising, agencies, and the like. |
| 1 September 2008 Enterprise Planning - Smart Thinking Enterprise Planning is fast becoming the key management tool used by many major oil and gas companies to improve their cross company communication. The theory, which has been around for years, was created to help teams consider the activities of the enterprise as a whole, not just an individual activity on one asset or a particular project, during the planning stages. |
| 01 June 2008 Business Growth Results in New Office For Facilitators Aberdeen-based corporate performance improvement specialists, Facilitators International LLP, are moving to larger premises following a period of significant business growth. |
| 7 April 2008 CCB and Facilitators International LLP Announce Link up to Support the Baltics CCB, the Peebles-based Business Development and Innovation Consultancy, has linked up with the Aberdeen-based consultancy to offer a range of business services to the Latvian and Lithuanian markets. |
| 3 January 2008 North East Businesses Must Think Smarter For Overseas Success As the saying goes, the world is our oyster and this has never been more so than now for companies in the North East. As a growing number of organisations rush to capitalise on the booming economy by expanding overseas, many are relocating to new regions without putting the necessary business foundations in place. |
| 29 August 2007 Competency Framework Could Help Crack Skills Shortage Aberdeen is experiencing its biggest recruitment growth since 2004 across all sectors but with near-full employment, companies are finding it increasingly difficult to attract the ideal employee. In an attempt to fill their vacancies, some employers are plumping for a less suitable candidate. And while this is sometimes unavoidable, Bruce Christie, a partner with Facilitators LLP - a corporate performance improvement consultancy says many businesses are retaining staff and bringing new recruits up to scratch as quickly as possible through the use of competency frameworks. |
| 30 July 2007 Energy sector offers key lessons to business community to address Project Risk Management The business sector is no stranger to risk management. Often as a result of increasing health and safety procedures, many aspects of project risk considerations have become an integral part of day-to-day life for many industries. Here, Paul Foy, senior consultant at Facilitators International LLP says, risk management has much further reaching implications than purely health and safety and, if introduced as an integral part of project planning, can add significant value to activity. |
| 12 April 2007 Getting Your Knickers in a Twist - How to Avoid the Complex Issue of Conflict in the Workplace Bruce Christie, a partner with Facilitators International LLP, discusses managing conflict and bullying in the workplace, a widespread industry issue which has recently been dramatised by Janice Battersby on Coronation Street. Janice has caused much conflict in her workplace, the underwear factory 'Underworld', by bullying her Polish immigrant co-workers. |
| 24 November 2006 Facilitators Celebrates NEPA Contract Aberdeen-based performance improvement consultancy, Facilitators UK, is celebrating a successful renewal of its contract with the North East Productivity Alliance (NEPA), to provide training and consultancy services to manufacturing companies in the north east of England. |
| 20 July 2006 Employers Beware - Ignoring Problems of Stress Could Result in Legal Action Patricia Elliot, an associate with Facilitators UK, a performance improvement consultancy, warns employers to be more mindful of the effects of stress on employees and advises organisations to implement strategies to help combat the problem, or face potentially serious consequences.... |
| 20 July 2006 Is a Degree Enough to Get a Foothold on Today's Competitive Corporate Ladder? - Part 3 In the final of our trilogy looking at the consequences surrounding the fact that 70% of the UK's workforce intends to move job in the next year, corporate performance improvement consultancy, Facilitators UK, turns the focus on graduates. |
| 7 July 2006 Retaining Staff is Increasingly Crucial for Organisations - Part 2 Last week, corporate performance improvement consultancy, Facilitators UK, examined the ramifications for employees with regard to a recent statistic that demonstrated 70% of UK staff intends to move job in the next 12 months. |
| 30 June 2006 Managing your Career has never been so Important - Part 1 According to a recent work and career survey, 70% of employees in the UK intend to move job in the next calendar year. Corporate performance improvement consultancy, Facilitators UK, over the next three weeks, will be looking at the consequences of this statistic from an employee, employer and graduate perspective. |
| 26 May 2006 Plugging the Skills Gap with Facilitators' Manager for Hire John Davidson, a partner with performance improvement consultancy, Facilitators UK, provides employers with some tips on addressing the skills shortage conundrum. |
| 21 April 2006 How to Plug the Knowledge Gap When Key Employees Retire John Davidson, a Partner with Facilitators UK, advises employers on how to address the knowledge gap within their organisation. |
| 30 March 2006 Facilitators Becomes IIP Re-Accredited for the 4th Time We have built a culture of high standards and pride at Facilitators UK in a relatively short time and are delighted to have maintained the Investors in People Standard for a fourth term. |
| 2 March 2006 Facilitators UK Acquires Scottish Quality Business In Six Figure Deal Corporate support consultancy, Facilitators UK, has announced the acquisition of Quality Management Scotland (QMS), from Empire HR in a six figure deal as part of the company's expansion plan. |
| 24 February 2006 Reaping the Rewards of Consultants Simon Sawers, a partner in Aberdeen based corporate support consultancy firm, Facilitators UK, writes about the benefits organisations can glean by employing external consultants in-house. |
| 2 February 2006 Moray Community Groups Benefit from Oil Industry Processes Performance improvement consultancy, Facilitators UK, has been assisting community groups in Moray in developing their proposals for grant applications. |
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