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So Cadbury have finally agreed to be sold to Kraft and another British company falls into foreign hands. At least that is how many of the media are presenting the story. And of course, as facts go, it is true. Car manufacturers, utility companies, football teams, banks and now chocolate makers, the list goes on, all under new, non-British ownership. But is it as black a day for Britain and our economy as some commentators suggest? (more…)

We are in the middle of an office move, having been in the same premises for five years. Although a lot has happened in that time, it was not until we started sorting through all the papers and records that we began to realise how much has changed, and how much we have changed, both as a company and as individuals. (more…)

One of the immediate effects of the credit crunch and the need for businesses to economise was that companies slashed their training budgets. Now that we are seeing the first tentative signs of recovery, businesses are tentatively looking at training again; after all to survive in the new economy companies will need to be fitter and their staff will need to be engaged and skilled. But training is still expensive and it takes people out of the workplace for extended periods of time, just when their presence is most needed. Which is why we are introducing Career Energy Energisers.

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After several years of expansion and recruitment, large parts of the public sector are now going through a period of restructuring, with many people being made redundant. In part this was planned; reshuffling the organisational structure of public sector bodies is nothing new, but this time the scale and speed of the restrucutre has been profoundly affected by the recession. And of course, as with all organisational change, the biggest impact will be on the people who work there. (more…)