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According to SilkRoad’s study, The State of Talent Management 2013, there is now “wide adoption” of cloud-based HRMS. The survey of 5,753 HR professionals in North America found that 46% of companies have such cloud-based HR systems. 
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Car sales are set to fall and currency rates look likely to remain volatile and as a result the group, which owns the Hyundai and Kia car brands, has decided to expand out its financial assistance programme that currently supports 300 suppliers to 5,0…

Germany’s biggest steelmaker warned it saw no global economic recovery this year after a slump in steel prices and weak car markets caused a 38% drop in quarterly core profit. Revenue and new orders at Steel Europe were down about 11% in the fir…

Many of the management reporting tools provided by the SageQuest system support Virgin Media’s goal of continuous improvement in environmental performance, according to Maurice Daw, executive director – access, Virgin Media.

Daw explained that …

As part of President Obama’s “all-of-the-above approach” to American energy, the tax programme aims to boost America’s global competitiveness in clean energy manufacturing, increasing energy security and creating new jobs.

“Since 2009, th…

Following investigations by the UK government and various internal probes by food retailers, consumers in Britain and France have been told that Romanian horsemeat has been used in a range of  ’beef products’, prompting supermarkets a…

Tepco has agreed a supply deal with Cameron LNG to purchase liquefied natural gas (LNG) beginning in 2017 as the company looks to take advantage of falling prices following advances in technology which have allowed gas to be extracted from shale rocks…

Demographic changes in the developed world heighten the demand dynamics in the FMCG packaging markets, which is forecast by market analyst Visiongain to record “solid growth” over the next decade.

Two major drivers will deliver “consistent growt…

Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer, said: “Infrastructure investments, the acquisition of new locomotives and equipment and the enhancement of information technology systems will help support our agenda of operational and service ex…

Many suppliers in China make use of temporary and student workers during periods in which demand for products increases. But there have been complaints by these workers that they are forced to work long hours, at short notice and with no real relevanc…