Human Resources (HR) stories

Tata Steel deploys more than 300 AI agents with Google Cloud to speed up maintenance, customer service and back-office work worldwide.

Infosys and Google Cloud widen partnership to package agentic AI tools for major industries, while training 100,000 staff on Gemini Enterprise.

Syspro taps veteran HR leader Tom Loeffert to help reshape its global workforce strategy as CEO Leanne Taylor drives the ERP software group's next growth phase.

Pluxee UK and Attivo unveil a life-stage financial wellbeing service for employees, as firms seek to ease money worries linked to lost productivity.

ShareGate survey finds AI tools have surfaced sensitive data at 29% of firms, exposing a widening gap between confidence in governance and reality.

Tes unveils Tes360 platform to cut school data silos and help academy trust leaders spot problems earlier across safeguarding, SEND and staffing.

Securitas has promoted Alan Rae to a newly created Area Director role covering UK North while he keeps leadership of its BAE Systems account.

UK recruiters warn AI-led hiring is filtering out strong candidates, with many candidates saying automated screening is unfair and impersonal.

CaptivateIQ survey finds 91% of firms changed incentive strategy in the past year as AI, budget pressure and wider plan use speed up redesigns.

Only 3% of 18- to 24-year-olds see payroll as strategic, as Cezanne HR warns of a recruitment and succession challenge for employers.

Ricoh survey finds British office staff lose 15 hours a week to paperwork, fuelling tension, lower motivation and worries over AI-driven change.

Exclaimer plugs Workday HR records into email signatures and video meeting branding, cutting manual updates and reducing out-of-date staff details.

UK tech staff want more practical AI training as daily use outpaces formal instruction, with cybersecurity and data privacy top of the list.

Colt trims ERP switchover downtime to 6.5 hours as cloud overhaul unifies systems across 40 countries and supports sustainability goals.

Bensons for Beds overhauls frontline operations with WorkJam platform to unify communications, scheduling and performance data for 1,800 staff.

Welcome to the Jungle unveils new hiring platform aimed at cutting recruiter workloads as AI-fuelled application volumes surge.

HackerEarth debuts AI interview platform with verification and proctoring to help enterprises screen technical candidates around the clock.

Adobe study finds Helvetica, Gill Sans and Arial flunk basic accessibility checks, as experts warn poor typography could expose UK employers to legal risk.

Dayshape, selected for Microsoft’s Agentic Launchpad, will let professional services firms query staffing, skills and project finances in Teams.

TraqCheck secures $8 million in Series A funding to hire in the UK and scale AI-driven hiring, screening and background checks.