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A journalist since 2000, I have written across a range of titles in print and online. I’ve been a news reporter, news editor, features writer and editor, working on publications as diverse as People Management, Supply Management, Legal Week, Community Practitioner, Childcare Professional and The Times.
I am editor of the New Psychotherapist, the UK Council for Psychotherapy's members' magazine, and Great Workplaces, published annually with the Guardian and the Sunday Telegraph.
I also undertake copywriting, both in an advertising capacity - for clients including HSS Hire and Tesco - and corporate copywriting across a range of subjects.
Specialising in management and business, health and education and psychology and psychotherapy, I’m available for features and news writing, commissioning and editing.
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Each edition of the New Psychotherapist looks at a particular theme within psychotherapy or a topic with a psychotherapeutic angle. It offers members opportunities to share best practice, share developments likely to impact on their practice and encourage spirited debates between members or discuss views on professional practice and topical issues.
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Trends in HR products and services Anna Scott spoke to Buckingham County Council's strategic director of resources and business transformation, Gillian Hibberd, about her views on benefits and payroll systems and how she likes to be marketed to. When it comes to implementing HR systems, Gillian Hibberd knows her stuff.
This Article written by: Anna Scott A survey emerged this week suggesting that the average 10 hours a week that UK white collar professionals spend on activities outside the main remit of their jobs are threatening their specialist skills. PageGroup - formerly known as Michael Page - which commissioned the research, has described the phenomenon as 'responsibility creep'.
This Article written by: Anna Scott The third Monday in January is usually accompanied by a press release describing it as 'Blue Monday' - the worst working day of the year and one on which people are most likely to look for a new job.
This Article written by: Anna Scott Solving the mystery of what motivates workers is one of the major goals of human resources directors, not to mention the assorted consultants and industries dedicated to employment issues.
This Article written by: Anna Scott The last few weeks have been busy for talent management research. As well as the groundbreaking INSEAD Global Talent Management Index, which puts the UK seventh in the world for talented employees, Deloitte reported that London is the "talent capital" of the world employing 1.5 million people in 12 out of 22 high-skilled sectors.
This Article written by: Anna Scott Tax avoidance has rarely been higher on the agenda. Multinational corporations and celebrities have been in the headlines facing accusations that they pay too little tax. Greater scrutiny of offshore businesses has been the obvious outcome of this, and companies operating within the recruitment sector are not immune.
This Article written by: Anna Scott The plight of the youngest members of the workforce during the most recent recession is well-documented. The steep increase in university tuition fees coupled with some of the highest numbers of younger people not in education, employment or training (NEETS) have highlighted the tough situation that the UK's youngest find themselves.
This Article written by: Anna Scott The jobs market is showing signs of recovery. Over the last few weeks a wide range of statistics from different sources have been published showing evidence of employers hiring, recruitment agencies experiencing growth and unemployment falling.
This Article written by: Anna Scott Recruitment agencies form a diverse sector. Running the gamut of large multinational, multi-sector staffing businesses, medium-sized companies with offices in a range of locations and smaller-sized enterprises with one or two branches, the industry embraces all kinds of organisation.
This Article written by: Anna Scott One of the more positive legacies of New Labour was the national minimum wage, introduced in April 1999. Opposed at the time by the Conservative Party and the Confederation of British Industry among others, the policy is now widely lauded for protecting vulnerable workers from potentially unscrupulous employers.
This Article written by: Anna Scott With the threats and challenges to the recruitment business evolving with greater speed than before, it is imperative on recruiters to recognise just what these issues are and how they can deal with them.
This Article written by: Anna Scott To the relief of the business world, the government has announced it will not ban the use of zero-hours contracts. Launching a twelve-week consultation on the use of the controversial contracts - rarely out of the news this year - business secretary Vince Cable said that despite reported abuse of workers' rights they have an important place in employment landscape.
This Article written by: Anna Scott Chinese newspapers have reported David Cameron's trade delegation to the country with some degree of cynicism. The prime minister's trip to China, with more than 120 businesses, is part of plans to increase trade with the UK, which Cameron had pledged to double to £62bn by 2015, according to the Financial Times.
This Article written by: Anna Scott A row is brewing over claims that some recruitment agencies are selling accident insurance to temporary workers - which they are not licensed to do. The BBC Today Programme reported last week that there is "widespread selling" of the insurance by agencies to such workers, which has led the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to investigate.
This Article written by: Anna Scott On the face of it, the latest job figures from the Office for National Statistics should give reason for job seekers, recruiters, employers and politicians to celebrate.
This Article written by: Anna Scott The party conference season is well underway. Despite the underwhelming atmosphere at the Liberal Democrat annual gathering in Glasgow, there were rallying speeches from the coalition party, including leader Nick Clegg's call for the electorate to put his beleaguered party back in power to cement the economy's road to repair.
8 May 2012 | Anna Scott Advertisers have been known to say to clients purchasing media services of some kind: "Good, quick or cheap - which two do you want?" "Two preclude the other, and marketing departments understand that, but procurement departments don't," says David Meikle, founding partner of marketing procurement consultancy Red Salt.
Will Butler-Adams cannot "big up" exporting enough. The managing director of Brompton Bicycles, which has exported 43,000 folding bikes so far this year to 44 countries, knows how vital it has been to the success of his business. But he also believes there's a perception that exporting is hard to do.
7 June | Anna Scott Anna Scott explores the challenges that the boost for UK car manufacturing has given its suppliers. General Motors' announcement last month of a £125 million investment in its Vauxhall Ellesmere Port car plant was the most recent in a series of good news stories for the UK automotive sector.
The rise of marketing procurement is well documented. But now advertising and media agencies themselves are beginning to recognise the value of having a senior procurement professional involved in pitches and client negotiations. MDC Partners is a holding company to over 50 creative communications agencies with a plethora of specialties, including advertising, crisis management and PR, based across North America and Western Europe.
13 June 2013 | Anna Scott Following calls for more inter-country trade between Africa countries, Anna Scott examines the threats and opportunities to increased collaboration. In 2006, Bola Afolabi, general manager SAP, at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, was invited to present a paper at the Ugandan CIPS conference.
When a US firm enlisted a risk consultancy to investigate suspiciously large sums on an employee's travel and entertainment expenses claim, it opened a can of worms. After investigations, it emerged the employee had set up some fictitious companies to supply financial reports to her employer.
There have been plenty of recessions in the past, but never one with as much technology and information at everyone's fingertips as now. While some organisations fear the leaking of sensitive information or negative publicity, the more savvy companies are embracing new technologies. This doesn't just mean having a Facebook page or being on Twitter.
Unmanageable, untrustworthy, unemployable and feckless: these are the words that often come up to describe the "untapped talent pool" of people who are not working when they could (or should) be. Yet, according to CIPD employment adviser John McGurk, most of the people in question want to work - and most employers are, theoretically, willing to employ them.
Hays Journal is a bi-annual publication providing insight and news for HR and recruitment professionals on the ever-changing world of work.
Hays Journal is a bi-annual publication providing insight and news for HR and recruitment professionals on the ever-changing world of work.
Hays Journal is a bi-annual publication providing insight and news for HR and recruitment professionals on the ever-changing world of work.
13 September 2012 | Anna Scott Oil and gas is a huge industry in the UK. Anna Scott looks at the market and supply chains that make it tick, the challenges they face and the opportunities for procurement. The bulk of the UK's energy needs are met by oil and gas: 73 per cent.
The Frost / Black review has called for tax breaks for return to work services - the onus is now on the industry to show it can create a product that will work.
Occupational health should be given far greater prominance in future, sys the Frost/Black review. Anna Scott finds out that it could mean for intermediaries Private providers of occupational health services will play a role in assessing absent employees' mental and physical capability to work via a state-funded service, if the government accepts the recommendations of Frost/Black Health and Work - Independent Review of Sickness Absence.
9 August 2012 | Anna Scott As commercial director at Compass Group UK and Ireland, Oliver Cock is responsible for procurement and merchandising for resale. He tells Anna Scott there aren't that many organisations where procurement gets this kind of prominence. Direct and indirect procurement are often separated within an organisation.
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