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Our People Agenda Programme is designed for leaders in both HR and finance. Sign up for insights, events and the latest hot topics in people management.
Organisations face numerous challenges in attracting and retaining talent. As wage increases and flexible working demands shape the people agenda, businesses must find ways to balance managing their costs in the short-term, with ensuring their people strategies build agility and resilience for the future.
The People Agenda programme 2024
Our 2024 event streams are designed to help you with all your workforce-related issues and meet your operational and strategic objectives.
The People Agenda forum: Elevating your playbook
We examine the key themes shaping your workforce – bringing you fresh thinking on how to ensure your people strategies are robust for the long term.
Workforce planning in practice webinar
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Three CPD accredited events designed to help you with all your workforce-related issues. Our experts delve into the detail on key topics, helping you meet your operational objectives.
Futureproof your business with the right workforce skills
As the UK skills gap continues to grow how can businesses find solutions to meet their needs?
The People Agenda: maximising value from employee engagement
How can you maximise return on your people investment? Uncover effective strategies to boost employee performance and engagement, including how to leverage employee benefits packages, balance remote working preferences and investment in skills development.
Pay & governance
Catch up on our webinar from 10 September for practical solutions to help you stay compliant on employment tax, avoid potential penalties, and ensure your reporting is up to date.
Employee benefits
Catch up on our webinar from 21 May to find out how you can establish a strong employee benefits package, including:
- optimising your existing benefits
- ensuring your schemes are fit for purpose
- bigger ticket investments, such as merging existing schemes and implementing an online benefits platform
End of year employment tax reporting
Catch up on our webinar from 12 March, where experts from our employer solutions team discussed practical solutions to help you with your year-end reporting, along with best practice guidance and insight on the key challenges in employment tax compliance
"We’re seeing businesses really reaping the rewards from a cost and agility perspective when they provide clear career pathways and the opportunity to upskill and reskill.”
Maddie Wollerton Blanks, Director, People Consulting, Grant Thornton UK LLP
“People change, their families change, their situation changes, their needs evolve, so allowing their benefits to evolve with them makes complete sense.”
Laurie Eggleston, Associate Director, Grant Thornton UK
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Perfecting your people strategy for long-term success
Discover practical strategies for perfecting your people strategy and building a future-ready workforce.
Building resilience through your people agenda
How can you achieve agility, resilience and cost through your people agenda?
Using employee benefits to enhance business resilience
Become an employer of choice through your employee benefits strategy by factoring in workforce diversity and allowing employees to tailor benefits to needs.
Exploring workplace classism
Exploring classism in the workplace, learn more about what we can all do to help improve social mobility.
Applying ARC to your employee reward, engagement
Reduce employee turnover by engaging and motivating employees through a broader employee value proposition.
“Apprenticeships are a great way to develop and retain key talent. The apprenticeship levy is a great way to find untapped talent and improve the diversity of your organisation.”
Adil Hafidi, Associate Director, Grant Thornton UK LLP
“Bringing people into your organisation from overseas can be a great way to bring in diverse thinking, but it’s important to create that sense of inclusion and belonging for those people too.”
Katy Bond, Partner, Grant Thornton UK LLP
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Employee share incentives don’t end with EMI
If your company doesn't qualify for EMIs you can consider Company Share Option Plans, growth shares, or hybrid schemes.
Global mobility in an unstable climate
Katy Bond looks at recent national responses to challenges, such as supply chain blockages and inflation, through the lens of international mobility.
Employment tax reporting in 2023
Upcoming employment tax compliance changes to be aware of and annual filing requirements for 2022/23 with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
The ghosts of IR35 past: lessons learned
IR35 has been delayed for the last time. Can we take what we learned from previous preparation to get ready for the final deadline?
OTS highlights risks and challenges of hybrid working
This article discusses challenges and risks related to hybrid and remote international work, OTS recommendations to the government, and feedback from companies.
