Posted on: Thursday July 11, 2019
In this first episode of HRZone's 'All Hands on Tech' podcast, the importance of measuring the employee experience is explored by Dr Max Blumberg – Founder of analytics consultancy Blumber Partnership and a Visiting Professor at Leeds Business School – and Deborah Frost – Chief Executive of Personal Group.
With all the hype around this emerging topic, Max and Deborah ditch the fluff and drill down into what the term actually means for businesses today and explore the results of Personal Group's first-of-its-kind employee benchmarking research so far.
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Exploring the Future of Reward
Our colleagues at Innecto, experts in strategic reward and HR consultancy, have shared their latest thinking on how reward might evolve over the next decade. In “The Future of Reward: How Could Things Look in 2035?”, they explore key trends, potential disruptors, and what organisations can do today to prepare for the workforce of tomorrow.
Posted on: 18 August 2025 by Andrew Walker, New Business Development Director
Student loans – how to support workers repaying the cost of university
It’s the summer of 2025 and thousands of new university graduates are hitting the employment market, armed with youthful enthusiasm and a will to work. But the majority will also be saddled with debt. To gain an insight into this challenge, we spoke with two of our experts at opposite ends of the generational divide: reward consultant Spencer Hughes graduated from Swansea University in 2018 and Business Development Director Andrew Walker studied at Aston University before student loans were introduced. We asked them how companies, and HR in particular, can help these younger workers?
Posted on: 6 August 2025
How to use tech to personalise reward and benefits to better support parents and carers
July marks Good Care Month, an annual campaign to celebrate the contribution of carers working in the social care sector, and highlight the profile of care as a rewarding and essential career path, particularly at a time when recruitment and retention in the sector are national priorities. Personal Group’s Andrew Walker looks at how the clever use of HR Tech can help this silent army.
Posted on: 24 July 2025 by Andrew Walker, New Business Development Director
