What changed in the UK Budget for pensions and salary sacrifice? From 2029, a £2,000 annual cap will be introduced on National Insurance (NI) savings through pension salary sacrifice. Any pension contributions made via salary sacrifice above this cap will become...
Organisations everywhere are rethinking how work gets done. Traditional job-based structures are struggling to keep pace with rapid change, emerging technologies and evolving workforce expectations. In a skills-based organisation, work is assigned based on what...
In brief • The UK Budget appears stable at headline level, but underlying structural changes will significantly increase employment costs and payroll complexity.• Key reforms to pensions, income tax thresholds and the National Living Wage will reshape reward...
AI agents are no longer a future concept. They are already reshaping how organisations deliver HR services. AI agents can improve efficiency, personalise employee experiences and deliver strategic value. We recently had a fascinating conversation with Aisera where we...
The UK’s premier independent event for cutting-edge rewards and payroll insight. For over two decades, the CPD-accredited Reward & Payroll Summit has been the essential conference for senior payroll leaders, delivering specialised insights and strategies to...
LACE Partners and Oracle hosted a private dining networking roundtable dedicated to exploring HR’s evolving influence in business-wide transformation. Drawing on extensive research and insights from Chief People Officers (CPOs) across 2025, the evening delved into how...
In brief The Chief People Officer (CPO) aligns people strategy with business goals, maximising organisational performance by maximising people performance. Effective CPOs are commercial, expert in HR levers, and future-focused—using data and insight to drive...
Organisations currently find themselves at a crossroads. There has been a burst of energy as businesses rush to take advantage of the opportunities AI solutions offer. Alongside this, macro-economic pressures are pushing more organisations to consider whether AI can...
Welcome to the first episode of our new mini-series, What is a CPO? Hosted by Debbie Mitchell, Director at LACE Partners and lead of our CPO Network, this series explores the evolving role of the Chief People Officer (CPO). Through conversations with experienced CPOs,...
In a world where constant transformation is the new normal, HR has a choice: keep pace—or lead the way. Transformation is reshaping organisations worldwide, driven by global trade, AI and automation, digitisation, and the evolving skills and talent agenda. In...
As part of Black History Month in this episode of The People Agenda podcast we are raising awareness of how organisations can be more inclusive. Host Chris Howard and Christina Adeniyi from our DE&I team speak to Lildonia Lawrence, a Diversity and Inclusion...
In this new episode of The People Agenda podcast, host Chris Howard and performance management expert Debbie Mitchell sit down with Amira Kohler, AI Change Consultant and Transformation Expert at People Stuff Limited, to explore how AI is transforming performance...
The Most Influential HR Event in the World showcases the next wave of breakthrough technologies and the global innovators shaping the future of work. UNLEASH has championed HR excellence and disruption since 2011 and has become the global destination on the new ways...
In a rapidly changing business world, HR is no longer simply the team that implements transformation, it’s becoming the driving force behind it. That’s the focus of the latest People Agenda podcast episode, which explores how HR’s influence in shaping business...
This is part one of a two-part blog series, in which we talk through the radical reshaping of the enterprise software landscape by AI giants like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft, who are using intelligent "agents" to challenge the dominance of traditional ERP...
