Matt brings a wealth of expertise in new technology and the customer experience LACE Partners has appointed technology authority Matt Watson as Chief Technology Officer as LACE continues its journey to become a market leading and innovative change and transformation...
Our perception of mental health has greatly changed through the years. Mental health wasn’t something to talk about, particularly at work. It was associated with someone being mentally ill, leading to potential stigmatisation and social exclusion. Over time, we’ve...
LACE Partners has appointed Emma Leonis as HR Transformation Director, as LACE continues its journey to become a market leading and innovative change and transformation company. Emma Leonis brings over 10 years’ experience and knowledge of the HR transformation...
Lorraine Scroope is Co-Founder of The Hire Lab – a forward-thinking recruitment technology firm that gives clients the freedom to automate and streamline their full hiring process, right from application to on-boarding. We caught up with Lorraine to capture some of...
As UNLEASH America kicks off this week, we are sharing our survey results from UNLEASH UK earlier this year. The LACE Research team asked 250 people who attended UNLEASH UK about their predictions for big trends in UK business and about the technology they are using....
Katie Bancroft is the Founder and Managing Director of Talent HR – an HR, HR Tech, recruitment and training consultancy that delivers smart, blended solutions to SMEs and tech companies. Founded in 2010, the business now has over 50 clients in tech and beyond. Talent...
“Be passionate, push boundaries, and don’t take no for an answer”. Abigail Rappoport is the CEO of Emoquo, a digital coaching and people analytics platform that improves emotional resilience at work via a confidential digital app and real-time emotional heatmap. I sat...
Trust your gut, be brave and don’t let people put you on the back foot’ Katz Kiely is the CEO and founder of Kiely&Co. She has worked for the United Nations, founded a number of companies, is a TEDx speaker and has been recognised for her fresh ways of thinking....
‘Scotland’s best kept secret’ Described by those in the know as ‘Scotland’s best kept secret in global payroll’, Alison Sellar is the CEO of Activpayroll, an innovative award-winning global payroll service to over 1000 companies in more than 146 countries worldwide....
LACE Partners is excited to welcome Kevin Green to the recently established LACE Advisory Board. Kevin, previously CEO of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, will work with LACE, alongside a portfolio of other new roles and projects. Kevin will bolster...
This article by Kathryn Evans, part of our LACE team, introduces a series profiling five female CEOs heading up tech start-ups that partner with LACE. They include Abigail Rappoport at Emoquo, Katz Kiely at Beep, Alison Sellars at Activ Payroll, Lorraine Scroope at...
I’m one in four, and it’s OK. It’s even profitable. I am a Co-Founder and Research Director of a highly successful business. I have two small children who I believe are raised well and turning out to be good little people. In previous professional incarnations, I have...
“If you look after your staff, they’ll look after your customers, it’s that simple” - Richard Branson. And you know what, I believe this. It should be this simple but often companies, as they grow, lose the ability to stay focused on this simple principle. My mum...
My first two weeks began with a party celebrating three amazing years of all things LACE. It was a fabulous venue for, as I was soon to find out, meeting my fabulous LACE colleagues. The acceptance of diversity and passion for what they do, shown by each member of the...
In 2016, Pokémon Go took the world by storm, engaging millions of people globally. Almost overnight, streets, parks, museums and more were full of smartphone adventurers hunting down wild critters. But what is it about the app that gripped imaginations so strongly?...
