Differentiation via collaboration

15th of September 2011
Differentiation via collaboration

In his fourth article for ECJ, Pedro Chidichimo explains the benefits for facility management companies of working with suppliers in the identification and development of innovations that solve end user needs. New processes, new relationships and most importantly, a new culture must be set to achieve sustainable differentiation in the

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The cost of stress

14th of September 2011
The cost of stress

Stress-related illnesses are one of the biggest causes of staff absenteeism in Europe. Yet surveys reveal businesses seem more prepared to take the hit in terms of lost productivity than get to grips with the issue, as Hartley Milner reports.

I’m under so much pressure at work I really don’t know how I’m going to cope!” It

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Poland takes over presidency

14th of September 2011

Poland has assumed the rotating presidency of the EU for the first time since it became a member in 2004. Its priorities for the six-month term include building relations with the EU's eastern and southern neighbours, and encouraging economic growth. It also says it wants to promote further EU enlargement.

There is an Eastern Partnership summit

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EU maternity leave directive set to be shelved

7th of July 2011
EU maternity leave directive set to be shelved

A controversial draft EU law that would give women 20 weeks of maternity leave on full pay are set to be shelved by EU employment ministers.

A consortium of member states led by Germany and the UK are to freeze the Pregnant Workers Directive in the hope that the European Commission will later abandon it.In its original proposal for a directive

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