East Midlands

Transport for the East Midlands (TfEM) has strongly welcomed transformational improvements to rolling stock and rail services that will be unlocked following today’s award of the next East Midlands Rail Franchise. The new franchise has been awarded to Abellio, starting on 18th August 2019 and lasting for up to 10 years. Abellio will...

EMC HR Bulletin March 2019 The latest edition of the EMC HR Bulletin is now available from here, or attached.  The March Bulletin covers; Employment Law expert Darren Newman’s article this month explore Positive Action. Local News - At our recent People Conference in February, we explored the theme of leading and managing...

On Thursday 21 March East Midlands Councils held the East Midlands Local Authority Challenge at Derby Arena. 114 people from 19 teams from across the East Midlands took part in the challenge and competed for the coveted prize of the Local Authority Challenge East Midlands Winner. We are pleased to announce the results below, but...

Minister Nusrat Ghani states; “let no-one doubt my department’s full commitment to the entire project” During National Apprenticeships Week, HS2 chair Allan Cook reinforces positive impact of apprenticeship opportunities 250 apprentices are already working on HS2, with 2,000 apprenticeships to be created over the...

On 21 March 19 teams from local authorities in the East Midlands will take part in the East Midlands Local Authority Challenge. This year the awards are East Midlands Local Authority Challenge Winners for 2019 Best Chief Executive Officer Best Presentations Award Best Media Award Best Partnerships Award Authorities taking part...

EMC HR Bulletin February 2019 The latest edition of the EMC HR Bulletin is now available. The February edition of our bulletin covers; Darren Newman’s article – an in-depth analysis of a topical HR issue and its implications for local authorities, this month looking at Disability Related Absence  Reminder Alert!...

EMC HR Bulletin January 2019 Please see attached this month’s HR Bulletin.  As usual, this is a one-stop shop for all the latest information in the world of HR, L&D and OD.  This month’s edition covers:- The People Conference 2019 – the major event for HR, L&D and OD professionals taking place on 6th...

Article in The Times today (29.1.19) by Sir John Peace HS2 isnt about speed its about demolishing the north-south divide News The Times