Hello PPMA members and friends This September and October, we’re delighted to be running our Showcase Webinar Series, celebrating the fantastic projects from across the country that were shortlisted for the PPMA Awards ...
Hello PPMA members and friends Our post this week comes from our good friends at CIPD HR-inform and as the summer holidays are over, it explores the legal right that employees have to take ...
Hello PPMA members and friends This summer we ran the 2025 President’s Survey to take the pulse of the HR community across public services. In our 50th year the aim was simple: surface what’s ...
Hello PPMA members and friends In this blog post, we hear from our 2025 HR Rising Star winner, Akddus Khan from Oldham Council. A truly worthy winner, Akddus shares his reflections on this year’s ...
As part of our 50 Stories for 50 Years campaign, in this post we’re looking back to our 21st Anniversary in 1996 when the association was known as SOCPO (the Society of Chief Personnel ...
Hello PPMA members and friends Our 50 Stories for 50 Years contribution this week brings up right up to date with our 2025 Apprentice of the Year talent programme winner Aziza Anjum from London ...
Hello PPMA members and friends Caroline Nugent is a Past PPMA President and is now an Ambassador for the PPMA. She was involved in the development of the Peer into the Future programme and ...
Hello PPMA Members and friends Our latest blog post has been written by Kirsty Beasley, Head of Client Engagement at our good friends and supporters, Real World Group. In it she explains the importance ...
Hello PPMA Members and Friends We’re keeping the momentum going with our 50 Stories for 50 Years campaign, and today we’re excited to share the second article from our special 50th Anniversary edition of ...
Hello PPMA Members and Friends Our 50 Stories for 50 Years campaign continues with another article written for our special 50th Anniversary edition of the MJ Supplement and it's from one of our Peer ...
Hello PPMA Members and Friends As part of our 50 Stories for 50 Years series, we’re revisiting an article originally featured in the PPMA 50th Anniversary Supplement of The MJ, published back in April ...
Hello PPMA members and friends We continue our 50 Stories for 50 Years Campaign celebrating our 50th Anniversary with some reflections from Real World Group's Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe and Juliette Alban-Metcalfe. In this post, they ...
Hello PPMA members and friends Have you ever wondered about how our fabulous Association came about and when that happened? As part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations we shared the story of our beginnings ...
Hello PPMA members and friends Unbelievably it's now 3 weeks since our special 50th Anniversary #PPMAHR25 event in Manchester. At the conference we distributed our special Anniversary Supplement in conjunction with the MJ and ...
Hello PPMA members and friends As things begin to settle down after last week's brilliant and inspiring 50th Anniversary PPMA Annual Conference at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, we continue the celebrations by sharing ...
Hello PPMA members and friends The PPMA Conference is just around the corner and bookings are coming in fast. To give you an idea of what to expect we've asked some of our speakers ...
[ Hello PPMA Members and friends, As we celebrate our milestone 50th Anniversary, we’re sharing a special series: ‘50 Stories for 50 Years’. Throughout the year, we’ll be showcasing memories, insights, and reflections from ...
Hello PPMA Members and friends Pam Parkes has contributed to an article that's appeared in the MJ Online today. Written by Dan Peters, it looks at how councils are focusing on hiring young skilled ...
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Hello PPMA members and friends This September and October, we’re delighted to be running our Showcase ...
Hello PPMA members and friends Our post this week comes from our good friends at CIPD HR-inform ...
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