Introducing the UK Human Capital Trends report, 2014

I am pleased to share with you a summary of the market trends and priorities that are driving human capital decisions, according to our survey of business and HR leaders across the UK.

This report is a special excerpt from our Global Human Capital Survey of over 2,500 business and HR leaders, capturing results from 94 countries, across all of the world's major economic regions. This year, 58 responses were received from 40 companies in the UK alone, and more than 1,000 were received within the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region, representing almost a doubling of the number of responses received last year.

Deloitte's annual Global Human Capital Survey has always set out to analyse the HR and talent trends which we believe will most significantly impact organisations in the near future. But this year there is an added feature, as it also examines the readiness of business and HR leaders to address those trends, in the UK, regionally and globally.

This report is designed to complement the Deloitte 2014 Global Human Capital Trends report, available at www.deloitte.com/hctrends2014. We believe both reports will inform your organisation's leadership, both inside and outside HR and talent management, on the priorities which will help you engage the 21st‑century workforce and achieve positive business results. In addition, we are pleased to provide access to a web based dashboard with the key survey results, also available online through the link provided above.

We look forward to discussing these insights further, and to helping you address the implications of these trends for your HR, talent management, and business operations as you prepare for the year ahead.

To read this Report in full, please click here.

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