New figures show that the UK economy may be healthy, but that to achieve it, its citizens need to work harder than their European counterparts.”UK Competitiveness Indicators 1999″ shows that on average we work more hours than most of our competitors, but national income per head is still almost one fifth lower than the average of the top seven industrial nations. 

The Government has been quick to respond following a damning report about the plight of rough sleepers.A week before the official Rough Sleepers Unit report on how it intends to meet the Prime Minister’s target of reducing rough sleeping, the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published findings about how tough it is to sleep on the streets. 

Horst Bergmann, Kathleen Hurson and Darlene Russ-Eft,Based on a landmark research study involving 2,000 people from 450 organizations across the U.S., Canada, Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, Everyone a Leader explores those critical moments in time in which people step forward into leadership. Its engaging, first-person stories and anecdotes highlight the small, often overlooked turning points in an organization’s daily life.