The Island Branch of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
To mark the occasion the orgnaisaiton is hosting a conference for HR professionals at the Mount Murray hotel.
The topic of the day (30 April) will be Driving Business Growth and Change Through People - and there'll be speakers from the local and UK business community as well as government.
Vice-Chairman of the CIPD on the Island John McChesney hopes the event will encourage people to share ideas:

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