New research on the impact of mergers and acquisitions on employer branding and the CIPD’s work with government on employee engagement are among the topics covered in the latest quarterly review of the CIPD’s research and policy work, Impact.

The review also includes a feature on organisational development by Linda Holbeche, director of research and practice; a piece on the skills agenda in Scotland by John McGurk, learning, training and development adviser; and a review of EU employment law by lawyers from Lewis Silkin.

In his Work Audit feature, John Philpott, the CIPD’s chief economist, focuses on the cost to employers of redundancy.