Top 40 accountants Bishop Fleming are calling on the government to be open and honest about its plans to reform National Insurance Contributions paid by the self-employed. The firm fears that the promised £145 a year saving for the self-employed from the scrapping of Class 2 National Insurance Contributions in April 2018 will be cancelled
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EMEA businesses set to face significant talent drought in 2017
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Organisations across EMEA must ready themselves for an increasingly competitive recruitment landscape in 2017, according to a new global study released today by the Futurestep division of Korn Ferry. In part one of Talent Forecast Futurestep’s global survey of more than 1,100 hiring professionals almost half (48 per cent) of EMEA respondents report that it has
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Skills gap revealed as three quarters of SMEs plan big data project
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Three quarters (76 per cent) of UK companies are planning a big data or data analytics project within the next twelve months, but 70 per cent of C-level executives say they are struggling to up-skill employees effectively to maximise Return on Investment (ROI) for business intelligence tools. The big data skills gap is highlighted in
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Half of businesses say security is key challenge for digital transformation
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SoftServe reveals findings from its 2017 Digital Transformation Report that indicates 55 per cent of organisations consider security to be the number one challenge they face when implementing digital enablement technologies. The research, conducted for SoftServe by Vanson Bourne in November 2016, polled a cross-industry panel of decision-makers in the US and UK on the risks,
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One in ten small businesses focus on website conversion
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New research reveals that only 9 per cent of time spent in discussion with a website designer is focused on conversion and even less time is given over to branding, with just 3 per cent of the process spent developing the brand in relation to the website. The survey carried out by Digimax finds that for a great
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Should UK businesses be embracing flexible working?
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As rail and tube strikes have affected thousands of UK commuters during recent months and the nation is set for more walk-outs in 2017, a recent survey finds that over half (53 per cent) of employed adults arrive to work stressed due to problems with their commute. Alongside this, road works and infrastructure changes have disrupted
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Late payment reporting guidance launched for large businesses
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Guidance to help large businesses report on how quickly they pay their suppliers will be published today (31 January), as regulations are laid in parliament by Small Business Minister Margot James. The regulations confirm that from April 2017, large companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) will have to publicly report twice a year on their
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Workers reveal the top perks that they’re after this year
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New research from CV-Library reveals just how important workplace perks are to UK workers, as nearly two thirds (62.1 per cent) of professionals state that they consider these to be a key factor when looking for a job. Furthermore, just over one in ten (12.6 per cent) say that they would turn down a job if the company didn’t
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Overworked Brits give 180 extra hours to companies for free
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Almost three quarters (71 per cent) of office staff are so overwhelmed with work they have to put in 180 extra hours every year, according to new research. Brits spend on average, an extra 44 minutes every week – that’s 36 hours annually – checking emails, answering phone calls and completing other tasks originally scheduled for
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Death of the cold calls? Study reveals drop in nuisance calls
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The number of cold calls being made to businesses in the UK has reduced dramatically in the last five years, according to recent figures released by telephone answering service alldayPA. The company finds that between 2011 and 2016 there was a 73 per cent decrease in the number of cold calls being received by its
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