Holiday rental company Optima Villas asked 10,000 Brits whether they were happy with their holiday allowance at work, and what would make them more productive during office hours – and between flexitime and better training opportunities, it seems there’s plenty of room to motivate employees across the UK. After the BBC reported in October last
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UK workforce left in the dark about companies’ CSR initiatives
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The nationally representative research across 2,000 UK working adults, commissioned by charitable donation platform Givey, unveils a concerning disconnect between employee charitable sentiments and employer contributions on behalf of their workforce alongside their corporate social responsibility (CSR). The research reveals that by failing to prioritise transparency and the wishes of their employees, organisations are reducing
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‘Feisty’ females rise above gender labels to succeed in business
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More than half (52 per cent) of UK female entrepreneurs have been branded with stereotypical gender labels while running their business, according to new research from Natwest. Around a fifth say they had been described as self-assured (18 per cent) or opinionated (20 per cent), with more than one in ten (13 per cent) being
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Health tech could be the key to a fitter, healthier workforce
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The workplace could be the best place for the mass adoption of tech in the UK helping to improve and maintain employees’ health through company wellness programmes – if only workers got more support from their employers. And, despite the recent explosion of tech ownership in the UK, leading to lots of personal data being
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One in four people performing poorly at work due to money worries
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A quarter of people are suffering with money problems so substantial that it is affecting their ability to do their job, according to a new survey of more than 1,800 UK employees. The number reporting problems rises to a nearly a third (31 per cent) among 18-24 year olds, and those living in London (32 per cent).
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Businesses struggle to deal with staff bereavement
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Businesses are not prepared to deal with the impact of staff bereavement and terminal illnesses in the workplace, new research from MetLife Employee Benefits shows. The MetLife study finds nearly half (45 per cent) of HR departments do not have agreed policies in place to cope with the aftermath of the death of an employee and
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UK SMEs urged to settle for more from their bank in 2017
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Around a third (30 per cent) of business deposit accounts are paying 0.1 per cent Gross/AER or less on balances of £25,000, highlighting the real opportunity for UK businesses to shop around, according to new research from Cambridge and Counties Bank. The fast growing niche bank reveals that in the current low yield environment there are now only
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UK SMEs targeted 230,000 times each by cyber criminals in 2016
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UK businesses were, on average, subjected to almost 230,000 cyber attacks each during 2016, according to new analysis from Beaming. The volume of attacks hitting individual company firewalls passed the 1,000 per day mark, on average, for the first time in November last year. Hackers focusing on connected devices and the Internet of Things While
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Skills gap wider in London than the rest of the country
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More than two-fifths of small business owners in the UK (43 per cent) experience challenges in recruiting the right staff needed for their business in a skills gap, according to the latest Aldermore SME Future Attitudes report, a survey conducted amongst 1,000 SMEs across the UK. The challenges faced by businesses when recruiting staff are most
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UK labour costs rise at fastest rate since late 2013
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British labour costs rose at the fastest annual rate since late 2013 in the three months after the country voted to leave the European Union, despite continued steady growth in productivity, official figures from the ONS showed on Friday. Year-on-year growth in unit labour costs – an underlying driver of inflation watched by the Bank
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