Employee engagement platform, Peakon, has conducted research to discover the day in December when productivity in the UK will plummet, as weary staff turn their thoughts towards the Christmas holidays and click off. With the festive season seemingly starting earlier and earlier each year, Peakon assessed the workplace engagement levels of 3,000 British employees, to
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UK employers hold back on Christmas bonuses for staff this year
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Whilst the majority of companies are celebrating Christmas by hosting company-wide parties (50.8 per cent) or departmental Christmas lunches (47.2 per cent), there will be fewer Christmas bonuses, gifts awarded or additional time off for employees this year, according to research from XpertHR. Employers plan to spend an average of £93.33 and a median of £50 per
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The small business financial failures of the 2016 festive season
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One in ten small businesses admit they have been caught off guard over the festive season, with 15 per cent admitting that bad financial planning has put the vital fifth of their annual profit earned during the season at risk. Many are blaming Brexit for their uncertainty, with a concerned 25 per cent even failing to employ
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Donating to charity more likely to help boost bottom line
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Companies who prioritise donating to charity, helping their local community, funding social enterprises and increasing the number of disabled people in their workforce are more likely to retain staff, have a strong brand image and be productive, a new report from the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) reveals. In a study of a broad range
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Half a million SME owners to work over Christmas holiday
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Around 472,000 small business owners will be working every day over the Christmas holiday without a single day off, according to a survey commissioned by business for sale marketplace, Bizdaq. The research suggests that the cost of employing staff is an ever-growing issue – 2.3 million small business owners are not hiring additional staff due
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Have managers lost the ability to listen to bad news?
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Faced with all sorts of information, project managers need to merge various signals to make judgments. A new study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School finds that they are prone to prioritise good vibes over bad news and this can result in poor decisions. Managers often lack time to process information, and this becomes problematic when
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Time running out to solve national productivity puzzle, warns ACCA
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The creation of a new £23 billion National Productivity Fund in the Autumn Statement is an important step towards tackling the UK’s productivity puzzle, but urgent action is required as the economy braces itself for Brexit, according to ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). John Williams, head of ACCA UK, says that while government
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Talking politics in the workplace can negatively affect employees
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2016 has been a year of electoral surprises, with the UK voting to leave the E.U. and the U.S. sending Donald Trump to the White House. These results have made discussing politics in the workplace near inescapable. Talking politics with colleagues can lead to all sorts of problems, particularly when there is a disagreement in
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Employees lose two working days a year to late meetings
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Employees are losing approximately 19 hours each and every year due to late meetings, according to Barco‘s research conducted across organisations in the UK, US, France and Germany on meeting stress. Of the 1,000 office workers surveyed, 59 per cent attend meetings a few times a week, with meetings beginning, on average, six minutes late. If
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Creative England and Barclays join to boost growth in technology sector
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Creative England and Barclays today announce a new partnership that will focus on boosting fast-growing, creative technology businesses. Together, they are launching a new accelerator, providing creative technology entrepreneurs with the support and help they need early on in their business lifecycle. ‘Barclays’ Eagle Lab – Flight’ will be implemented through Barclays’ successful Eagle Labs
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