Whilst some women may be putting off motherhood in the fear it may hamper their career, it appears having children does not hold you back from flying high in the workplace. The Forbes list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, analysed by TG Escapes, finds that Europe’s most powerful business women have an average of two children
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Brits spend longer making a cup of tea than pausing to look at their finances
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We spend longer each day on making a cup of tea than we do pausing to look at our finances, according to new research from Skipton Building Society which interviewed 2,000 UK adults about their financial habits. Around three in five (57 per cent) spend half an hour a week or less (29 minutes) looking at
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What UK workers are REALLY thinking – according to Google
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UK workers are more likely to trust Google with their work worries than their colleagues. Common search queries, such as ‘My colleagues are racist’, ‘My colleagues are idiots’, ‘Someone I work with has bed bugs’, ‘My job kills my soul’ range from funny, to worryingly depressing. There are 2.4 million Google searches for the term
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Five ways to protect yourself from a ransomware disaster
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Last year, business ransomware attacks increased threefold. Small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were hit hard ‒ 42 per cent experienced attacks in a 12-month period. The outcomes were grim: A third (32 per cent) paid the ransom. One in five paid the ransom but never regained access to their data. Two thirds (67 per cent)
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No hope for two thirds of self-employed first time buyers
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Getting on the property ladder in the UK is no mean feat, even more so for those who are self-employed. The latest quarterly FirstTime Buyer Index, published by Aldermore, finds that two thirds (67 per cent) of aspiring first time buyers feel that getting on the property ladder is difficult. Self-employed woes New insight shows that
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New survey reveals the true cost of IT neglect on UK businesses
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Two-fifths of SME business owners (42 per cent) say they’ve lost income due to IT issues, according to new survey commissioned by A&O IT Group. It seems a quarter (24 per cent) of owners typically deal with issues every week, with their regular supplier unable to resolve the problem quickly in 24 per cent of cases
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Unemployment hits 41-year low but pay recovery coming to an end
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Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in over 40 years but pay growth is also slowing rapidly – and is already negative in parts of the economy – the Resolution Foundation says in response to the latest ONS labour market figures. Employment remained at a record 74.6 per cent, while unemployment fell to 4.7
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Financial management is the biggest concern for small businesses
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A recent study of more than 1,000 small business leaders reveals that financial management is keeping them up at night. One fifth (20 per cent) admit they struggle to keep on top of the business’s finances, highlighting a cause for concern in the country’s SME sector. In fact, the concerns aren’t only expressed by younger businesses. While a
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Men more open with emotions at work than women, study finds
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Men are likely to be more open with their emotions, confide in their bosses about affairs of the heart and be more accepting of workplace romances than women, according to the latest study on emotional intelligence and office relationships by employee engagement firm Perkbox. The research, involving 1,050 UK managers and employees, shows that 60 per
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The rise of the hand-me-down bank
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More than half of consumers (55 per cent) follow their parents and other relatives when deciding where to bank, according to a global study conducted by customer engagement specialist Affinion. The influence of family came above advertising (49 per cent) in the study which measures the drivers of customer engagement in the financial services industry. Friends were
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