Monthly Archives: June 2017

Working with business travellers: The main issues

Simon Anderson, CitySuites’ resident personal trainer, shares his top tips for travellers on how to stay fit and healthy whilst working away from home Point 1 – You’re out of your familiar environment… At home you have built up a routine with everything you require at your disposal. You have your Nutri-bullet sitting pride of
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Female founders not heard by male investors

Today AllBright, the first funding and support platform of its kind for female entrepreneurs, announces the results of its FoundHER Female Founders survey, an original piece of research commissioned to better-understand the challenges and opportunities faced by female founders (and aspiring female founders) in the UK at all levels of business and across all sectors.
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Seven reasons SMEs should invest in workplace wellbeing

The cost to business of poor health and wellbeing in the workplace has reached an all-time high. Rising sick leave is costing European businesses a mind-boggling €73 billion per year. With this in mind, more SMEs are turning to workplace wellness programmes to boost employee health. However, some sceptics argue that the return does not
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Zija’s Empowering Opportunity Creates Unstoppable Women Leaders

In a skewed job market where 52% of jobs are held by women but only 8.1% are top earners and only 14% are in leadership positions, women are looking for ways to dedicate the time needed to become business leaders and balance family matters.
However, for over a decade, Zija International has been encouraging women to take advantage of their simple, business-building opportunity and to achieve their leadership goals.
The company has empowered women to start their own businesses, take on leadership roles, and drive their teams to become money-making success stories; all while maintaining a positive work-life balance. One group of women out of Mississippi has grown a hugely successful team of 2000+ members—made up of 98% women.
“My experience in climbing the ranks in corporate America was not easy because I was a woman, I had to work twice as hard for half the pay, but I did it anyway,”
Christen Goldsby, the team’s leader, says. “To be able to have the opportunity to teach other women how to not only supplement their income, but also replace their incomes and come home to their families is the real reward.”
Christen’s goal is to empower others like Zija has empowered her—to lead again