Monthly Archives: September 2017

UK employees most open to leaving current job

Three quarters (70 per cent) of UK employees would consider leaving their current job, with nearly a quarter (24 per cent) actively looking for new opportunities and nearly half (46 per cent) passively looking, according to the ADP Research Institute. This figure is much higher than the 60 per cent of European employees who said
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Cost and red tape are the biggest struggles for new SMEs

Research from Opus Energy reveals that when first setting up their businesses, 40 per cent of SME owners say that cost was a struggle. More than a third (37 per cent) reveal concern over understanding all of the legislation around how to set up a business and 30 per cent say they struggled to take
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Three opportunities of a pre-paid employee engagement programme

The UK’s workforce is arguably more dynamic than ever before. Nearly eight million people are considering joining the gig economy, 98 per cent of employers believe that a globally mobile workforce is important to achieving their objectives, and 66 per cent of millennials expect to leave their current employer by 2020. Recruiting, retaining and maximising
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How to make a brand-new business idea a success

Being an entrepreneur with a brand new idea is both exciting and terrifying, and both of these reactions relate to one simple fact; nobody has ever done your idea before. On the one hand, you’ve got a fresh, untapped idea just waiting to have its potential realised. On the other, you’re sailing without a map;
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