Monthly Archives: November 2017

Generation Z poses new challenges for online fashion retailers

The latest generation to hit the shops in earnest has very different expectations from their parents, online research commissioned by Apptus has found. Generation Z, aged between 18 and 24, is the first to have grown up with smartphones, social media and Google and it shows. They are the most comfortable generation yet when it
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Finding an ‘inspiring workplace’ is a priority for UK workers

New research from Sodexo Engage reveals one in three employees look for an inspiring workplace as a priority, while one in ten say it’s their highest priority. Given this is so important for so many workers, employers should consider whether they are doing enough to provide an inspirational working environment for their staff. The research, which
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The most common office personalities – and how to work better together

New research by Premier Inn lifts the lid on the different personality types we are most likely to encounter at work. They also offer advice about how we can work better together, as half of UK employees (50 per cent) admit it can be hard to navigate the workplace environment. This is partly due to
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UK’s late payments culture impacting four in ten businesses

Concur releases a major report examining the UK’s late payment culture, which is putting job creation at risk. The report, entitled Invoice Utopia, includes detailed YouGov polling of 1,233 British businesses and sheds new light on the consequences of poor invoice processes. The report is published just days after government announced its Made Smarter industrial
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Gig workers miss out on up to £75,000 pension savings

Gig economy workers could boost the size of their pension pot by up to £75,000 if a form of auto-enrolment were extended to cover all workers, according to research by the Pensions Policy Institute for Zurich. The ‘Restless Worklife’ study is the first to use data from the gig economy to model applying auto-enrolment to
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