Over the last year alone, the growing demise of business culture across many industries and the rise of those affected by mental health issues in the workplace have become major concerns for many companies today. Interestingly, this has taken many businesses by surprise, as historically, culture, productivity and mental health have not been big issues
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How to hire effectively as a small business
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Finding a new employee who fits into your company culture straight away is far from easy. It’s an even harder task for smaller business owners to know how to hire – you’re likely to only have a few members of staff working for you and will often be operating on a limited budget. Recruiting is
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Bridging the gender pay gap in the UK
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The latest data by the Office for National Statistics has found that, while the gender gap in the UK has been steadily closing with the gap reported to have reached a record low in 2017, the average woman in the workplace still earns 9.1 per cent less than the average man. Instant Offices delves deeper
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Jamie Carragher: How should employers handle incidents out of work?
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Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher is in hot water, after being caught on video spitting towards a 14 year old girl in a car from his own vehicle after Saturday’s Liverpool v Manchester United match. Sky has suspended him, and a spokesperson has publicly reprimanded Carragher for his actions. David Southall is an employment law
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Women in science – Inspiring the young to excel in business
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Scientists tend to be more naturally open-minded compared with many other professions, but there are definitely still barriers to attracting women into science in the first place. Changing the perception of science is vital if more women are to consider the profession as a real career opportunity. As an industry we really need to re-dress
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How to protect your employees when working outdoors
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Here in the UK, our temperate climate means that we have cycles of both cold and hot weather through the year. If your business employs outdoor workers, it’s incredibly important that you can adapt your operation to suit, so that your employees can work comfortably. If you don’t take the time to plan for the
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Four benefits people with mental health experience bring to organisations
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We talk a lot about the cost of mental health in the workplace. But what benefits do employees living with emotional wellbeing issues bring to the economy and to your business? When we address health concerns in the workplace, it’s often with the well-meaning aim of reducing the burdens it can place on people’s lives
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Schools not preparing children for modern collaborative working
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New research from UC EXPO, Europe’s largest unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) event, has found that 56 per cent of working Brits don’t think the current school curriculum does enough to provide students with the collaborative skills they need for modern working. The results come at a time when collaboration is regularly noted as a
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The measures I put in place to attract and retain new talent
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Retaining key staff and attracting new talent is a massive challenge for small businesses nationwide, not least for ours as an innovative insurance comparison company based in the beautiful Cumbrian town of Penrith. The Lake District is a wonderful place to live and work, but the competitive nature of the digital marketplace and software development
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Seven ways to make sure you’re GDPR-compliant in HR
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Recent research by the Federation for Small Businesses (FSB) has found that one-third of the UK’s small businesses are unprepared for the GDPR deadline of 25th May 2018, and a further 35 per cent have failed to start preparations. It’s a worrying statistic, especially with fines of €20 million or 4 per cent of your
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