As organisations focus on transforming their businesses and navigating political change in a competitive marketplace, the Robert Half 2017 Salary Guide reveals the positions set to experience the greatest rise in starting salaries in 2017. Roles in financial planning and analysis are set to experience the largest increase (5.8 per cent) in the year ahead. Mobile application developers,
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Workers consider increasing pension contributions after pay rise
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Workers have the best intentions to make the most of their pension saving potential when their salary increases, but only consider doing this for up to a month before slipping back into old habits, according to research from Zurich UK. The Set the Right Goals study combines research from YouGov of over 2,000 UK adults
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How to turn your hobby into your dream business in 2017
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New research from Crunch Accounting reveals that Britain is a nation of secret entrepreneurs, with one in three people enjoying a hobby they believe could one day become their business. Almost a fifth (15 per cent) already use their passion project to earn money. One in ten Brits consider starting a business in 2017, almost half (44 per cent)
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Are you at risk from losing your job to automation robots?
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Over 100,000 currently advertised positions are at very high risk of being obsolete by 2035, according to new data released by jobs search engine Adzuna. Drivers, receptionists and accountants saw the highest number of advertised roles at risk of robots taking over, as driverless cars and automated software for key tasks becomes a reality. Adzuna’s
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Self-employed earn more and work less than salaried workers
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The UK’s self-employed workers earn £33K average annual revenues, work fewer hours and are happier than those in traditional employment according to the latest set of findings from the ‘Definitive Study of the Self-Employed,’ commissioned by Intuit QuickBooks. Research among 5,010 UK self-employed found these workers generated mean annual revenues of £32,623 (£5,000 more than
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Confidential information at greatest risk in new businesses
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Businesses under five years old are twice as likely to compromise the confidentiality of sensitive information than more established businesses. This is one of the findings of recent research into management and security practices in the mid-market, commissioned by leading storage and management services company Iron Mountain. The in-depth study of mid-market businesses across Europe
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SMEs cash in as overseas visitors hit the UK for Chinese New Year
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Chinese visitors could shell out over £11 million in London alone over the coming week, as tourists flock to the capital to welcome in the year of the Rooster. According to the latest data from Worldpay, department stores and high-end boutiques could be among the biggest winners during the annual spring festival, with spending on
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Quitting time: A third of Brits planning to hand in their notice
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January 31 is the day Brits are most likely to hand in their notice, new research from Crunch Accounting reveals. The study from Crunch Accounting, found that a potential 10.3 million workers are considering moving on professionally (32.5 per cent of the UK’s workforce) – but most will hang on until after January’s payday before handing
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Sage responds to SME appetite for cloud and AI tech
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Around half of small businesses say they are ready to run their companies using Bots and AI, according to new global research from Sage. The research comes as Sage announces a fresh launch of cloud accounting solutions to take business builders, and entrepreneurs closer to future where accounting is invisible. Today Sage, the market and
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The highest and lowest salaries in the UK revealed
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According to the latest quarterly Job Market Report from CV-Library, key UK regions and industries witnessed standout rises in salaries in Q4 2016, when comparing year-on-year data. The report, which looks at fluctuations in jobs, applications and pay throughout the last quarter of 2016 (October, November and December), finds that the following locations and sectors
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