While the majority of office workers believe that better technology would improve productivity, research from Sharp reveals that a surprising lack of tech skills – especially among under 35s – could be the real reason behind the UK’s productivity woes. The survey of over 6,000 office workers from across Europe finds the average UK office
The post Is technology in the workplace making us less productive? appeared first on Small Business.
Tag Archive for Outlook
Hot Business News Today
Britain has the 4th highest number of micro-businesses per capita
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Britain is revealed to rank as the fourth most micro-business dense country in the world, with 81 micro-businesses to every thousand people. The Czech Republic beats The United States and Indonesia to claim the title of country with the most per capita – with 89 for every thousand Czechs. This is according to the Global
The post Britain has the 4th highest number of micro-businesses per capita appeared first on Small Business.
Hot Business News Today
Living for the cash machine – Happiness and wealth in the UK
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
A new study from Marbles looks into the correlation between happiness, anxiety, cost of living, and disposable income across the UK to map out the effects of one on the other. Comprising several maps to cover different comparisons, it offers a visual guide to how finances relate to emotional state, as well as the wealth
The post Living for the cash machine – Happiness and wealth in the UK appeared first on Small Business.
Hot Business News Today
One in five adults are unhappy with their career
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
One in five (19 per cent) UK adults are dissatisfied with their careers, new research reveals. A study carried out by energy comparison site, UK Power, questioned the nation to find out which areas of their life they are most unhappy with. The results are stark; a quarter of all adults are unhappy in their
The post One in five adults are unhappy with their career appeared first on Small Business.
Hot Business News Today
Hire the robots, free the people – how automation changes business
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and other smart technologies, it is inevitable that a number of jobs will be automated away. At one level, such ‘technological unemployment’ is nothing new. From the advent of the steam engine and mechanisation of farming, through to the robotisation of car manufacturing and introduction of personal computing
The post Hire the robots, free the people – how automation changes business appeared first on Small Business.
Hot Business News Today
TfL delays contradict HMRC who deny reform impacts sector
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Delays to critical TfL London Underground repair work due to the exodus of public sector contractors further contradicts HMRC’s claim that IR35 reform is not impacting contracting and the public sector, highlights Qdos Contractor of The Qdos Group. TfL recently revealed a ‘significant number’ of contractors stopped working on projects as a result of IR35
The post TfL delays contradict HMRC who deny reform impacts sector appeared first on Small Business.
Hot Business News Today
The plague of ‘work about work’ hits UK businesses hard
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Unproductive working practices in UK companies are a normal state of affairs, with 42 per cent of employees admitting to spending most of their day on futile ‘work about work’ (status meetings, organising work, and tracking down information), as opposed to doing their actual work and moving projects forward, a new study reveals. As well
The post The plague of ‘work about work’ hits UK businesses hard appeared first on Small Business.
Hot Business News Today
Employees willing to sacrifice salaries to secure your dream job
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
With starting salaries set to rise by just 1.4 per cent in the year ahead, research by recruitment specialist, Robert Half UK reveals half (50 per cent) of UK employees are satisfied with their salaries and feel they are paid fairly given their efforts and achievements at work. In a sign that it’s not just
The post Employees willing to sacrifice salaries to secure your dream job appeared first on Small Business.
Hot Business News Today
British firms are in danger of missing out on boom in online sales
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Thousands of Britain’s smallest firms are in danger of missing out on the boom in online sales as the UK’s e-commerce habit continues to explode, a campaign claims. Despite a dramatic increase in the number of consumers buying online in the UK, Britain’s smallest firms – those with nine or fewer employees – are not
The post British firms are in danger of missing out on boom in online sales appeared first on Small Business.
Hot Business News Today
Deadline looms for SMEs to rid themselves of old pound coins
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
This Sunday – the 15th October is the final day of the old pound coin functioning as legal tender, and this is something many SMEs are not ready for. On 28th March, 1.5 billion new, lighter-weight, 12-sided pound coins came into circulation. There remain a number of concerns for SMEs in regards to the change,
The post Deadline looms for SMEs to rid themselves of old pound coins appeared first on Small Business.