BPS World, the global resourcing specialist, published ‘Brexit: What the World is Saying’. The White Paper is the result of extensive research BPS carried out to understand the international perspective on Brexit and how other countries believe it will impact on skills crisis. The report finds that there is little sense that Brexit will have
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Businesses fear post-Brexit era – planning for a new future
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The UK business community is hesitant to commit to a future in the UK post-Brexit, an independent study commissioned by Dun & Bradstreet reveals. Overwhelmed by concerns about the future of their business once Article 50 is invoked, 19 per cent of businesses have halted or slowed growth or expansion plans in the UK. While over
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Britain is on track for a million agency workers by 2020
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The number of agency workers has grown by 30 per cent since 2011, and now stands at 865,000, a new report by the independent think-tank Resolution Foundation reveals as it launches a major 18-month investigation into agency work. The report highlights agency staff as the ‘forgotten face’ in the recent debate around insecure work, where
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Britain on track to become a scale up nation despite Brexit
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The UK is currently on track to become a scale up nation, according to the 2016 ScaleUp Review conducted by the ScaleUp Institute. The 2016 survey of ScaleUp CEOs, published in full today, reflects that more than four out of five (83 per cent) scale up leaders expect their growth to continue despite the uncertainties created
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British workers argue with colleagues over the Christmas shift
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The Christmas season is not a joyful time in the workplace as 1 in 7 British workers will argue with colleagues over the Christmas shift pattern, according to Cotton Traders. Almost half of Britain will be working a Christmas shift, with a huge 55 per cent of workers having no say in the matter. Out of
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Alibaba and CNBC join forces to launch Pop Up Start Up
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CNBC, the business and financial news network, today announced it has teamed up with an expert in small and medium business e-commerce, Alibaba.com and award winning London video agency Hub to create a brand new business entertainment show, Pop Up Start Up,which debuts on December 16th. The series will follow 12 aspiring manufacturing entrepreneurs who go
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Confidence rebounds as landlords move to limit impact of taxes changes
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Landlords confidence has bounced back following recent government intervention as investors look to secure mortgages through limited companies or increase rents in reaction to higher tax costs, according to the fifth edition of the Kent Reliance Buy to Let Britain report. Landlords’ confidence is at its highest in a year, with 54 per cent of investors confident over
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Time to shake up the digital high-street, calls 123 Reg
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Research reveals that when searching the digital high-street for shops or services in their local area, three in five people say the search results show large retailers rather than small independents, and nearly half (45 per cent) say it can be hard to find a good range of both small and larger businesses. The study, commissioned by
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Christmas crafters: Traders enjoy festive profits all year round
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Nearly half of Christmas crafters are selling these goods all year round rather than limiting festive sales to the few months prior to December, according to new research from small business insurer, Direct Line for Business. November and December still remain the most profitable months for Christmas crafters, with businesses making an average of 39
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Self-employed waste 15 working days a year unpicking income
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A blurring of personal and business income is causing significant problems for the UK’s self-employed workforce, according to the first set of findings from the ‘Definitive Study of the Self-Employed’, commissioned by Intuit QuickBooks. Research among 5,010 self-employed workers in the UK found that on average they spend over two hours per week separating business and
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