Today marks Equal Pay Day, the symbolic last day where women effectively stop earning relative to men. Women across the country earn 18 per cent less than men but predictions from futurists suggest the gender pay difference will close by 2045, almost 100 years earlier than the World Economic Forum’s estimation of 2133. The report by Yell
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CICM Index shows Q3 declining trend for economic confidence
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Continued declining confidence in the manufacturing sector is the driving force behind three successive quarterly falls in overall economic confidence, according to the latest barometer from the credit services sector. Manufacturing closed down 2.3 points to 54.9 in Q3’s results from the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI), which is run by the Chartered Institute of Credit
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Londoners are still the poorest workers in Britain
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UK professionals working in the city of London are officially the poorest workers in Britain, according to research conducted by CV-Library. This is despite the fact that Londoners continue to earn the highest average salary in the UK. Based on new roles advertised in Q3 2016, the job site shows that the average annual salary in
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T-shirts now more popular office attire than suits
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British office workers are swapping suits for T-shirts for office attire – and spending less time getting ready for work, according to new research from Printerland. Less than a fifth of people say they would still wear a suit for work, suggesting that casual clothes are becoming the new office wear as employees embrace comfier
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Donald and the UK tech industry: ‘Trump doesn’t understand technology’
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Lee Murphy, owner of accountancy software Pandle, is concerned about what the US election result will mean across the Atlantic. ‘I think everyone was shocked to see that Donald Trump won the US election last night and many are concerned about the influence this will have on the UK tech and investment scene,’ he says. ‘It’s no
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How Team Trump won the presidential election through engaging emails
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Donald Trump achieves an historic victory, pulling ahead of Hillary Clinton in the closing hours of the US presidential election. Many commentators and pundits have tried to explain the rising Trump phenomenon but new research from email service provider, Mailjet, reveals that the Team Trump campaign led the way in its use of email to engage grassroots donors.
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SME owners to tackle Making Tax Digital reforms without support
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As HMRC closes the latest consultation round of its Making Tax Digital reforms, new research from Geniac reveals the potential impact on SMEs across the UK. At Budget 2015, the government set out the vision for a transformed tax system and in December 2015 launched the Making Tax Digital Roadmap, outlining more detail about what
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Accountants risk future by not keeping on top of tech skills
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The arrival of cloud software is causing accountants to develop their tech skills and look beyond traditional number crunching services and into data analysis and management consultancy, according to a new report. Signalling a new era in accounting, the report from Xerox reveals that significant numbers of accountants think business management (48 per cent), risk
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Small business confidence hits 2016 peak
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After the EU referendum, big businesses may be contemplating moving headquarters overseas, but SMEs are planning with confidence, a new study reveals. Hitachi Capital Business Finance asked 1,006 small and medium sized enterprise owners what best described the outlook for their company over the next three months. The study finds an 11 per cent increase
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Business schools report increase in EU student absences
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The impact of Brexit on universities has been drawn into sharp focus, as one in six business schools report an increase in the number of EU undergraduate applicants not turning up to start their studies for this new academic year, according to new research. A survey by the Chartered Association of Business Schools shows that
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