Two thirds of employers in the UK say that creative workers are key in generating strong business results, a new study has revealed. A survey of 500 employers and bosses from multiple sectors, commissioned by print company, Solopress, finds that employees that display lateral thinking have a positive effect on business output. The study shows that
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Why 2017 will provide the perfect conditions for selling a business
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An overwhelming 94 per cent of private equity and venture capital houses are confident about the long-term future of the M&A market and the wider economy in general, meaning 2017 could be the perfect time for selling a business, according to research by KBS Corporate. The study, which comes shortly after the outcome of the
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Self-employed don’t want any rights, survey reveals
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More than 80 per cent of self-employed workers say they do not want any rights at all, according to freelance and contractor platform ContractorCalculator. Of the 250 freelancers who took part in the survey, 88 per cent claim they do not want maternity/paternity rights or sickness pay. Respondents prefer to negotiate holidays around contracts or their clients’ needs, meaning 85 per cent shun
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Productivity is higher in the office, according to new study
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The decade-long trend of remote, nomadic working could be coming to an end, suggests a new survey from workplace consultants Peldon Rose. Two thirds (66 per cent) of British workers say their productivity is better in the office compared with a quarter (26 per cent) reporting that they work most productively at home. Less than 1 per cent
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British workers dream of starting their own business
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A quarter (75 per cent) of British workers dream of starting their own business one day, according to new research from St. James’s Place Academy. Some 78 per cent of men and 73 per cent of women aged 25-55, surveyed by Opinium for St. James’s Place Academy, say they have had dreams of becoming an entrepreneur.
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Offices see dramatic increase in workloads over past year
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Nearly six in ten (58 per cent) employees feel that their workloads have gone up, with a fifth stating work demands have gone up ‘significantly’, according to a study by Wrike. Some 47 per cent of UK employees across all sectors work longer hours to get the job done than a year ago, with a third of managers confirming
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Businesses put consumers at risk of cybercrime
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Almost three quarters of British businesses are aware that their actions put their clients at risk of being a victim of cybercrime. However, they continue to readily send private and confidential information insecurely anyway, according to research by StayPrivate. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are just as much to blame for
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127 million hours of work absence taken last year due to mental health problems
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The report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) shows that the number of days taken off work with mental health problems has increased 25 per cent year on year (2014 to 2015). The data, which studies sickness absence in the UK from 2013 to 2015 inclusively, also finds that musculoskeletal, neck and back pain are top factors
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Small business owners are less worried about Brexit than before the referendum
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Before the referendum, more than half (52 per cent) of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) leaders believed that share prices would fall in the wake of Brexit. However, this has since decreased to just over a third (39 per cent) who think this will happen, according to a study by Opinium. In May, more than a
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Creative freelancers losing over £5k a year due to unpaid work
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The research conducted by the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed (IPSE) and The Freelancer Club finds those surveyed spent an average of 31 chargeable days in the past two years undertaking assignments without pay. This includes scenarios where free work was pre-agreed, as well as those where an expected fee was not
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