How to keep staff spirits up when you aren’t working face to face
For many of us our workspaces have suddenly dramatically changed. Laptops set up on dining room tables and employees juggling work and home schooling their children can have an effect on staff morale. We’ve compiled a list of tips for keeping everyone’s spirits up.
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Information on how to keep your staff and yourself paid during the Covid-19 lockdown
We’re all struck by how quickly legislation is changing regarding workers and the current Covid-19 crisis. So much so, we’ve rewritten this blog three times, but we think we now have it, so here is the information you need to know about paying staff and paying yourself.
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Covid -19 – We are prepared, are you?
With the increasing challenges and restrictions being placed on businesses on a daily basis, this is a very tough and stressful time for many of our clients and community members.Read on to see how we are helping you.
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The best ways to manage remote and flexible workers
With remote and flexible working becoming increasingly more popular and achievable, how do you manage remote workers effectively. We’ve compiled some guidelines to ensure that you can still get the best from staff who work from home.
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How do we career plan for jobs that haven’t been designed yet?
“The times they Are-a-Changin” sang Bob Dylan back in 1964 and he was right. Now they’re changing even faster. So how do we career plan when we don’t know what future jobs and career paths will look like?
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Why does rare disease matter to you and your SME?
February 29th is Rare Disease Day. With over 3.5 million people in the UK alone living with a rare disease, the odds are that someone in your business or one of their family are living with one or more of over 6,000 known rare diseases.
Without buckets of cash it is easy to think that you and your business can’t make a difference to the many worthy rare disease charities out there that fight for funding every day, BUT YOU CAN.
This week we have asked the founder and editor in chief of Rare Revolution Magazine to share with us her top tips on how we, the SME business community can play their part in supporting and the many Rare Disease charities out there that need your help.
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Coronavirus: An employer’s guide
The news that Coronavirus has spread to the UK, with thirteen patients in England testing positive for Covid-19 means that many businesses are beginning to consider how they can mitigate any adverse effect on their workforces. We’ve compiled a list of guidelines.
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Mental Health in the Workplace: Should we do more than just talk?
Today is ‘Time to Talk Day’ a day designed to encourage and promote conversation about mental health in the workplace. Our latest blog explains why good workplace mental health goes beyond talking to each other on one particular day and what employers can do to encourage teams to open up and have a conversation about some of the root causes of poor mental health at work.
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What’s wrong with millennials?
‘Millennials’! As an employer, does that word fill you with dread? Have you read all the LinkedIn posts complaining about how difficult it is to employ ‘Generation Y’? Read about how you can create a millennial friendly workplace.
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Professional Development Goals
Hopefully you’ve done your performance reviews and set your team goals for the coming year, but have you set your own professional development goals? This week’s blog focuses on how managers can develop their skills.
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