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More than half of employees concerned about returning to work and majority of employees NOT comfortable using public transport... Breathe, HR software provider for SMEs, has announced findings from its survey in conjunction with Posture People and HR Central. The research polled 482 senior business leaders and employees and found half (50.6%) will limit the number of people in...
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HR software platform Breathe, used by over 8,000 SMEs in the UK, has found that toxic workplace culture is costing the UK economy £15.7 billion per year, as 1 in 5 (21%) employees quit their job due to poor company culture. Could covid-19 further exacerbate this issue?  After surveying 2,503 SME decision makers and employees, Breathe has just released, ‘The Cul...
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Coronavirus & furloughing employees. Nichola Hailes, from integrated payroll and HR management software Payfit looks to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the job retention scheme and what UK SMEs need to know.  "Following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, many employers have begun furloughing their e...
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People skills really matter to business - as this latest survey shows... Interesting findings announced from a survey undertaken by Tempo, an end-to-end hiring platform trusted by Monzo, Bulb and Starling Bank, indicating the negative impact that shoddy interpersonal skills can have on a fast-growing business.The survey which is part of Tempo’s new ‘Master of More’ campaign has ...
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Networking, mentoring and career progression made easy...Guidance through your career is not something that is necessarily readily available to a lot of people. We’ve probably all heard stories about school career advisers giving the most absurd ‘advice’, and if our first exposure to some form of mentorship is going to be that bad, it only increases the need for good mentorship l...
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With the UK facing serious skills shortages in a variety of sectors, it’s increasingly important that companies retain the talent that they already have. Whilst many firms focus on salary, research shows that the majority of staff actually prefer benefits to high monetary compensation. As such, it’s crucial that firms review their entire hiring process and internal culture in order t...
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InChorus, the startup that's on a mission to address bias and harassment in the workplace... As our society evolves and matures, instances of bias and harassment and bigotry decrease. Incrementally. We would like to think that the switch from things like racism and sexism and homophobia being the accepted norm to being recognised as grotesque distortions of what it is to be human would have a...
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Not having the right team is a common reason why startups fail. Read this advice from startup specialist law firm Harper James Solicitors for some of the key personalities and soft skills you'll need in your initial start-up team... When you look at the why startups fail, not having the right team is the third most common reason. It’s vital to select the right team of people who are re...
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A study shows that 40% of employees tend to leave after a year if there is a lack of proper training. This is a massive loss for small and medium businesses as the cost of hiring and onboarding is quite high. Everyone wants to learn new skills and be at a senior position in future. It is high time that SMBs start investing in their employees and minimise the risk of losing people because of lack o...
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New global data from search engine image results has revealed that women are being severely underrepresented in senior management roles when compared to the number of women who actually occupy those roles in real life. The analysis, conducted by global business data provider Creditsafe, replicated a standard first impression for a search engine results page and looked at the top 25 Google Im...
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