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Global race for next-gen connectivity adoption held back by cultural attitudes

Culture

8 December 2018

8 December 2018

Pensions – forget default pathways we need guidance pathways first

As the debate over default pathways at-retirement continues, please see comments below from Jonathan Watts-Lay, Director . “I find the idea of defaulting members into...

7 December 2018

Rise of the ‘Hybrid-PA’ spikes demand for support staff

Demand for ‘Hybrid PAs’, who combine traditional PA skills with specialist knowledge in areas such as marketing, events and project management, has driven a 36...

7 December 2018

Modest wage growth predicted in 2019

UK workers are due to get an average real-terms pay rise of 1.1 percent in 2019, which would be an improvement on the 0.5 percent...

6 December 2018

End AIDS stigma at work now

On the thirtieth anniversary of World AIDS day on 1 December 2018, Dr Hala Evans, Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Bedfordshire,...

5 December 2018

Many MPs risk losing seats over Off-Payroll (IR35)

Eighty-five MPs are at serious risk of losing their seats in Parliament at the next, possibly imminent General Election, if they do not back contractors...

4 December 2018

Black Friday & Cyber Monday – retail “tricks” revealed

Latest reports show that Black Friday and Cyber Monday were worth a combined total of £7 billion to the retail sector this year, with the...

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“Abyss” facing UK car manufacturing as odds shorten on no deal

Manufacturing

3 December 2018

3 December 2018

Santa needs 23,219 little helpers to cover Christmas

A new study from job search engine Adzuna.co.uk has revealed over 23,000 Christmas jobs are currently available in the UK. The findings reveal despite recent...

2 December 2018

Critical shortage of commercial drivers and only 13 percent of Brits would consider it

Most of Britons would not consider driving for a living. Although nearly two-thirds of Britons mostly feel happy behind the wheel and do not generally...

2 December 2018

Are 1.6 million unemployed single parents the UK’s untapped resource?

Almost 200,000 single parents - a tenth (10.6%) of all those who are economically active - are currently unemployed in the UK, two-and-a-half times the...

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CITB outsourcing marks ‘beginning of the end of the organisation’

Outsourcing

1 December 2018

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