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Consumer Price Inflation fall is a relief

Financial

24 March 2018

23 March 2018

New fathers still not supported by employers

“We fully agree that fathers do not currently get enough support from their employers to take on a greater share of caring responsibilities. Too often...

23 March 2018

Demand for accountants up 27 percent outside London

Career opportunities for qualified accounting professionals outside of London increased by 27 percent between February 2016 and February 2018, as businesses increasingly look to relocate...

22 March 2018

700,000 more pensioners in poverty if triple lock is scrapped

The number of pensioners living in poverty in 2050 could be 700,000 higher if the triple lock for the state pension is scrapped, a new...

22 March 2018

Growth in self-employment driven by highly -skilled freelancers not gig economy

Growth in the UK’s self-employed sector has been fuelled by a rise in the number of highly skilled freelancers – up 46 per cent since...

21 March 2018

Working dads failed by workplace policies – MPs call for reform

The Government must reform workplace policies to ensure they meet the needs of the 21st century family and to better support working dads in caring...

21 March 2018

Many UK boardrooms blind to opportunity

Britain’s boardrooms may be impairing the UK’s economic potential by habitually viewing risk only in terms of threats rather than in terms of opportunities, a...

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Businesses pay out £3.8bn in redundancy payments this year

Employment

20 March 2018

20 March 2018

Recruiters admit ‘stalking’ potential employees online

With a third (30.8 percent) of recruiters admitting that they ‘stalk’ potential candidates on social media, professionals need to be savvy about what they post...

19 March 2018

Government surprises employers with u-turn on childcare policy

The Government’s surprise decision to extend the salary sacrifice childcare voucher scheme (CCV) for a further six months should be welcomed by employees, but causes...

19 March 2018

Unilever goes dutch – what it means for the UK and investors

‘It’s too simplistic to view Unilever’s move purely through the prism of Brexit, because there are lots of other factors at play. Unifying the corporate...

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Unilever departure bad news for UK

Politics

18 March 2018

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