View Remote Working: Harnessing the Power of Unified Communications

Remote Working: Harnessing the Power of Unified Communications

The following article on remote working and unified communications was published recently on BusinessIndependent.co.uk… As companies embrace the idea of flexibility in their workforce, co-working spaces and hot desking have become increasingly popular. The traditional office-based 9 to 5 is becoming a thing of the past and with the right telecommunications software in place, remote…

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Tax Holidays & Headaches for Garden Offices!

The following article on the possible tax holidays and headaches that can be caused by garden offices was recently discussed on HertfordshireInvester.com… The boom in garden offices can create tax holidays and headaches when homeowners choose to sell, says accountants Hillier Hopkins. The Covid pandemic has seen a boom in garden offices as office staff…

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View Labour Market Overview – February 2021

Labour Market Overview – February 2021

The following article on the Labour Market Overview for February 2021 was recently published by the Office of National Statistics and offers a look at the labour market for February 2021. Since February 2020, the number of payroll employees has fallen by 726,000; however, the larger falls were seen at the start of the coronavirus…

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View Employee Benefits Challenges for Employers

Employee Benefits Challenges for Employers

We came across the following article on PersonnelToday which discusses the employee benefits challenges that employers face and believe some of our employers may find interesting…   We’ve seen a huge amount of change to our working lives in the past twelve months, and with great change comes a swathe of new employee benefits challenges…

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Mental Health in the Workplace

Mental health in the workplace and in every other area of our lives has been discussed throughout the current pandemic with experts voicing concern over the impact the lockdown restrictions is having on all members of society. The following article was written by psychotherapist Owen O’Kane and was published on Peoplemanagement.co.uk… The Covid pandemic has…

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Phone Call Anxiety

This article on phone call anxiety and how we can overcome it was recently published on The Conversation website…   Staying in touch with loved ones without seeing them in person has become even more important during the pandemic. But for some people, making or receiving calls is a stressful experience. Phone anxiety – or…

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View Pay increase predicted for UK private sector

Pay increase predicted for UK private sector

The following article was recently published on employeebenefits.co.uk and discusses the prediction that private sector employees may receive a 2.4% pay increase in 2021… UK employees in the private sector are set to receive an average pay rise of 2.4% in 2021, according to research by Willis Towers Watson. Its Salary budget planning report, which surveyed 18,000 employers across…

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View 24 big ideas that will change our world in 2021

24 big ideas that will change our world in 2021

LinkedIn published this article on 24 big ideas that will change our world this year. It’s a long but interesting read…   No one saw 2020 coming. At the close of 2019, economists in the U.S. talked about the prospect of full employment, we expected Brexit to dominate headlines in Europe, and Japan was poised…

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View Remote working – 3 trends for 2021

Remote working – 3 trends for 2021

Remote working has become the norm for many of for a year now and could be a long-term practise going forward. This article, published on entrepreneur.com, discusses three key trends of remote working for 2021… After several months of having come into our lives, in some cases unexpectedly, today it seems that we are totally used…

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