How to cure “always on” staff burnout? Take a leaf out of nineteenth-century Cadbury’s book August 4, 2016 The modern workforce has become accustomed to putting in long hours. Created by years of employment uncertainty, born out of the 2008 financial crisis, and fuelled recently by the great unknown of a looming Brexit, “presenteeism” has become a mainstay of the British employee. Research last week by Concur shows that, thanks to the rise of [...]
Here’s how Philip Hammond can reassure small businesses and investors alike August 4, 2016 Philip Hammond was quick to rule out a post-Brexit Budget after being installed as the new chancellor. Number 11’s latest resident, who will wait instead until the Autumn Statement, has also stated that he will support the City, and wider business, as the UK exits the EU. The challenge, Hammond has observed, is to send “signals [...]
How crowdfunding can give you an income boost in a low-rate wasteland August 4, 2016 With the Bank of England widely expected to cut interest rates this afternoon, savers are bracing themselves for a further drop in the already pitiful returns they are earning on deposit accounts. According to data from comparison site Moneyfacts, the average five-year fixed rate bond offered an interest rate of just 2 per cent in [...]
What does your gender pay gap say about your business? August 3, 2016 Despite a tumultuous time in recent weeks dominated by the EU referendum, the gender pay gap is still very much on employers' minds. It's an issue that companies can't continue to ignore – and not just because of growing public scrutiny. Employees will increasingly look at published gender pay gap data to reveal a company's [...]
Tighter pensions rules urged to avoid BHS-style failures August 3, 2016 The Pensions Institute has issued a stark warning over businesses "milking and dumping" pension schemes, as it called on the government to do more to prevent this. It came after a study by Keith Wallace, president of the Association of Corporate Trustees and author of the report, found dozens of examples of businesses exploiting surpluses and shedding deficits in [...]
Fund manager warns investors UK dividends “likely to fall” August 3, 2016 The managers of the £655m Evenlode Income Fund have warned that UK dividends are "likely to fall over the next year or two". Hugh Yarrow and Ben Peters said that the referendum vote could make it more difficult for UK domestic sectors – such as banks, commercial properties, construction, house builders and retailers – to sustain [...]
How to help your kids handle money August 3, 2016 Getting the younger generation engaged with money matters is more crucial than ever. The lot of today’s young is radically different to their parent’s, and being financially literate is an increasingly important life skill. “Teaching proper money management is possibly one of the best gifts you can give your children. It could save them untold stress [...]
Seven ways that pressure can help you at work: You just need to harness it August 3, 2016 Pressure is a constant in our lives. The pressure to hit a deadline, deliver a speech, secure a promotion – they are all challenges we need to meet. Like a footballer taking a penalty or a golfer making a putt, how we respond to pressure defines us at work, and is often what takes us beyond [...]
These are the UK’s 10 best-paid jobs for graduates August 3, 2016 Graduate analysts have the highest paying roles of all graduates with a starting salary of £34,366, well over the UK’s national average of £27,000. According to the latest report by Glassdoor, other jobs in the top three include consultants who are paid an average of £28,891 and software engineers who are paid £28,370. The UK's [...]
Meet the most influential British innovator in the world August 2, 2016 Demis Hassabis, the man who founded the multi-million pound artificial intelligence company acquired by Google, has been named the most influential British innovator in the world. DeepMind hit headlines in 2014 when it was bought by Google for £400m and this year did it again when its machine learning technology beat the world-leading player of the [...]
