Working more flexibly – 3 top tips

Working more flexibly – 3 top tips

Well, that is it, we have our “freedom date”. No doubt many of us are looking forward to things starting to go back to the old normal in our personal lives. But what about work? Employees tend to be in one of two camps. They either love working from home and don’t...
Workplace conflict – what is the cost to the employer?

Workplace conflict – what is the cost to the employer?

Well, last week was an interesting one as we got to work on two different initiatives. One involved a few of us trainees working with Nottingham Trent University on a virtual insight/vacation scheme to help provide the students with some insight into what life is like...
Furlough scheme winds down

Furlough scheme winds down

The end is in sight – the furlough scheme comes to an end in September and has now changed from the government paying 80% of the wages of people who couldn’t work, or whose employers could no longer afford to pay them. From today, the government will pay...
‘Fire & Rehire’- where do employers stand?

‘Fire & Rehire’- where do employers stand?

A lot of you might have seen quite a bit in the news about employers firing and rehiring their employees. Now, what is this you ask… essentially during the pandemic, whether to access the furlough scheme or to just simply enable survival of the business through these...
Furlough scheme winds down

Redundancies to increase?

The closure of 44 Lloyds Bank and Halifax branches across England and Wales has been confirmed, bringing the group’s total for 2021 to 100. We are starting to see more and more businesses reacting to the effects of the pandemic and the downturn in footfall and...
Working more flexibly – 3 top tips

Your views matter

Long-time no speak, welcome back everyone. With the world slowly returning to normal, everything has been crackers here – that is always a good thing regarding business, but it has meant I haven’t dedicated enough time to these blogs, so it’s my resolution now to keep...