Amid all the noise and head scratching unleashed by Brexit in 2018, there was one other constant – the UK’s tightening labour market.
With the number of people in work rising to hit a record high of 32.5 million, …
Small businesses really are the backbone of British industry. The country’s 5.7 million small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) still account for 99% of all UK companies – and together they provide the engine room of the economy.
SMBs employ 60% …
What makes a workplace a great place to work? There may be as many answers as there are workers, but some common themes often crop up.
Happiness at work is often the result of a blend of the nature of …
Why is job hopping still frowned upon by employers? More importantly, are we all missing a trick here – and is the tide already beginning to turn?
The traditional ‘job for life’ has increasingly felt like a thing of the …
It’s one of the great mysteries of Britain’s jobs boom. Despite creating jobs at a prodigious rate, salaries are stagnating in much of the UK. In fact, real wages are lower now than a decade ago and average pay growth …
From a Saturday night takeaway to a new vacuum cleaner, and from hotels to holidays, as consumers we’re all used to using online reviews to weigh up our options.
No wonder then that when it comes to choosing something as …
“Cash is king” – it’s a simple axiom learnt and repeated by generations of business leaders.
But not, it seems, by their employees. While the need to earn a salary is what compels most of us to work, salary alone …
One of the advantages of small businesses is that they can be swift and agile, making it possible for them to respond to changes in the market quicker than larger corporations. Working for a small business also offers other benefits. …
This is part two of a series. Learn how to identify when it’s time to add to the team in part one.
So your business is doing well, and all the signs show that it’s time to start adding new …
This is part one of a series. Learn how to read between the lines of a CV in part two.
Stories about giant companies with deep pockets make for fun reading. But the truth is that not every firm …