UK legal sector needs to adapt to a ‘new normal’ to thrive as income and profitability falls
The profitability gap between the smallest and largest firms continues to grow. For sole practitioners, profits have fallen by 40%...
Lisa Baker, Editor, UK Business News
Lisa Baker is an experienced journalist, Owner of Need to See IT Publishing and the Editor of Business in the News. Lisa covers Business, Health, HR and Technology.
Spotlight on Mental Health in the Construction Industry
Solicitors Kara Price and Sarah Wales at transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson discuss a worrying trend - male site workers...
Five Professional Bodies join in launching an updated Global Code of Ethics for Coaches, Mentors, and Supervisors
The Global Code of Ethics supports excellence in the development of coaching, mentoring, and supervision and it raises the standards...
Graduates remain the ‘bedrock’ of international emerging talent programmes
Graduates continue to account for the bulk of genuinely global entry-level programmes as businesses strive to build workforces which are...
Family business owners are the most innovative, study finds
Family business owners are more innovative than owners of non-family businesses but are restricted by limited financial resources, says Dr...
89% of employees value eye care, but employers spend less time communicating it than other benefits
New research from Specsavers Corporate Eyecare shows how employers and employees value eye care as an employee benefit. Undertaken among...
Why Line Managers can’t offload mental health support to HR
Much has been spoken in recent years about the need to improve staff resilience to mental illness. The main driver...
Senior leaders failing to identify and ‘connect’ useful workers together
New research has identified that powerful bosses can become “blind” to gaps in workplace connections between employees. The research, conducted...
Permanent employment in dramatic decline in midst of Gig Economy
Shock new research reveals that a majority of hirers feel permanent employment in no longer the default option for most...
Voluntary benefits boost employee engagement – but only if employers learn to communicate better
Andy Caldicott, MD of PeopleValue explains why employers won't achieve better engagement from voluntary benefits unless they learn to communicate...
