Business Experts Call for Payroll to have a Seat at the Boardroom Table
Payroll is unrepresented at board level in almost two thirds of UK businesses according to new research from the Access Group. The business software specialist has released a new report following a study of over 1,300 businesses and payroll departments from across the UK. It found that, despite being the single biggest operational cost for almost every […]
Hodge strengthens business development team with three key hires
Hodge has welcomed a national account manager for the south of England, and two new business development managers to work with its intermediary partners in the Midlands and north Wales and the north and south of England. The company has appointed Jason Newsway as national account manager for the south of England. Donna Spence, who […]
Over 1 in 3 employers not supporting EU workers with Settled Status applications
After many turbulent political months, it appears that the decisive General Election result in December finally signals the departure of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) in just three weeks’ time. This end to uncertainty has largely been welcomed by employers, yet a recent survey by Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing suggests […]
Open University beats Oxford and Cambridge at producing CEOs and MDs
Every year, millions of students, parents and academics gather wide-eyed to peruse the latest university league table. But what would the results look like if it was based on the number of graduates who went on to run a company? The experts, top recruitment firm Forward Role, decided to find out. They analysed over 260,000 […]
Gender Diversity in Start-Up Investment: New Study Shows Huge Gender Disparity in UK
DeckSender.com, the startup platform that aims to democratise access to investment has analysed the gender diversity of the 1400+ startups that have used it’s platform to raise money in its first year and the results are in – revealing a huge gender disparity among male and female startups in the UK. Female founder led startups […]
Diversity applause for British tech company
Advanced has been announced as one of the top 100 Diversity Leaders 2020 across UK businesses. An independent survey carried out on behalf of the Financial Times has recognised the diversity achievements of Advanced, which recently announced 33% of its board are represented by women. The award assesses diversity across gender, age, ethnicity, disability and […]
Advanced Survey Reveals Tech Adoption Increasingly Popular Across the Workforce
A new report from Advanced, one of the UK’s largest software and services providers, has revealed workers’ increasing hunger for innovation to improve the way they work. Findings from its Annual Trends Survey for 2019-20 show that disruptive tools are fast earning their spot as must-have tools in the day-to-day workplace. As much as 38% of the survey […]
As research finds one in two held back by confidence issues, turnaround CEO advises HR to approach failure differently
One in two people are being held back in their careers because of confidence issues and fears around making mistakes, new research from Nyenrode Business University and IE University has found. Of the 1,000 people surveyed, over 40 per cent admitted that they spent around 20-40 per cent of their time at work about getting […]
Why Diversity Recruitment Drives Need to Better Engage Their Target Audience
The CEO of disruptive careers and recruitment platform, SortYourFuture, warns employers that unless they tackle the engagement gap between themselves and potential applicants, many current diversity initiatives won’t work – resulting in candidates missing out on their ideal job and employers failing to find their perfect candidates. The resulting cost to employers is high: poor […]
As Gartner Report reveals leadership trust bombshell, how can HR re-engage their people?
A new report released this week by Gartner has led to the research and advisory company calling on HR to cultivate and develop independence among their employees. The findings in the report ‘The Modern Employee Experience’ found that leaders are losing confidence as only 24 per cent of employees trust their manager to help in […]