October 2015
Is Fear Management Too Popular?
Is your workplace managed by fear? During a recent BBC documentary about the leadership style of former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, a section that looked at how effective fear is as a management technique. That is, making your
Making More Young People Employable
Making young people as employable as possible: an enduring subject and a seemingly constant economic thorn in the UK’s side. This has been constantly discussed and debated at local, regional and national levels, but how far has it been practically
September 2015
Balancing Childcare And Work
Childcare is expensive. This has a significant impact on the jobs market, the main result being that many new mothers are prevented from returning to work because the domestic sums simply don’t add up. Balancing work and childcare is tricky
Time To Toughen Up On Workplace Bullying
The workplace is not always a bed of roses. Whatever your working environment – office, construction site, kitchen or care home – work comes with any number of stresses, tensions and personal differences. Workplace bullying can be a part of
Is the jobs market suffering a national living wage shock?
Employers are reducing recruitment now to avoid paying the new ‘national living wage’ minimum rate of £7.20, according to a new survey.How far would your business go to avoid applying a pay rise? A recent survey of over two thousand
Zero Hours Contracts – an unclear necessity
You’ve probably heard about zero hours contracts, but the details might not have sunk in. It’s all pretty vague, uninteresting and unclear to many people. In fact, that lack of transparency is at the heart of the issue.But it helps