According to HSE, around 12.5 million working days are lost due to work related stress in 2017 with 526,000 British workers suffering from Mental Health issues such as depression and anxiety.
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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Working Brits will sit through 10,000 meetings in their lifetime
New research of the nation’s office workers has discovered the average Brit reckons 51 percent of the meetings they attend every week are utterly useless.
Third of UK workers feel colleague is trying to sabotage their career
A new study of the nation’s workforce has revealed as many as 29 percent of workers say there is someone at their place of work who is making their life a living hell, with 14 percent claiming there is more than one person making life a misery for them.
Wasteful Brits throw away a staggering £12.5 Billion worth of perfectly wearable clothes each year
Researchers have revealed the true extent to which the UK has adopted a “throw-away” culture when it comes to clothing and fashion.
Third of working Brits wake in the night to check emails
New research of UK employees has looked into the stresses and strains of modern working life and found a third regularly tackle work issues in the dead of the night, rather than leaving it until the morning.
Business confidence over UK’s post Brexit future at record levels
Business owners are at their most confident for a year amid signs Theresa May will negotiate a favourable Brexit deal with the EU, a survey has revealed.
The Queen is named most powerful person in London
2018’s London Power 100 list has been released naming Queen Elizabeth II as the most powerful person in London, but who else made the much anticipated list?
Flexible working must not just focus on female talent
Organisations must proactively encourage a culture of flexibility across the entire workforce, or risk negatively impacting employee engagement levels and the ability to attract and retain top talent.
British workers demand more automation
Findings indicate that in many cases, employees would actually welcome greater automation in the workplace
Permanent employment in dramatic decline, survey reveals
The majority of hirers feel permanent employment as the default option for most roles is in an ever-increasing downward trajectory, according to new data just released.
New survey reveals if you want to be busy in the bedroom don’t work in the financial sector
New research has discovered just how often people not involved in the financial industries find themselves getting lucky in the bedroom department, as those who do not have a financial trading job top the list with a whopping 17x love-making sessions per month.
Baroness Mone’s bra firm Ultimo to cease trading
Lingerie firm Ultimo, the firm set up by Tory peer Baroness Mone of Mayfair, is to cease trading in the UK.
Business Book Awards organisers announce Embracing Change category winner
The organisers of the inaugural Business Book Awards have announced the winners of the Embracing Change category are Minter Dial and Caleb Storkey, authors of Futureproof.
Small Business Taskforce sets out ten-point demand to government
IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed) and a collective of small business representative bodies and think tanks is to set out ten demands to government in a series of ministerial visits starting today.
Metro Bank provides help to SMEs with Forum of Private Business partnership
Metro Bank has announced that it has teamed up with the Forum of Private Business to provide its business customers with access to the Forum’s wealth of bespoke resources.
