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Workers have no time for free time
Almost half of British adults feel they have ‘very limited’ free time for themselves during the working week, according to new research.
Thursday 5 November 2026
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Almost half of British adults feel they have ‘very limited’ free time for themselves during the working week, according to new research.
Hard working Brits are working through much of their annual holiday entitlement, losing out on over £650 and 10 days annual leave each year.
With the spotlight often shining on the generation of ‘millennials’, the workplace trends of Generation X are often overlooked.
New data highlights a £698 million fall in bank lending to non-financial businesses in July and reports that the European Investment Fund (EIF) and European Investment…
Prejudice can be a daily experience for trans people but poor awareness from employers about the challenges they face can leave them isolated at work, according…
Retail sales declined in the year to August, disappointing expectations that growth would hold broadly steady, according to new data.
Senior Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem MPs are voicing their opposition to the ‘staircase tax’. The tax refers to backdated business rates bills currently being delivered…
Small businesses and individuals who take payments by card should check their records so they can take advantage of an HMRC amnesty if they have made…
Whilst productivity slows down in the office as the week goes on, time certainly does not.
The British economy is benefiting from Brits' lack of will power when it comes to piling up their baskets and straying from their shopping list, new…
New research has revealed that over half of CEOs claim that in the next 10 years hiring staff with the right skills will be the largest…
People who are extroverted and on low incomes buy more luxury goods than their introverted peers to compensate for the experience of low financial status, finds…
Despite 70 per cent of UK businesses set to adopt flexible working by 2020, over a third of UK employers are still using office posters to…
Retailers must create a channel agnostic customer experience to capitalise on the growing trend for shoppers to research products online while in-store before making purchasing decisions,…
A staggering £184 million worth of items were stolen from businesses across the UK in the space of three years, new research has revealed.