The need for businesses to keep up continuity during the pandemic forced them to rapidly change their ways of working.
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Could working near home be the new working from home?
The coronavirus pandemic has catapulted us into a nation of remote workers, with companies realising that the vast majority of teams don’t always need to be in the same place all the time to function effectively.
SMEs are the backbone of our economy
In communities across the country, SMEs are bouncing back, fuelling our local economies, sustaining workers in meaningful employment and providing vital services to residents.
Let robots free you up to thrive
One of the essential strategies in business is that you should never reveal all you know.
Brace for change
Sandy Boxall explains why the time is now for all organisations to harness the power of automation and reap the profitable dividends which will surely follow.
Britain faces mass unemployment unless government acts now
Britain faces an unemployment crisis. Last week’s news of 7,000 job losses at Marks & Spencer was a cruel reminder of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. And more redundancies are on the horizon.
Algorithms and fairness: lessons from the class of 2020
In this most strange of years, the problems with A-Level and GCSE results may seem like just another short-term political crisis.
The successful hybrid workplace is founded on these three pillars
The steady move back into workplaces after five months of pandemic lockdown has begun.
Managing your team through a small screen
More companies are switching to remote workflows due to COVID-19 and the added benefits it offers. But how can you manage a team through a small screen?
Yorkshire accounting firm hails impact of Job Retention Scheme
A firm of chartered accountants and business advisors has hailed the impact of the Government’s Job Retention Scheme in helping protect businesses – but has warned the worst is yet to come.
Danger ahead? Construction firms warned against the return of suicide bidding
Today the UK economy has been officially declared to be in recession, with figures from the Office for National Statistics showing GDP fell 20.4% in the three months to June, the second consecutive quarter of declining growth.
Coronavirus payment holidays shouldn’t stop business from receiving further funding
Businesses who took up the option of a three-month payment break during the coronavirus lockdown should not be penalised or disadvantaged for taking the break when now seeking finance.
We need company, in every meaning of the word
There has been a lot of talk in recent weeks about the rights and wrongs of the government’s furlough scheme, as well as, in some people’s minds, the related issue of working from home and whether it’s going to be the ‘new normal’ after the virus has been defeated.
Forget the foreign holiday, the UK tourist industry is under real pressure
As the list of countries on the UK’s self isolate list continues to grow, it’s fair to say that the 14 day quarantine on Brits returning from holidays has been a huge blow to many who were holding onto a final glimmer of sunshine this summer.
Why you should turn into a downturn
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic grew to an international level, almost every industry has been hit with a period of downturn.
