Pride Month in the Workplace
June marks the yearly celebration Pride Month. This global LGBT event is celebrated in a number of different ways. The reason June is chosen is that this marks when the Stonewall Riots took place back in 1969. Abuse towards LGBT Employees Even though we celebrate Pride, there are still abuse issues happening in the workplace […]
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No sign of an end to SME late payment pain
One in four SMEs continue to face a late payments problem, Close Brothers research reveals The scale of late payments continues to increase with one in four SMEs owed more than £40,000 Almost half of SMEs now using or considering invoice finance products Small and medium-sized enterprises continue to suffer from late payments from customers […]
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Men’s Health Week
Monday 11th June 2018 was the beginning of Men’s Health Week. This weekly event is hosted by the Men’s Health Forum and is there to highlight the importance of men’s physical and mental health. Studies have proved that staff wellness programmes have reduced levels of sickness, and absences. Good employee health is good for business, […]
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Tips on how to manage employees during the World Cup 2018
The 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia starts in Moscow on Thursday 14th June and finishes on 15 July, providing a month of football excitement for many people across the UK. The World Cup is a major sporting event and many employees will want to support their favourite team and enjoy watching the live matches. […]
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Automatic enrolment and ongoing duties – what employers need to know
Every employer has automatic enrolment duties. They need to assess their staff, put them into a workplace pension scheme if they meet certain criteria, write to them to tell them what they’ve done, and complete and submit a declaration of compliance with The Pensions Regulator (TPR). However, an employer’s workplace pension duties do not stop […]
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GDPR Questions and Answers
Some great tips below about the GDPR. Where there is any doubt if you are dealing with a company or an individual treat them like an individual and ask for consent. If you get true leads from a trade show contact them within a month and check the permission at that time of contact. Make […]
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Health and Wellbeing in the UK
Each year, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) produces a report on health and well-being in the UK. This year, having surveyed over 1,000 HR professionals, the CIPD study revealed some notable areas of concern. Over the last 12 months, there has been a marked increase in the number of workplace absences linked […]
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Everything Your Start-Up Needs to Know About Recruiting from Overseas
A recent survey by PeoplePerHour found that one in five small businesses included a workforce comprising of three or more different nationalities. For many business owners, non-residential talent offers a wider scope and range of skill levels and qualities and, as a result, many choose to look further afield when putting together their work-team. Even […]
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The Forum Welcomes the Information Commissioners Office
On Monday 21st May 2018, the Forum hosted a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) seminar with guest speakers Richard Nevinson and Richard Sisson from the Information Commissioners Office (ICO). Members of the Forum were invited along to hear about GDPR, and the changes it will be bringing on Friday, May 25th along with having their […]
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Important automatic enrolment messages for business owners
Automatic enrolment (AE) is critical for all types of business, from start-ups and new employers to established businesses who are enrolling new staff. Here we focus on communicating the important messages to support businesses through the AE process. For new employers and start-up businesses If you’ve recently become an employer, it’s important you don’t forget […]
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Automatic enrolment: the last of the stagers
This summer will see up to 180,000 employers with a staging date reach their deadline for completing their declaration of compliance with The Pensions Regulator. Employers with staging dates of 1 January and 1 February will have deadlines to complete their declaration of compliance by the end of May and the end of June respectively […]
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How to address workplace stress for Mental Health Awareness Week– Forum of Private Business
With over 12 million working days lost to stress each year, Mental Health First Aid England’s Workplace Lead, Jaan Madan, highlights why it’s important for businesses of every size to take practical steps to tackle workplace stress. Mental Health Awareness Week 2018 is here and this year its organiser, the Mental Health Foundation, asked the […]
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GDPR an Important Issue for Professional Services
A study carried out by IBM’s X-Force Research Team found out that data breaches in the financial services sector increased by 937% year on year from 2015 to 2016. Of all those data breaches 53% were inadvertently caused by an organisations employees. You must consider the impact of a breach under “normal” circumstances on your […]
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GDPR Important Changes for IT Professionals
IT systems organisation Spiceworks recently found out through a survey that only 36% of EU- based IT professionals said they were fully aware of the impact of GDPR and the changes it brings. 43% of UK IT professionals also said the same. Only a low figure of 5% of UK IT professionals believe that their […]
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The Forum is all set for the Business Show
The Forum is all set and ready for the Business Show this week on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th May at the ExCel in London. The Business Show 2018 is the UK’s largest exhibition and the Forum team is very much looking forward to meeting current members, visitors and exhibitors alike. There are some […]
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