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Now I’m not about to start banging a drum about the glass ceiling but the results of the recent Pipeline’s Women Count survey have been published, and they raise some pretty interesting and important questions about female leadership, and the progress we’re making...

Is the long hot summer finally coming to an end? Let’s hope not but your teams time out of the office on annual leave probably is.  The summer months aren’t best known for being the most productive of seasons in the workplace. With many staff members heading off on...

Let’s start at the beginning and try to understand what is an employee brand as it is talked about a lot in the media. In simple terms it is what it feels like, look likes and is actual like to interact with your business from an employee view point so application and...

Are you staff well enough to be at work? Now I am normally more on the case of “staff should maintain regular and consistent attendance at work” and don’t get me wrong that is still one of the fundamentals of the employment contract but let’s take a second to consider...

Our summer of events continues, a royal wedding, summer sunshine, a big sporting event… There’s been plenty for the everyone to get excited about recently, and there’s no denying that there is a benefit from the lifted spirits and the joviality in the air. According...

Challenges with staff can arise at any time.  But the hot weather, thoughts of summer holidays and generally need some R&R can make this time of year particularly challenging.  Everyone might be in a slightly better mood when the sun starts to shine, but, before...

Date for your diary, Thursday 28th June marks National Freelancers Day, and independent professionals up and down the country will celebrate the fact that they boldly work for themselves. It’s estimated that there are over 2 million freelancers operating in the UK,...