The role of the HR professional in 2025.
The new Labour UK government has wasted no time in unveiling significant reforms to employment rights which will affect workers rights across the UK. So how will this impact the HR strategies for businesses, and more importantly, impact the necessity of HR leads in implementing and communicating changes to policy on top of the emerging […]
Defining a Hybrid/Flexible Working Policy For Your Workplace
The economy may have recovered much of what it lost during the Covid-19 pandemic, but there are some areas of the business world which have likely changed forever. Once of those is employees’ attitudes to the workplace, with more workers than ever seeking flexible and hybrid working opportunities which allow them to nurture a better […]
How to Retain Talented Employees
Recruiting top talent for your business is one thing; retaining that talent is another challenge completely. Those businesses that focus equal effort on both recruitment and retention will have the best chance at securing a stable and loyal – as well as highly competent – workforce. However, retention strategies are something that we often find […]
How to Maximise Productivity Among Hybrid Employees
While hybrid working has been part of some industries for years, it was during the Covid-19 pandemic that businesses across all sectors had to adapt quickly and understand what it really meant to operate and facilitate a hybrid working policy. From providing employees with the technology required to do their job effectively and efficiently, to […]
Top 5 Priorities for HR Leaders in 2023
Not only is your HR team responsible for establishing foundations for success in relation to the people within your company, but it is also the team that deals with everything from assigning resources and establishing the need for talent management and up-skilling, to understanding what employees need from an employer. With this in mind, we’ve […]
Has the pandemic opened the floodgates to a four-day working week?
Challenger bank Atom hit the headlines last week when it became the latest major UK employer to announce it was introducing a four-day week without reducing pay. But could this signal a wider move to a new model of more flexible working in a post-pandemic world? The Durham-based fintech, which launched in 2014 and had […]