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This April marks Stress Awareness Month 2026, and this year's theme is #BeTheChange, a call for all of us to start taking action against stress, both in the workplace and outside of it.  It's a theme that feels particularly timely. Most...

Change is coming, significant, unavoidable change to how businesses manage their people as April and its employment law changes creep ever closer.  Right now, businesses are focused on updating policies and procedures so that everything's...

When you think about preparing for the upcoming employment law changes in 2026, what comes to mind? Updated policies? Compliance training?  Significant employment law updates are arriving throughout 2026 and into 2027, with major changes...

Most business partnerships start with a contract, but ours started with a conversation.  Petaurum HR and drumBEAT Marketing have worked side by side, handling each other's HR and marketing. Over time, that working relationship, shared values,...

Your job description is often the first impression a potential candidate has of your business. Get it right, and you’ll find the best talent applying to work with you. Get it wrong, and you’ll be making the process more difficult for yourself than...

Your flexible working policy works perfectly for everyone - on paper. But how does it hold up in practice? Since 2024, employees have had the legal right to request flexible working from day one of employment. It's a policy change that was designed...

After a lot of back and forth, the Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent in December 2025, officially making it law. Now known as the Employment Rights Act of 2025, the changes this act will bring will reshape how businesses manage their...

The Autumn Budget has landed, and for HR professionals and business owners, it's brought a mix of anticipated changes and some surprises that will reshape workforce planning over the coming years. Announced on 26th November 2025, this budget...