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5 Effective Ways Small Businesses Can Compete with Large Companies to Recruit (Infographic)
It's especially hard if you are a small company or start-up to find and retain talented workers, and that is particularly true as compared with huge players. Competition is high, budgets are low, and your brand is not as well-known. In this list,...
Petaurum HR: 2 Awards & Another Successful Month!
Petaurum HR has had a very successful month in May! From winning TWO awards to continued delivery of first-class services to our clients. In this article, we will tell you all about the awards, and how the month has been for the...
Petaurum HR Wins SME News HR Consultancy of the Year Award, Again!
We're delighted to receive this recognition from the SME News UK Enterprise Awards for our work (again!) with the award of HR Consultancy of The Year 2022! This is a huge accolade for our team, and we're looking forward to continuing to provide...
Effective HR Leadership Skills You Need To Know
As a leader, you know that having effective management skills in place is crucial to your company's success. But what exactly are effective HR leadership skills? Strong HR leaders possess a number of important qualities, including excellent...
The Benefits Of Motivated Employees
When it comes to the workplace, motivated employees are crucial. They are the lifeblood of any organisation, and when they are satisfied and inspired, it shows in their performance. Research has proven that happy, motivated employees...
Employment Law Update – 1st April 2022
With April being the start of the new financial year this is usually when changes to employment law, especially those that effect financials come into place. As such here are some of the changes that are coming in April 2022. Increase to...
Finders Keepers – Stopping The Great Resignation
After the experiences of the past two years, the number of employees forecast to move jobs or do something completely different is expected to soar. The ‘Great Resignation’ as it’s being called means companies of all shapes and sizes need to think...
COVID-19 & Self Isolation Updates
As of 24th February 2022, there were some key legislative changes around COVID-19 such as the legal requirement to self-isolate being removed and no legal requirement for workers to inform their employer that they need to self-isolate, among other...
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Furlough Scheme Amendments [December 2020]
There have recently been more furlough scheme amendments since it was recently announced that the Job Retention Scheme is now extended until 31st March 2021. From this, there have been a flurry of questions about details, in particular relating to furlough. With...
Why Being Nice Makes Good Commercial Sense
There is a current climate of ever-increasing awareness about our mental health. Which, on the whole, is excellent and will significantly improve conversations surrounding wellbeing, especially in the workplace. However, my fundamental belief that employee wellbeing...
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COVID Business Support [November 2020]
What’s the Situation for Business Support Amongst the Ever Changing COVID Lockdown Rules? Some details are now emerging of COVID business support and financial help in lockdown. We can all be forgiven for the throwing of hands in the air and gritting of teeth as we...
Leadership in Today’s New Norm
We are living in the most turbulent and uncertain times any of us has known. Perceptions of how the world has worked have been turned on their head. Issues that once seemed peripheral are now mainstream: climate change, the meaning of democracy, the rights and...
Diversity and Inclusion at Work
Direct discrimination is, of course, illegal. There are protected characteristics that are listed in the Equality Act 2010. These make it clear that to discriminate on the basis of any of these will likely result in legal action being taken. The company will always...
What Are The Advantages Of Outsourcing HR For Small Businesses
Why Should A Small Business Be Outsourcing HR? In the evolution of small business, there comes a time when the need to outsource HR becomes a necessity. This often is when the business leader will have to deal with one or more of the main aspects of HR. They will...
Work Place Pensions: A Guide To Auto Enrolment – 2020 UPDATE
It’s now been over eight years since changes to the Pensions Act have required all Employers, under Auto Enrolment, to provide workers with a Work Place Pensions Scheme. Indeed, many of those companies who first enrolled will have been through their first or even...
COVID-19: Face coverings at work
Last week marked the beginning of further measures to protect us against the COVID-19 pandemic, including face coverings at work From the 24th of September all pubs, restaurants & bars will be forced to shut their doors at 10pm. The use of face coverings will be...
Update: COVID Business Support Measures September 2020
On the 24th September, Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP outlined additional Government COVID Business Support Measures. These aim to provide certainty for businesses and workers impacted by Coronavirus across the UK. This is especially important now, in the run up to the...
How to Motivate Your Employees Without Money
Knowing how to motivate employees without money can be hard as often the go-to option is salary increase or bonuses. You might not want to go down that route, or not have the resources to support it. Especially now, in the COVID-19 era, businesses are tightening purse...