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Improve Your Business Performance Management through HR
What is business performance management? If you’re asking that question then this is the article for you. As a business owner it isn’t just you against the ever changing and evolving business world. Ideally you’ll have the right managers and team...
Director Running 17th Half Marathon for Charity
It’s that time of year! Director, Adam Davey, is donning his trainers to run in the world’s largest half marathon, the Great North Run. This will be his 17th time once again raising vital funds for St Barnabas Hospice! In 2018, he had already...
What role does HR play in performance management?
Every organisation needs a performance management process to utilise their staff in the best way. Performance management is the backbone of your business and spans multiple elements. Being able to figure out the best way to create and manage an...
We Won! SME News Midlands Enterprise Awards Winners
We are incredibly excited and delighted to announce that Petaurum HR has been named as Best Nationwide Bespoke Employment Support Services Provider in the Midlands Enterprise Awards 2021, hosted by SME News. Dean Taylor from SME News said “This...
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Employee Retention Strategies [July 2021]
Business owners worldwide have struggled in one way or another over the last eighteen months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the main worries has been employee retention. HR departments, managers and owners have to think of the best ways to...
International HR Day 2021 – Shaping the New Future
I was recently asked what International HR Day means to me and it got me thinking! The theme of this year’s day is about our role as a profession in leading change to improve working lives. Also it is about not slipping back into traditional ways...
10 Employee Rights You Should Know
Employee rights in the workplace are an essential part of fair and legal treatment of the workforce. The Employment Rights Act came into force in 1996 and covers everything from protection of wages and zero hours workers to Sunday working and...
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IR35: Off-Payroll Working [April 2021]
What is IR35? IR35 sees medium and large private sector businesses in the UK become responsible for setting the tax status of any contract work they use from April 2021. It is designed to make clear the true nature of an employee, whether they are...
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Has COVID-19 Altered the Way we View Change?
Imagine someone had said in January that life would change and the majority of us would be home working. Parents would be home schooling their children and small businesses would be moving to online selling. You would have looked at them quizzically and maybe have...
How People React to Change and How To Manage It
For our entire lives, we humans need some form of structure as we are creatures of habit and routine. We thrive in a structured environment and when faced with change, can react in varying ways. Knowing how people react to change is advantageous both in and outside of...
How to Motivate Employees Returning to Work
Last year we published an article on Non-Financial Methods of Motivation which outlined why motivation needs to be seen as a priority. The fact is, that whilst almost everyone works for their salary or wage, the problem with money is that...
Returning to Work? A Complete (Re)Induction
Lots has been written about the physical, emotional and psychological changes that have occurred recently. This is with the new behavioural norms being established whilst many colleagues have been furloughed or working from home. The easing of the lockdown...
Coronavirus, Furlough and Redundancy FAQs
Coronavirus has changed the working landscape immeasurably since it arrived in the UK in late January. Businesses will have had to consider a range of responses – to ensure survival; one of these is redundancy. The end date for the Government’s furlough job retention...
Our Virtual Cake Sale for St Barnabas Hospice Lincolnshire
We are celebrating the Go Yellow campaign this week in the run up to St Barnabas Hospice's 38th birthday. We are 'going yellow' all this week to raise awareness and celebrate a fantastic, worthwhile cause. As part of that, we've been busy baking for our virtual cake...
Benefits Cloud partners with SimPal charity to help bring people together
We are proud to announce that through our employee benefit system, Benefits Cloud, we have partnered with SimPal as our long-term charity partner. SimPal provide free pre-paid SIM cards and mobile phones to those people living with cancer. Their aim is to help prevent...
Go Yellow for St Barnabas Hospice’s 38th Birthday
St Barnabas Hospice have been our charity partner for a number of years. So, it was without any hesitation that we accepted their invitation to 'Go Yellow' in celebration of their birthday on Thursday 11th June 2020. ‘Go Yellow’ is the perfect opportunity to spread...
An Exciting Appointment to the Petaurum Solutions Team
Petaurum Solutions are pleased to announce the appointment of Zac Toumazi to their board in the role of Non-Executive Director Petaurum Solutions Ltd today announced that Zac Toumazi will be joining as a Non-Executive Director, effective 1st June 2020. Zac will bring...
Effective shift planning during periods of crisis management
Shift planning is a fine art at the best of times. However, when external influences and unforeseen circumstances change the landscape, it becomes a huge challenge to keep businesses running as usual. Shift planning specialists, WhosOffice, have put together guidance...