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Employee Retention Techniques
Employees are one of, if not, the most important asset to any business. Having great Employee Retention Techniques will ensure high staff retention, grow a positive workplace and lead to business sucess. “Employees are a company's...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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10 Top Tips on Employee Motivation
As a small to medium business owner you will know how important your staff are needed at the heart of the business. This is for many reasons from better working culture and increased productivity to fewer absences and lower staff turnover. So, how can you motivate...
Brexit Through the HR Lens Webinar
On Wednesday 22nd January, we held our very first webinar and simultaneously launched our webinar series! To address a very timely and relevant issue, we looked at Brexit Through the HR Lens. We provided our attendees with practical tips and activity so that they can...
What to expect in Employment Law in 2020
The National Minimum Wage At the time of writing, due to the timing of the UK General Election, the Government has not yet announced the increase to the NMW (or any of the other statutory rate increases) to apply from 1st April 2020. The current National Minimum...
Equip your Team to Address Mental Health at Work
Talking about mental health has never been more important, especially when it comes to the workplace. We spend the majority of our lives at work, so if mental health isn’t taken seriously then it can have a serious impact on our health. These problems can manifest in...
How Language can Reduce Stress in the Workplace
This guest article has been written by Alison Harris, Wellbeing Coach in association with Petaurum Solutions. Alison is a Certified NLP Master, Coach, Speaker and Nutritionist (and an excellent blog writer!) What is stress anyway? The World Health Organisation has now...
Making Reasonable Adjustments in the Workplace
Here’s a scenario. A very valuable member of staff has suffered a serious accident and has been off work for over a year. She is now ready to come back. She still has health problems but is mentally ready to return and has a good degree of physical...
How to Communicate Employee Benefits Effectively
This article discusses how Employers can effectively convey the company employee benefit policies present to their workforce.
How can you maximise the effect of a Bank Holiday?
Bank Holidays can be a great time to unwind from work. To get the most out of these breaks check out our advice which can help you get the most out of the time off.
How can Employers tackle workplace burnout?
This article discusses the causes of workplace burnout and how a business leader can take proactive steps in order to prevent it from occurring.
Great Ideas for Health and Wellbeing Perks in the Summer
This articles provides a number of realistic and effective Summer wellbeing perks which every workplace ought to have implemented.