With the financial pressures on small businesses, is now maybe the time to consider reviewing practices and getting creative with AI? AI is integrated into more and more software, and without even realising it – you’re probably using elements of AI already. It doesn’t...
The new Tipping Act, which comes into effect this month, is aimed at ensuring fairer treatment for workers in industries where tipping is common, such as hospitality and services. The Act was introduced to address long-standing concerns about how tips are distributed,...
The school summer holidays are literally just around the corner (some have already started!), and many working parents will be planning the 6-8 weeks with meticulous precision, who is going to which holiday club, grandparents or friends houses on which days- who is...
Just the word ‘restructure’ can fill many employees and employers with dread, after all change is tough. But change can also be exciting. If you keep doing the same thing you will likely get the same result so if you need (or want) different results you need to make...
An important paper released in March by the Institute for Public Policy Research identified how companies decide to adapt to AI will influence either a boost or significant drop in the health of the economy, quoting worst case scenario 7.9 million job losses and best...
We think good. Now, let us explain why… Everyone often associates Apprenticeship schemes with the large corporate employer who have the welfare co-ordinator, the role rotation and the years of experience in making them work. In recent years small businesses have...
So, after a few years of extraordinarily little change in the Employment Law world other than those derived from Case Law, 2024 is set to see quite a few changes across a few different regulations. Some are confirmed and others are still in the parliamentary process....
The Employment Rights Regulations legislation is likely to take effect from 1 January 2024 and impacts the following: Holiday pay – the aim is to simplify the holiday pay calculations by making rolled-up holiday (paying 12.07% of hours worked) lawful for part-year...
It goes without saying that having the right people in your business is key to its success. UK unemployment levels are at historic lows, and like many business owners, you may have found that successfully recruiting and retaining talent has become increasingly...
We are all human, we’re all different. Minor disagreements, differing views and opinions in the workplace are normal and can often be a positive for a firm. Healthy debate can encourage new perspectives and create innovative and new ideas. However, sometimes...
The National Education Union (NEU) has announced that its members will have school strikes in a dispute over pay, this is unlikely to be new news to you, but have you considered how it may impact your business and its employees? It is a slightly grey area as we are...
A special thank you to Tara Rowberry-Duignan for writing this blog for us. This week the amazing Gloucester based charity footsteps has joined Baby Loss Communities across the world to mark Baby Loss Awareness week (October 9 -15) and many will join the Global...
Earlier this year, some of our HR Consultants attended a Harmful Gambling Webinar from the excellent team at Worksafe, a partnership between the training arm of Betknowmore UK (BKM Evolve) and GamCare. We understand that gambling can be a safe activity for many, but...
As a leading regional HR Consultancy we have started the year with an influx of requests for benchmarking. Our clients are all trying to ensure they attract the best candidates in a flooded jobs market, as well as ensure they don’t get hit by ‘the great resignation’....
A neurodiverse workforce is good for businesses, for so many reasons. Neurodiversity or neurodivergence is a relatively new term and a term not everyone will be familiar with, to put simply, it’s the way a brain can function, it’s a disability that everyone should...
These long dark evenings coupled with the uncertainty surrounding covid and the coming months have made us feel a little grey. To lift spirits, we wanted to share some positive news from some of our clients and other local businesses that are achieving wonderful...
We know it’s only just been summer but the countdown to Christmas and the festive period really is here! From a business perspective, now is the time start planning. Have you considered if you’re having a traditional party this year? Do you have an office shutdown...
According to the job search engine Adzuna, more than 72,000 vacancies across the UK have been marked with ‘urgent’ or requiring an ‘immediate start’ between May and July. This is following the increase in the number of workers being ‘pinged’ from the NHS Track and...
Like everywhere here in the South West of England, 19 July 2021, is the day when regulations were lifted for many businesses – whilst many have named it ‘Freedom Day’ others couldn’t have felt more different as the infection rates here have continued to increase. In...
If you follow our socials you’ll have seen we met for a team outdoor pub lunch in Gloucestershire on Tuesday this week. We originally planned to have a picnic in a park, but our true to form British weather decided against that. Even though it didn’t go to plan, it...
It’s important to ensure your business premises are continuing to work in a Covid-secure way and you have all the necessary measures in place. Only last week one of our Gloucestershire clients, Lister Unified Communications were contacted by HSE (Health & Safety...
Without a doubt, it is a stressful time right now for businesses and their employees in the South West. Whether your business is having to think fast and diversify to be something ‘Covid safe’, or the additional administration around employee furloughs and remote...
With the re-opening of shops and more recently pubs and restaurants opening we are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel as lockdown is slowly being lifted and the ‘new normal’ is being adopted by many South West businesses. In amongst the chaos, uncertainty...
It’s safe to say that no-one could have forecasted or planned for the events so far in 2020, many businesses of all sizes, big and small are under extreme pressures either to keep up with demand for certain services/products or to prepare for potential reduction in...