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Dean Sadler, CEO and Founder at Tribepad

As the UK goes into a third lockdown, Adrian Lewis from Activ Absence is urging employers to ensure they have strategies in place for looking after the mental health of their workforce, after the charity Mind [i] warned this week that mental health is 'worsening across the spectrum'

Although the UK economic recovery remained behind the global benchmark last month, news of the Covid-19 vaccine boosted business confidence for the year ahead.

Aquent releases 2021 salary guide based upon placing thousands of HR, advertising and marketing professionals

If you are an Operations Director or the head of your department, you’ll be well aware that 2020 has been the year of working remotely and unfortunately it does look as though that might be the case for another few months yet

Matthew Gregson, Head of Corporate, Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing

Global survey of C-Suite Decision Makers Reveals Prime Opportunity for Professional Services Firms to Grow Broader Offering to Clients

Danny was named in the 2021 New Years’ Honours List for services to International Trade. Danny was one of only 12 business leaders to be honoured for services to International Trade this year.

One of Scotland’s leading law firms, Thorntons, is beginning the New Year with two newly promoted Partners and a new Legal Director.

Following the Chancellor’s commitment to provide new grants to businesses, the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, is urging the Government to extend the furlough scheme to the end of June.

Employee benefits can be an incredibly effective recruitment tool but all too often they are only communicated by employers during the onboarding process after an offer has been accepted, according to research* conducted by GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector.

Responding to the announcement of tougher restrictions Neil Carberry, Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, said:

Since Boris Johnson’s announcement on Monday, the UK has been put into a national lockdown starting today.

Even as the year was closing - when the trend is for jobs and applications to drop significantly - both jobs and applications registered some of the best values of 2020, at 27% above the January-March average and +64% respectively.

UK employers can’t force their employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, XpertHR warns as it launches new HR resources on vaccinations for staff - but they should inform their workforce about the vaccination programme and encourage them to be vaccinated.