The ‘Gig’ Economy

25 / 10 / 2016

We are witnessing the increasing growth of the ‘gig’ economy. A gig economy is an environment in which temporary positions are common and organisations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements. Some of the largest players are Uber, Deliveroo and Hermes, all of whom have recently been under the spot light regarding the employment status of their drivers. Deliveroo riders...

I’d Rather Trust a Computer Than a Spreadsheet…

21 / 10 / 2016

None of us ever have quite enough time to do the things we want to get done at work and SMEs are no exception. Over the last couple of weeks, we have been trying to persuade two clients whose workforce is growing rapidly to explore technology to make their working practices more efficient. Both companies are holding data on spreadsheets....

Things That Go Bump in The Workplace

18 / 10 / 2016

Our office is slowly sprouting fluffy spiders …. Many businesses in Stony Stratford join in the Halloween fun and decorate their windows, us among them. This year we are going to decorate the office too. When I was a child I made pompoms winding coloured wool round two pieces of circular card. The results (suitably embellished) became rabbits, chicks, hat...

Standing v Sitting

13 / 10 / 2016

At the beginning of the year I wrote a blog about standing desks following an article I had read, ‘sitting is the new smoking’. The team loved the idea of standing desks and the benefits that are said to be linked to them. We are now the proud owners of five custom built standing desks. We decided to keep one...

One Bribe or Two?

06 / 10 / 2016

English football is in the doldrums. Again. The England team were already a laughing stock after its abysmal performance at the Euros and then the newly appointed England manager Sam Allardyce got himself mixed up in illegal football transactions. Allardyce was England manager for 67 days and one match. Is it a new record? Before Allardyce held his first training...