How Deep a Rut Are You In?

29 / 07 / 2015

Many people cling tenaciously to their velvet lined ruts. Familiarity is reassuring (if boring at times). Perhaps we should muster the energy and enthusiasm to break that comfortable habit consciously and a bit more often. This week’s guest blogger Clare Wildman tells us how. It’s so easy to get yourself stuck in a rut and then not know quite how...

Positive Steps in Recruitment

27 / 07 / 2015

We all know that employers are under a duty not to discriminate unlawfully. Discrimination can take the following forms: direct discrimination - treating someone with a protected characteristic (gender, age, race, nationality etc) less favourably than others; or indirect discrimination - putting rules or arrangements in place that apply to everyone, but that put someone with a protected characteristic at...

Unemployment Rises For The First Time In Two years

24 / 07 / 2015

This week the Financial Times reported that there has been a sharp increase in unemployment in emerging markets this year. Unemployment in Brazil has risen from 5 per cent to 6.3 per cent since the start of 2015. In the same period Chile’s unemployment figures rose to 6.6 percent and Russia has seen an increase to 5.9 percent. And in...

Tips For Hiring The Perfect Payroll Employee

22 / 07 / 2015

Finding the perfect payroll employee can be a hard task for small businesses, especially if you are looking to bring your payroll in house for the first time. Your new employee will play a vital role in the running of your business. As they will be expected to help to your company remain compliant with Government legislation while ensuring that...

Code Red

20 / 07 / 2015

Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton was recently turned away from the Royal Box at Wimbledon for not complying with the dress code. He may have been well dressed by his standards but he did not wear the necessary jacket or tie and was therefore refused entry. Photos of him in his flowery shirt and trilby gave me the powerful impression...