Are employers responsible for ensuring annual leave is taken? There are countless amounts of research talking about the importance of taking annual leave, and the effects of not having [...]

Succession Planning and Developing Future Workforces You would have read in our recent blog, that 82% of managers enter into a management role without any form of management training [...]

Managing Annual Leave As a manager, or employee, of a business, the importance of regular breaks from work is essential. However, a recent study has shown that nearly half [...]

What is HR? This is a question that we are often asked and can be hard to describe in one or two sentences.   HR has changed massively over [...]

Current sickness figures show that employees take an average of 2 weeks (9.4 days) off, each year. A survey undertaken by CIPD and Simplyhealth showed the increase in figures, [...]

Did you know, 82% of managers are “accidental managers” – but what could that mean for your business? Current research shows that 82% of managers are “accidental managers”. These [...]

A recent tribunal case has explored the question of accountability – who is responsible for decisions made, when advice is provided by consultants? This is something we are often [...]

Many employees, and employers, report increasing pressure to work outside of normal hours, due to constant messages, out of hours meetings, and an expectation to be available outside of [...]

Did you know there are 5 generations of employees who are currently in the UK workforce? Do you know what your own generation is? • Traditionalists—born 1925 to 1945 [...]