We’ve already come a long way from the non-stop Zoom calls and shirt-and-pyjama bottom outfits that defined the pandemic era. However, one of the best outcomes of this peculiar time has been the change in workplace culture and our shifting attitude to flexible working patterns. We’ve learned that employees are just as capable of working […]
However moving into the new world of work, leadership teams must strike a clever balance. Whilst we must not let old hierarchies or inefficiency creep in and it is essential that executive teams move forward, embracing new ways of working. This means that we must consciously engage in a meaningful exchange of ideas and focus […]
IWG revealed its system-wide revenue grew 22.3% to £1.3 billion in the first half of the year, up from £1 billion a year earlier. Underlying earnings increased significantly to total £122.9 million, up from £5.4 million in 2021 when Covid-19 restrictions saw offices close their doors during the first few months of the year. In […]
Established in 2020 under the CAREs Act, the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) is a refundable tax credit designed to enable employers to keep their employees on the payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, various myths and misconceptions surround the Employee Retention Tax Credit, inhibiting most small business owners from applying for the tax credit. In this article, we highlight four common misunderstandings that may prevent you from maximising ERTC.
It is not just the number of working hours and the scale of the problems that is exhausting leaders and upending any sense of work/life balance. It is the volume of change and uncertainty that they are processing. The human brain isn’t a great fan of uncertainty. If we aren’t sure what’s around the corner […]
Professor Sophie Hennekam from Audencia Business School takes a look at 5 common remote work challenges and offers solutions. The pandemic has resulted in an upsurge of remote working. With most people unable to go to work during the lockdowns, it became the new normal for many organisations and workers. Remote working has both advantages […]
Lucy Minton, COO and co-founder of Kitt, discusses the changing design priorities of business leaders as workers return to the office. Office occupancy has reached its highest since the pandemic began. As the return continues to intensify, business leaders are increasingly reevaluating their priorities to ensure they’re able to attend to their worker’s newfound needs. […]
The sudden and rapid onset of COVID-19 severely tested organisations’ business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities. With no time for downtime, businesses had to show their real-time ability to implement these strategies in a prompt and successful manner, while also putting the very adequacy of these plans under more scrutiny than ever before. It is […]
When you look across different industries there have been some winners, some losers, and everything in between, but when you look at human beings – the people that make up those workplaces, there is barely anyone unaffected. Personal and professional lives have been upended, coping strategies tested to the limits and, in many cases, trust […]
In the US, inflation is near a 40-year high. If business pricing teams found the pandemic and supply chain issues the most difficult period of their careers, then the constant news influx of sharply rising prices must be cause for concern. Maintaining a consistent pricing strategy is difficult at the best of times, let alone […]
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a significant percentage of the working population has moved to remote working. Although the worst of the pandemic has been and gone, there are still huge numbers of employees who have elected to continue working either fully remotely, or on a hybrid basis. In fact, remote work statistics […]
Over 3,000 employees at 60 UK companies will trial a four-day working week, in what is considered to be the largest pilot scheme of its kind. The scheme will run from June to December and will involve employees from a diverse range of businesses and charitable organisations, including the Royal Society of Biology, a Manchester-based […]
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