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Pension Awareness Day – Encouraging employees to save for their future

Today is Pension Awareness Day – a special day in the calendar created to make the nation aware of pensions. This presents a great opportunity for employers across the UK to…

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How do your employees know that you care about their wellbeing?

With mental health problems taking its toll on employees, and costing UK employers approximately £2.4 billion per year due to sickness absence alone, employers are having to think…

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5 fun ways to help reduce employees’ stress

April is National Stress Awareness Month. Busy work environments, tight deadlines, demanding clients and big projects can easily lead employees to develop stress, no matter how…

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Are you ready for the Apprenticeships Levy?

It’s not hard to understand why over 130,000 businesses in the UK offer apprenticeship places. Apprentices can bring numerous advantages to organisations, from filling the skills…

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Talking about cancer in the workplace

Tomorrow, Saturday 4th February, marks World Cancer Day. Cancer affects more than 700,000 people of working age and this number is continually growing. Employees affected by the…

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Help your employees stick to their healthy New Year’s resolutions

Every year most of us make New Year’s resolutions and more often than not, after a few days, we’ve cheated or given up! Many of us are dwelling on those extra pounds gained…

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Keeping your employees motivated in the run-up to Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner. Some employees get excited about office parties, client events and well deserved breaks. These lead to a festive cheer taking over the office,…

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Tackling stress and mental health in the workplace

As today is National Stress Awareness Day (2nd Nov), it seemed a great opportunity to share with you simple ways to help tackle stress in the workplace. Stressed employees can have…

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Are charity employees more stressed than the average UK worker?

As a rule, charity employees tend to work for causes close to their hearts and, therefore, they usually feel more satisfied at work than other professionals. Recent research even…

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Your employee wellbeing programme should be effectively communicated

Adopting a holistic approach to employee wellbeing makes business sense; it’s important to focus on the physical, mental and financial health aspects. Recent statistics from CIPD…

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