COVID-19 Archives

Five years later: employers ‘still grappling with effects of Covid’

Mar 20, 2025 | 0

Many employers in the UK are still adjusting to the long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic...

Hangovers from the pandemic are stifling business growth

Jan 20, 2023 | 0

Almost a third of workers (30%) think that the business they work for is less efficient now as a result of its response to COVID-19. What needs to change?

COVID-19 is still impacting staff absences

Oct 13, 2022 | 0

Is COVID-19 still having an impact on employees? If so, how should organisations be reacting to this?

SMEs expect inflation to be worse than Covid-19 or Brexit

Oct 7, 2022 | 0

What is currently the biggest threat facing organisations?

Graduate vacancies soar higher than pre-pandemic levels

May 3, 2022 | 0

With the current skills shortage and the number of graduate vacancies soaring, it is crucial that employers create transformative employee experiences.

Frontline workers are not receiving workplace health and safety training

May 3, 2022 | 0

An urgent call to increase workplace health and safety training for frontline workers.

Almost one in four UK workers expected to quit their job

May 2, 2022 | 0

What are the real reasons contributing to the Great Resignation? And how can employers sucessfully increase their staff retention rate?

Nicky Chenery: Putting smart safety at the top of the business agenda

May 2, 2022 | 0

Nicky Chenery explains how to unlock a health and safety culture with technology, training and communication, arguing that there is no excuse for lack of training.

43% of UK employees regularly work overtime

May 2, 2022 | 0

With such a high percentage of UK employees reporting to work overtime, what can employers do to ensure better employee wellbeing?

A “skills blindless”: current hiring methods are worsening the UK’s skills crisis

Apr 29, 2022 | 0

How are the current hiring methods contributing to the current skills shortage?

Will the tech sector be damaged by the AI skills shortage?

Apr 29, 2022 | 0

AI skills shortage could undermine digital innovation and suppress economic activity. What can employers do about it?

Less than a quarter of the global fintech talent is female

Apr 29, 2022 | 0

Currently less than a quarter of the global fintech talent is female – a stark contrast to the growing representation of female professionals in technology and financial services, which now stands at over a third.