If there is one other agenda competing for top spot in the media lime light at the moment, it’s the rapid spread of swine flu.
It is predicted that by September, the illness will be keeping one in eight workers at home instead of at work.
So, how can you prepare your business should the worst happen [...]

ONS statistics show another increase in unemployment levels by 281,000, to 2.38million in the three months to May. This is an increase of 7.6%, the highest for over 10years.
Unemployment benefit claimants rose by nearly 24,000 in June, reaching 1.56million. This, overall, is still less that was predicted by analysts.
Particularly hit are young people, due to [...]

Redundancies are an unwanted necessity at the moment. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and management consultancy KPMG believe a quarter of UK businesses will soon be implementing plans to make redundancies, if they have not already.
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) says 12% of its calls regarding legal advice relate to redundancy [...]

Thinking about E-Marketing but not sure what the rules and regulations are? Changes in the law means your latest online marketing campaign could now be illegal. So, how can you keep within the law?
End Those Unsolicited Emails
Unsolicited means ‘uninvited’ according to the Information Commissioner. Therefore you need to be sure that your recipient has clearly [...]

Blurring The Boundaries
The line between peoples work lives and social lives is becoming increasingly blurred as time goes on. But giving your staff the responsibility to organise their own time can have its benefits according to Simon Norris from Temperus – a software supplier.
With social websites like Facebook, eBay and YouTube, employers understandably begin to [...]

Work Place Stress Becoming A Real Problem?
In a recession as deep as the one we are in now, so it is only natural that many of your employees may be feeling a little stressed.
Group Aviva Risk Management says that in the UK, employees lost 13.5 million working days in 2007-8 due to depression, anxiety and [...]

Online Isn’t Always The Answer
Although having an online presence can be one of the most important aspects of any businesses marketing plans - however, not every business deems it necessary to have any sort of online presence at all.
If you are one of the businesses that doesn’t feel it necessary to have a website, then [...]

Summer Selling
The summer is here and although the weather doesn’t know it yet we’re only getting started!  Bring on the barbeques and beaches - even though the sun hasn’t been making strong appearances recently we can still hope for the best.
In this light it’s about time we started looking at how we can maximise your [...]