Aviva is launching a “Mid-Life MOT” – providing targeted guidance on wealth, work and wellbeing for its employees aged 45 and above. This new service will launch in 2019 following a successful pilot in 2018 (1). The over-45s are the fastest growing population of workers in the UK – growing by more than a quarter […]
Women’s fashion retailer Coast has gone into administration, putting 300 jobs at risk, in a sign of continuing pain on the High Street. The collapse means the immediate closure of its 24 stores at locations including Oxford Street in London. Karen Millen has bought some parts of Coast, whose website and department store concessions will […]
Office managers are being encouraged to think more about the mood of their staff after a survey revealed nine in 10 perform better if they are happy – and nearly three-quarters feel better about going to work on a Monday after a good weekend. The survey was commissioned by Boundless, an experiences company with a 95-year […]
A legal battle for compensation by thousands of Morrisons staff whose personal details were posted online by a disgruntled employee has reached the Court of Appeal. The High Court ruled last year that the supermarket was liable for the release of information and its employees were entitled to compensation. The case is the first data leak […]
UK productivity grew in the second quarter of the year but is still behind rates achieved before the global financial crisis in 2008, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics said output per hour was up 1.4% compared with the same period last year. It rose by 0.5% compared to the first quarter. But […]
Uber Eats riders and a small number of workers from JD Wetherspoon, McDonald’s and TGI Fridays are striking over pay on Thursday. Walkouts will be held in several UK cities, along with a rally in London. The industrial action is being taken in tandem with strikes by fast food workers on four continents. UberEats, JD […]
Proxyclick, creator of next generation visitor management software has launched ‘The Integrated Visitor Experience’, a whitepaper exploring new ways that integrated building, security and workplace management technologies are delivering the VIP experience customers expect today. Visitors can feel the culture the moment they walk through the door to your office. The latest research from Proxyclick […]
Online retailing giant Amazon is raising pay for hundreds of thousands of workers in the US and the UK. Amazon’s lowest paid US workers will receive $15 an hour. In the UK, pay will rise from £8.20 an hour in London to £10.50, while outside London the rate rises from £8 an hour to £9.50. […]
Royal Mail shares ended 18% lower on Monday after it warned on profits in an unscheduled trading update. The post and parcel firm said cost savings would be just £100m this year rather than the £230m forecast. Addressed letter volume fell by 7% in the first half of the year, while productivity performance was “significantly […]
Office managers are being encouraged to think more about the mood of their staff in National Work Life Week after a survey revealed nearly three-quarters feel better about going to work on a Monday after a good weekend – and nine in 10 perform better if they are happy. The survey was commissioned by Boundless, […]
