According to the British Retail Consortium, 70,000 retail jobs were lost in 2018, and the trade body expects the number of people employed on the high street to keep on tumbling in the next...
UKBF Editor
Welcoming a new employee into your business is an exciting - and daunting - time. The benefits tend to outweigh any negatives: you can share the workload and you have more resource...
UKBF Editor
Hiring is a leap of faith. The person you meet at the interview stage could be completely different from the person you deal with day to day. Hiring employees is a minefield, especially...
UKBF Editor
The historical struggle for free time cropped up again this week as the TUC called for a four-day working week for UK workers. Is it about time businesses shared the wealth from new technology in...
UKBF Editor
Another day, another tussle over employment status. In the latest round, an employment tribunal in Leeds has ruled that a group of Hermes couriers are workers, not independent contractors...
UKBF Editor
When you're running a business, the lines between who is self-employed and who is actually employed can become blurred. It's important to know the status of the people working for you, so...
UKBF Editor
The number of people moving to the UK from EU countries has fallen to its lowest level for four years, according to ONS figures. Is the much vaunted Brexodus starting to bite - or is it just a...
UKBF Editor
There's something about organisational culture that seems to attract jargon and B.S. at an alarming rate. It's the concept that has launched a thousand Medium thinkpieces. That's because...
UKBF Editor
The answer to whether or not employees have freedom of speech is a lot of 'it depends'. This article explains under what circumstances and in what ways employees have the freedom to express their...
UKBF Editor
We're often approached by company directors who are wondering whether the new workplace pensions laws affect them. As you would expect with pensions, the answer isn't a straightforward 'yes' or...
UKBF Editor
So many companies struggle on without the aid of an HR Manager or any form of HR support at all despite the constant increase in employment law. However HR can provide invaluable support with so...
UKBF Editor
I mean, Paul McCartney must wake up every morning and think: 'How the hell did all this happen?',' says Paul Oberschneider. 'He probably wonders whether he's a Beatle or whether he's just a guy...
UKBF Editor
It's the heavyweight battle of the century, which has divided the population. No, we're not talking about Batman vs. Superman, we are talking about Leaders vs. Managers. Our battle takes place in...
ChrisGoodfellow
Keeping your initial employees engaged and productive as the business expands requires careful strategy; it's all too easy to let your focus slip and lose key personnel. Here Kate Wadia, managing...
ChrisGoodfellow
Social media, what hasn't been written about it by now? It's easy to assume that you've heard it all and perhaps you have, but perhaps you haven't. If you're a B2B business and maybe even a B2C...
ChrisGoodfellow
In a recent documentary on BBC's iPlayer called 'Who Should We Let In', Ian Hislop takes a long look at how Britain, until 1906, had a proud open border policy. It was seen as a central part of...
UKBF Editor
From networking to pitching, confidence is key. Some people have it: the gift of the gab. Some of us go through parts of our journey where we lose it, and some of us struggle to find it at all...
UKBF Editor
My first mentor as a wet behind the ears journalist was a boisterous lady from Seattle. Having already established a successful career and being a font of industry knowledge she was a brilliant...
ChrisGoodfellow
Sales and marketing departments often view one another as adversaries. It's all too common for marketing to hit its target while sales miss, each blaming one another for the reason the company is...
ChrisGoodfellow
The start of April sees a series of changes to employment law, including an increase in the national living wage and new apprenticeship funding. We've summarised the legislative changes...
ChrisGoodfellow
