The price we may pay post-lockdown
byBy Amanda Hamilton, Chief Executive of the National Association of Licensed Paralegals (NALP) Lockdown put restrictions on how we were able to spend money….
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Pandemic puts early years support services out of reach of parents
byA new report by Action for Children warns of a growing crisis facing early years services that support families. The findings reveal 4.3 million…
Family-owned businesses report their accounts more conservatively
byFamily-owned businesses are much more conservative when it comes to their accounting reporting than non-family corporate organisations, potentially hindering their reported profitability, but also…
Which are the most entrepreneurial cities in the UK?
byAfter a challenging 18 months for business,’ Instant Offices has analysed the population to startup ratio across the country’s top cities to discover which locations saw the highest concentration…
Businesses fail to provide pandemic workplace training as sector sees first annual decline in over a decade
byResearch from Ezra, a provider of digital coaching, has found that more than half of UK office workers feel they have not been provided…
Almost half of UK firms decrease R&D since Covid-19
by45% of UK firms have decreased their research and development initiatives during the covid-19 pandemic, with even 18% of firms halting theirs altogether, according…
2 in 5 freelancers lost 40+ per cent of turnover in the pandemic
byIPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has published research into the long-term impact of the pandemic on the £300bn freelance sector….
British workers have picked up at least two new career driven rituals during lockdown
byAdditional time on people’s hands as a result of the pandemic has prompted the average British worker to pick up a range of good…
Struggle to access childcare hits poorer families harder as government policies leave parents stressed and anxious
byDifficulty accessing early years provision has left more than a quarter (27%) of parents with under-fives struggling to balance work and childcare, a new…
Would you ‘buy now-pay later’ for school uniform?
byA new report from money.co.uk has revealed that more than 1 in 10 British shoppers have used Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) schemes like…