Employment

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Gender diversity in tech gets a boost

REGNOSYS, the regtech firm for regulatory reporting, has partnered with social enterprise Next Tech Girls to help tackle gender inequality in the technology sector. The...
Social Supermarket BCorp

Social Supermarket’s grand branding idea for social impact

THE UK's largest marketplace for social impact products has announced the launch of a Branded Merchandise offering for corporates. The B Corp-certified organisation’s business model...
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Workers becoming ‘paralysed’ by eco-anxiety

By MARK SAIT THERE are profound concern about the planet’s climate — so much so that some people feel unable to perform at work due...
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Hybrid-working, the office … and the human factor

By JOE HARRIS AN 83 PERCENT majority of office workers reportedly say they prefer the hybrid working model. From a leadership perspective, crafting effective policies to...
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Ex-snipers slot into cybersecurity roles

By TOM LARTER THE CHIEF of Defence Intelligence, Adrian Bird, says Britain’s economic future depends on its stance on recruitment and staff retention. Bird was speaking not to business...
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Chat GPT ‘could usher-in the four-day week’

MORE than a quarter of UK organisations are likely to make redundancies in 2023, according to research from HR consultancy Ayming UK — but...
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Wage increases strongest in mining sector

By HAL WILLIAMS ESG, THE environment, sustainability and renewable energy are modern business buzzwords — but workers in environmentally disruptive industries are still arguably better...
High Speed Training

When a B really means an A+

YORKSHIRE-based education firm High Speed Training is celebrating B Corp certification. The scheme, run by global non-profit B Lab, verifies that a business meets high...
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Are we ‘sleepworking’ into an AI nightmare?

RESEARCH by a digital security firm shows that 80 percent of people have no fear that AI will take their jobs. The rise of ChatGPT...
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A ton of ‘badmin’ — it’s a net loss

“BADMIN” — bad administration — is stunting UK business productivity and performance, according to research from HR software company Personio. The study found that 44...