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Remote Working and Distance Learning

The increase in remote working can lead to a gap in the provision of training. Organisations can no longer rely completely on the classroom as the place to develop their staff. Equally, eLearning on...

Does your workplace have “second office syndrome” ?

We must  reposition work as something we do, not somewhere we go A new report from Citrix has found that remote working may hurt productivity by making employees feel disconnected, if they do not...

Flexible doesn’t mean Less

There is still a misconception in many businesses that flexible working means part-time. But it doesn’t have to be a “one size fits all” policy, and isn’t restricted to one particular group of workers....

Flexible Working Taskforce Launched

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has set up a task-force to promote wider understanding and implementation of flexible working. This follows the publication of the Taylor Report into modern employment practices. The...

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Competing for Talent in 2018

To attract the best staff, companies need to make when, where and how we work negotiable.   Attitudes to work have changed over the past 10 years, driven by changes in demographics and improvements...

Keeping in Touch

One of the biggest problems facing remote workers is lack of personal feedback from managers and supervisors. We all like recognition when we’re doing a good job, and this can be difficult to achieve...

Flexible Working Mums

  The 2017 Workingmums Annual Survey highlights some of the problems faced by women seeking flexible options on returning to work. 47% said that flexible working had affected their career , while 52% of...

Why Work from Home?

  A recent study has found that the number of people working from home in the UK has increased by 20% in 10 years.  Home insurer, Together Mutual Insurance  conducted the research to find...