Month: July 2016

Culture and change
Emma Browning

Calling Last Orders On the Post-Work Pint?

The tradition of enjoying a cold pint after a hard day at work is one that’s been carried down through generations, and plenty of us are familiar with the comforting feeling of putting the world to rights over a few drinks with colleagues. The world’s changing though, and the law has caught up. At Dumfries Sheriff Court recently, Sheriff Scott Pattison handed two men £450 fines and a ban on driving, despite both parties insisting that they’d only had one pint. He told them: ‘Just one drink can put you…
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Who owns your Linkedin Contacts?

You probably agree that LinkedIn can be a fantastic tool for any business owner or ambitious professional seeking to make a mark on their industry. You can touch base with old contacts, keep your network updated about what you have to offer, join groups of likeminded people, and even generate qualified leads for your business. And, of course, it feels like a much more productive use of your time than Facebook! If you and your employees are reliant on the social site though, there’s a very big issue that you…
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How can HR help you with your skill shortages?

Skill shortages could kill your business growth, so you need to know what to do about it! The National Office of Statistics has identified a couple of areas where there will be serious skills shortages this year and this will almost certainly affect your business in some way, unless your HR team or the agencies your partner with are getting creative about how the search for their candidates. High end Technical and Engineering Sales & Business Development Finance, Professional, Managerial Not having the right skills at the right time in…
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Thinking about offering flexible working policies for your staff, but not quite sure how to get started?

Flexible working isn’t working! Though more than half of UK workers are aware of their right to request flexible working, less than a quarter have made a request with their employers, according to a recent study by O2 Business. Why is this you might ask? The main reasons cited by employees were a lack of trust (chosen by 31% of the 2,000 survey participants), a business culture that just doesn’t encourage working outside of the usual office setting (28%), and a lack of the appropriate technology to facilitate it (20%).…
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