As we head into spring, it’s natural for new year’s resolutions, like from training for a marathon or giving up sugar, to start to wane slightly, but it can be a great opportunity to bring employer wellbeing support to the fore, and work with your people to help them achieve their goals. In fact, mental health charity Mind found that 60% of employees say they would feel more motivated – …

Work trends come and go but experts have predicted that in 2023 work trends such as ‘fake flexibility’ is out but ‘menopause leave’ is in[i]. According to Molly Johnson, CEO of Flexa Careers the demand for different ways of working has seen the rise of ‘fake flexibility’ where employers have been tempted to make false claims or vague offers of flexibility in job adverts to boost applications. Unfortunately after taking …

More than 61% people believe they do not have the right academic qualifications to pursue a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics!

Across the UK, companies are increasingly relaxing their dress codes and relating comfort to productivity, according to new research from smarter job search engine Adzuna.  Adzuna analysed over 1m job ads advertised in February 2023, to reveal the regions and sectors most likely to specify a dress code within the job posting, and how this has changed since the pandemic. February 2023 saw 2,927 UK job ads citing a casual …

On weekends, 52% say they are going to restaurants less than a year ago, 43% to bars/clubs less, and 58% reducing shopping for non-essentials due to rising cost of living New research by We Invented the Weekend festival in partnership with Ipsos has revealed a Cost of Weekend Crisis, with 1 in 3 Britons (35%) expecting to reduce the amount they go out socially such as to bars or restaurants compared with last year, and 3 …

Four in five (80%) employers have increased their health and wellbeing support or employee benefits to adapt to the changing circumstances of their staff, according to new research1 conducted during January 2023 for GRiD, the industry body for the group risk protection sector. The research found that over the past 12 months, employees felt that their health and wellbeing had deteriorated mentally, physically, financially, and socially, with financial wellbeing being …