New research suggests that workloads in offices around the UK have gone up markedly over the last year, resulting in increased stress levels as employees work longer hours and have less time for their families and holidays. These are the key findings of an independent survey commissioned by collaboration and work management platform Wrike about digital […]

Welcome back to our weekly spotlight on helpful apps. We focus on a variety of products that are useful for work, personal use, or both, providing our own thoughts on the apps and what you can do with them. This week we learn to relax with meditation exercises from Calm. An intro to calm Meditation is […]

New research from the World Economic Forum suggests women work on average 39 more days a year than their male counterparts, which could be the reason for the slow progression toward closing the gender pay gap. Data from the WEF’s Global Gender Gap report shows the average woman works 50 minutes longer each day than […]

BDRC Continental, the UK’s largest independent research consultancy, has handed over more than £100,000 during the last 10 years to events industry charity Meeting Needs. The money has been raised through the promotion of BDRC’s feedback service VenueVerdict, where every completed response from customers triggers a donation of 50p to Meeting Needs. At the charity […]

Travel managers finding it tough to keep travel safety training interesting now have a brand new resource at their fingertips – an online quiz designed to test the knowledge of even the most well travelled employee. The five-minute ‘Travel Wise’ game, created by the team at beTravelwise, invites corporate travellers to test – and refresh […]

To celebrate National Mentoring Day today, Santander has launched the breakthrough Women in Business (WiB) Programme, a mentoring scheme for the next generation of female UK entrepreneurs in association with the award-winning social enterprise Cause4. The launch follows on from the huge success of Santander’s Women in Breakthrough mentoring programme in 2015. The Women in […]