A third of employers are in the dark about the service that Pension Wise can provide, according to the latest research from Close Brothers Asset Management. When asked about their experience of the Government’s free service so far, 32% admitted they were not clear about how it could help.   This lack of clarity is […]

More than a third of employees believe they have been bullied in their workplace, according to research for employment law specialists Slater and Gordon. The report for the online survey of 2,000 men and women working in the UK showed that tight deadlines, personality clashes and office politics often caused tensions to run high, with […]

The UK has one of the highest percentages of graduates working in non-graduate jobs in Europe, according to a new report from the CIPD. The report, ’Over-qualification and Skills Mismatch in the Graduate Labour Market’, revealed that on the continent only Greece and Estonia have a higher percentage of graduates in roles that do not […]

I bet that most of you have never thought about the benefits of wine for your career before, have you?    Lunch and dinner meetings paired with good wine have long been a standard of executing the arts of business. We’ve all known the pressure, whether out with friends or with work colleagues. For some […]

Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon has told staff to speak with him directly about bullying – following claims the relentless cutthroat culture at his company turns employees into perennially depressed individuals.    Bezos, who ranks as the world’s sixth richest man with a fortune of $46.9 billion, according to Forbes, sent an internal memo […]

According to new research from leading specialist recruitment consultancy, Robert Half Management Resources, there has been a huge rise in demand for interim finance employees, managers and directors, driven partly by the need for specialist skills around year-end management and annual budgeting. The requirement is strongest for management or C-suite level skills, with 59% of […]

Heavy internet and mobile phone users are the most likely to lose concentration and forget important information – even when they?re not using the technology, a new study, published in the US journal Computers In Human Behaviour, suggests. It is not all down to the Internet and social media, as you would initially think, as […]

London Executive Offices has acquired The Sugar Building at 5 Cheapside next to St Paul?s Cathedral from Amsprop, Lord Sugar?s privately owned real estate vehicle. The octagonal office building, 40,126 sq. ft. in total over seven floors, has been acquired on a 15-year lease at an undisclosed rent. London Executive Offices, the capital?s most exclusive […]

Happy Friday All! As I write this I am on my third coffee of the day ? how come you may ask? Well last night I experienced the full hospitality of the ETM Group ? the fabulous hosts of our exclusive ?Gastro Gallop? evening – which consisted of four PA Club members visiting four ETM venues and sampling […]

More than one in three (35%) office workers in the UK have admitted to finding their work away days boring, with over a third (37%) confessing they actually dread them, according to new statistics released by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).    Worryingly, more than one in nine office workers (12%) have even said that […]

Proven Legal Technologies – the corporate forensic investigation and e-disclosure firm has unveiled the top five things employees have stored on their smartphones, revealing the dark side of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Proven Legal Technologies? exercise involved the purchase of four random smartphones from eBay ? each from different sellers around the United Kingdom. […]

Whether passing through an airport for business or pleasure, you are being taken for a ride financially.   Airport retailers have recently come under fire after it emerged that they are pocketing millions in VAT discounts on duty free items by making passengers show their boarding passes at the checkout for scanning before paying for […]

A number of Britain?s biggest employers have reportedly banned staff from having parcels delivered to the workplace because their post rooms are struggling with the volume of online shopping orders. HSBC, JP Morgan and Citigroup are said to be among those who do not allow employees to have personal deliveries sent to their London offices. […]

The Tim Hunt affair created a furore and has thrust sexism at work into the spotlight. It is three weeks since the award-winning scientist made headlines at the World Conference of Science Journalists in South Korea earlier this month when he said that the trouble with female members of staff in the lab is that […]

Sleep monitors, sleeping pills, sleep consultants: in the US alone, it was estimated that $32.4 billion was spent in 2013 on things that help us get some shut-eye. There are however simple tricks that can help you fall asleep quickly ? and they don?t cost a thing: Switch off all electronic devices Light plays such […]

The Government is set to launch a new campaign to encourage the middle-aged to get more sleep over fears their busy lifestyle is damaging their health, after academics warned that the issue was a ?ticking timebomb? for the nation?s health.   Multiple studies have shown that the modern lifestyle of staying up late and getting […]

You might have heard of the personal assistant Amy Ingram. You might not have. Either way, you can probably safely say you?ve never sent her flowers, chocolate or even whisky and you would be hard pressed to anyway — as she?s a robot. Speaking to Business Insider UK, Dennis Mortensen, the CEO and founder of […]

Adding another string to an already stylish bow, all-day bar and restaurant, Percy & Founders has launched a private dining room named ?Percy?s Den? – one to bear in mind if your looking for a new haunt for business breakfast meetings, full-on banquets, private events or intimate dinners.   Science states breakfast to be the […]