By Alan Price, HR expert and CEO at BrightHR With coronavirus cases continuing to increase, an option that many employers should be exploring right now is permitting staff to work from home. While some companies may already have homeworking agreements in place, for others this may be a first-time scenario. Whatever the situation, there are a […]

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) is calling for fairness and solidarity across the industry to help mitigate the impact of Coronavirus COVID-19 on trade.  Nearly three-quarters of the mia member venues have had events cancelled as a result of fears of Coronavirus COVID-19 and it says there are serious concerns about the future of the industry should […]

Coronavirus is here, the WHO has now declared it a global pandemic and countries including the UK are on various stages of lockdown. Business owners must continue to monitor the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on their employees, facilities and supply chains as decisions may need to be made quickly to take account of what […]

With regards to the current situation relating to the outbreak of COVID19, Forum Events & Media Group Ltd would like to reassure our attendees that all Forums, Summits and Events are still happening and are safe to attend. The advice from the DHSC has been that there is no need to cancel events in the UK. Our Forums […]

We asked Hira Ali, author of Her Way To The Top: A Guide To Smashing The Glass Ceiling, to explain more about presenteeism amidst the coronavirus outbreak… Why do some people suffer from presenteeism more than others? Being absent or working from home is traditionally associated with laziness. There is also a long standing office […]

Events industry associations AEV, AEO and ESSA have taken steps to reassure their members and the public, while lobbying for government support, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. In a joint statement, the trade bodies have asserted that attending events is no more of a risk to people than riding public transport, relaying messages […]

Half of Brits think ALL travel to and from the UK should be stopped in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus. A study of 1,000 UK adults found almost a third are ‘very concerned’ about the virus, with 73 per cent worried about elderly relatives or those considered to be ‘high-risk’. Just under […]