Financial advisers rushed to beat Massive Monday, a recruitment industry term for the first working Monday of each New Year, reports one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. deVere Group affirms the number of people who have applied to join the organisation ahead of Massive Monday – the […]
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PLSA COMMENTS ON ‘FAT CAT THURSDAY’
Today – Thursday 4 January 2018 is also known as ‘Fat Cat Thursday’. What’s Fat Cat Thursday, you ask? It’s the day marked when FTSE-100 chief executives will have earned more money than the average worker will do in an entire year. That is according to calculations by the High […]
A Quarter of Employees will LIE About Snow Conditions TODAY To Avoid Work
27% of employees plan to lie about the snow conditions to get the day off work today, a survey reveals. “Can’t get into the office due to the snow” – a common excuse heard around the country as the winter weather takes a grip. However some of the workforce seem […]
A healthy, environmentally-friendly and award-winning workplace
In an ever-changing retail landscape where e-commerce is seen as key to growth and the retail workforce is increasingly shifting away from the high street, a new fulfilment centre for a webshop in the Netherlands is worthy winner of the industrial category at the 2017 BREEAM Awards. Characterised by sustainable […]
Cyber Crime and Espionage
Cyber Crime and Espionage Top Challenges for IT Professionals in Navigating Digital Transformation Investment in productivity, operational costs, and improving digital presence will drive new growth opportunities, finds Frost & Sullivan’s Digital Transformation team London, 16 November 2017 — In Frost & Sullivan’s recent survey covering end-user perspectives on […]
Why people chose to become freelancers
Being their own boss is the number 1 reason why people chose to become freelancers Following a survey conducted by Reportlinker on the future of work and the gig economy. Key findings of the survey show that: A quarter of respondents (26%) say they would consider exiting the traditional workplace to work as […]
Saving The World One Smoothie At A Time
Bedfordshire duo launch smoothie delivery service transforming their family home into a fruity headquarters Mother and son duo, Vikesh and Neeta Kotecha, have taken the health food arena by storm with the launch of The Honestly Good Smoothie Company. The pair transformed their Bedfordshire home into a fruity haven creating […]
High inflation will drive Christmas spend this year
HIGH INFLATION RATHER THAN STRONG VOLUMES WILL DRIVE CHRISTMAS SPEND THIS YEAR, SAYS GLOBALDATA GlobalData forecasts that total retail sales will increase by 1.9% in Q4 this year. Although this is up on the 1.5% increase recorded last year, this is driven entirely by inflation as volumes are forecast to […]
Study reveals best time to book flights to get a great bargain
Cheap travels in 2018: New statistics reveal when Brits should book flights to get a great bargain Flight and hotel search site momondo.co.uk launch their Annual Flight Study today, and reveal that Brits looking for cheap trips in 2018 can save up to 34% by booking 60 days before departure. […]
Customers Value Return Option Flexibility
Retail Report: Online Customers Value Return Option Flexibility and Improved Fraud Detection A new report by CFI Group and Radial shows that retailers can drive future revenue by providing convenient return options and minimal fraud detection disruption Radial teamed up with CFI Group to conduct a survey of 500 online […]