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Building a global workforce to help save the planet

Earthly is on a mission to fix the climate and biodiversity crises facing our planet. This environmentally driven company advises businesses on how to be more sustainable, invest in nature, reduce their climate impact and mitigate their carbon emissions. Oliver Bolton, CEO and Co-founder of...


Evolving business by putting people first

Investing in a business model that puts your employees first means that you are more likely to retain talent. This involves building a culture and workplace that attracts and retains the workforce, including corporate social responsibility initiatives (CSR) − which includes diversity,...


Firms not doing enough to support whistleblowing has led to launch of online assessment tool

Protect, a leading whistleblowing charity in the UK, has launched its Whistleblowing Scanner, an online assessment tool for smaller organisations to test their whistleblowing culture, as research shows firms are not doing enough in this area. Protect’s own research with YouGov in 2021 found...


Editor’s Question: How can SMEs meet net zero targets?

Net zero is a priority for many governments across the globe. Being net zero means adding no more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere than the amount you’re taking out. In the UK, the government wants the economy to meet net zero targets by 2050. Its net zero strategy sets policies and...


Wazoku launches new employee insights product

Innovation scale-up, Wazoku, has launched Mindpool SME, an employee insights dashboard that makes it simpler and faster for small- and medium-sized businesses to listen to, understand and act on employee insights about their business. Following Wazoku’s Q3 2022 acquisition of the...


Video analysis could revolutionise manufacturing – but privacy must come first

Intelligent video systems can offer much more than simply surveillance as an anti-theft measure. It can instead gather useful data about patterns, trends and anomalies in manufacturing procedures and employees’ activities, which can lead to safer workplaces and more efficient processes. But...


Editor’s Question: Why should SMEs focus spending on mental health initiatives?

The mental health of employees has, quite rightly, been more of a consideration for employers since the pandemic. Clare Price, Director of Clinical Services, Onebright, explains how mental health is not black and white, it is a grey area, which is why there is no one size fits all policy for...


For the sake of the next generation, let’s get back to the office 

There’s a lot to be learned from working in the office, says Quentin Bosman, a Customer Success Lead for workplace platform, Envoy. Some companies have told employers to return to the office following the COVID-19 pandemic, while others have opted for a hybrid working arrangement and of...


Average pay gap between men and women in the UK increases

The average pay disparity between male and female UK full time workers has stretched to 8.3% according to The Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS revealed that this is up from 7.7% in April 2021, although it is down from 9% in April 2019. The stats show that the gender pay gap is at...


How does global infrastructure take SMEs across borders? 

Pranav Sood, Interim Global Head of Marketing at Workiva, talks to us about the role that global infrastructure plays in international expansion plans and enabling SMEs to take advantage of global business opportunities.  The world in 2022 is more global and more digital than ever...


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