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Mar
05

Entrepreneur mentorship scheme launched
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Lloyds Banking Group and School for Startups have teamed up to provide support for young businessmen and women. The business finance startup programme was announced earlier this year. It is aimed at......
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Mar
04

Office happiness levels remain consistent
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Recent research has discovered 42 of office workers are content with their job; around the same level as last year. The survey, carried out by recruitment firm Office Angels, found only a slight increase......
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Mar
01

Boring offices dampen creativity claims report
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Recent research has confirmed the suspicions of many frustrated workers by finding boring offices can have a negative effect on creativity. A survey of 2,000 office workers, carried out by Overbury, discovered......
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Feb
26

Survey finds flexible workers are more productive
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Recent research has discovered workers who are encouraged to be flexible with their working hours and location feel they are more productive. A study of 2000 UK office workers and 400 managers, carried......
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Feb
25

Daily commutes exhausting employees
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Long journeys, poor roads and poor driving from other commuters are causing British workers to arrive at work ‘frazzled’, a recent report has claimed. A whopping seven out of ten respondents to......
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Feb
22

London firms forced into office moves
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Increasing rents, a lack of space, and the high cost of buying and managing property are forcing businesses in the capital to consider an office move; according to a recent report. The report, carried......
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Feb
21

SMEs must be protected from rising energy prices
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The Federation of Small Businesses FSB has called upon energy regulator Ofgem to offer small businesses protection from rising energy costs. This comes as measures to protect households from increasingly......
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Feb
20

Taxpayers stand to save £62 million as civil servants hot-desk
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British taxpayers could save millions as a government department relocates to an office in which hot-desking and flexible working will be standard practise. Hundreds of employees at the Department for......
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Feb
19

SME-lending initiative injects £1.1 billion into struggling economy
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The Enterprise Finance Guarantee EFG scheme has boosted the dwindling UK economy by over £1.1 billion, according to independent research. The scheme, introduced in May 2010 as a means of helping......
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Feb
18

Hardy SMEs staying strong
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Open University research has shown a small group of small businesses around one in ten are not experiencing any business problems despite turbulent economic times. The Open University’s Quarterly......



