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A survey conducted by Dartford-based Blue Rocket Accounting has revealed that despite the continued impact of the pandemic, business confidence is increasing.
Having conducted a similar survey last year, Blue Rocket Accounting wanted to see if things had changed and how business owners were holding up.
Continue reading Green shoots for post pandemic growth in the South East…
Pre-coronavirus, some employers may have thought that homeworking would not be suitable for their business. Or perhaps, had considered testing the waters of remote work but hadn’t found the time to put a trial into motion.
Continue reading Are you considering permanent home working for your business?
If your business has been interrupted as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, we know that you may be eager to reopen or scale up operations as soon as possible. Perhaps you have already been in touch with employees about their return to work since the recent ease in lockdown restrictions?
Continue reading Beyond lockdown: Do employees fear returning to work?
By now you will hopefully be well informed on the extreme measures put in place by the government to protect the public and slow the spread of COVID-19. The latest official guidance goes beyond frequent hand washing and coughing into a tissue, with most people now being advised to stay at home.
Continue reading Managing Workplace Mental Health During Coronavirus…
I have suffered from Mental Health since I was in my early twenty’s, it is something that I thought I could manage on my own. I would have a few days of feeling low and tell myself to pull myself together and this worked for a while. I had children – it morphed into Post Natal depression. Sound familiar?
Continue reading How Creative Artwork can ‘Work’ for your Business…
90% of workers are affected by mental ill-health. That’s the finding of a report published by Accenture in November 2018. Given this shocking statistic, it’s pretty unsurprising then that work-related mental ill-health costs UK businesses up to £26 billion every year! With such a high human and economic cost, it’s vital that all businesses – regardless of size – take action to ensure they are properly managing mental health.
Continue reading What SMEs should do to support the mental health of their employees…
When it comes to physical disabilities UK employers have become better at understanding their obligations and responsibilities but there is still a huge disconnect with regards to mental health.
Perhaps it is because some employers are unaware that poor mental health is as much a disability as poor physical health. Maybe it is because these are often disabilities which you cannot see. Whatever the reason, it is important to for employers to look after staff mental health and to recognise when an employee might be impacted by ill mental health.
Continue reading Why Mental Health matters in the workplace…