NR Mobile working news - Page Categories View All Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Select Category Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Feb 03rd 2015 What are the business benefits of 4G? The UK is a mobile working haven – and the rollout of 4G is making working on the go even easier than before. Here’s what jumping on the 4G bandwagon – and faster speeds – could mean for your business. Extra productivity The need for quick and reliable ... Feb 24th 2014 Top 5 tips for your company website In the competitive environment of the world wide web, your company website needs to make sure it’s getting everything right to stand out from the crowd. With an increasing proportion of business now taking place via the internet, the ... Feb 20th 2014 Working women numbers ‘the highest since records began’ There are now a record number of women working in the UK, according to new government figures. A report released by the Office for National Statistics has shown the female employment rate currently stands at 67.2 per cent – the highest ... Feb 17th 2014 Train satisfaction survey results reveal need for improvement The reputation of the UK’s train network has taken a bit of a battering recently, with the weather certainly pulling no punches in disrupting services across the country. However, it appears as though the companies operating the rail ... Feb 11th 2014 Top 5 business mistakes Navigating your business on the road to success can be quite the minefield. There are many pitfalls to avoid – some more obvious than others. While sometimes the difference between a positive outcome and a negative one can be entirely ... Feb 10th 2014 How to manage your virtual team In an age when remote working is increasingly becoming the rule as opposed to the exception, it’s no longer uncommon for a business’ team to be spread out across cities, countries and even continents. The power of the internet ... Feb 05th 2014 Job satisfaction and promotion ‘not the same thing’ for women It has been claimed that initiatives promoting gender diversity are not achieving what they were set up to do and are focusing on the wrong priorities. Research conducted by IBM firm Kenexa has suggested that workplace schemes designed to ... Feb 03rd 2014 70,000 new broadband connections coming to Devon and Somerset Businesses and homes in Somerset and Devon are set to benefit from superfast broadband access by the summer. BT has revealed it expects to complete its project to connect 70,000 properties in the area by July. The £94 million initiative will ... Jan 28th 2014 Workers ‘unhappy’ with work/life balance, says study Half of all UK workers experience an “uneven” balance between their work life and home life, according to new research. Two-fifths (40 per cent) of female respondents to the survey by Tilda revealed they have to rely on ... Jan 22nd 2014 Top 5 tablets for business Businesses looking at ways to operate more efficiently and take advantage of the mobile working potential and convenience offered by tablets should consider the features they want alongside budget before selecting the model they require. ... Jan 21st 2014 How to expand your business abroad When it comes to growing your business – and your profits – sometimes the best approach is to think big. It doesn’t get much bigger than expanding your operations into a foreign market. While many may be put off from the risk ... Jan 15th 2014 Parental leave reform ‘relies on culture shift’ Plans to give new mums and dads more flexibility in sharing parental leave could prove to be ineffective unless more is done to tackle current attitudes on gender stereotypes, according to a government minister. Proposals that are due to come ... Jan 13th 2014 How to save money in the office Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves – while perhaps not entirely true when it comes to running a business, cutting unnecessary costs can be a useful exercise to allow you to distribute potentially wasted ... Jan 09th 2014 Staff sick days on the rise, says report Nearly a quarter of businesses have seen staff absenteeism rise in the last year, according to new figures. The Close Brothers Business Barometer has found that over a third of small and medium enterprise (SME) owners feel as though a proportion ... Jan 08th 2014 Male workers ‘couldn’t juggle childcare with their job’ The majority of men would be unwilling to swap roles with their other halves who spend more time doing jobs around the house, according to the latest figures. Arranging childcare seemed to be one of the main issues for male respondents to the ... Jan 07th 2014 Employees aged 41 ‘most at risk of burnout’ The average UK worker is 41-years-old by the time they suffer from professional burnout, according to a new survey. Research conducted by Conference Genie has revealed that many employees feel overrun by their workload and at a high risk of ... Jan 03rd 2014 Remote working ‘could save commuters a small fortune’ Commuters in the UK could be spending over triple the amount on rail travel than their counterparts in France, Spain, Italy and Germany, according to the Trade Union Congress (TUC). As part of the Action for Rail (AfR) campaign, lobbyists have ... Dec 24th 2013 Rail fare price increase confirmed The increase in rail prices for 2014 has been confirmed today (December 24th), with fares set to rise by an average of 2.8 per cent. Earlier in the month, chancellor George Osborne announced that the changes would be in line with July’s ... Dec 18th 2013 Superfast broadband boost for Greater Manchester businesses Around 39,000 more homes and businesses in Greater Manchester will have access to high-speed broadband by 2016, it has been announced today (December 18th). BT has announced details of the arrangement alongside the eight local authorities ... Dec 16th 2013 Top 5 business mantras Building your business around a set of basic principles certainly isn’t a bad idea and instilling a bit of your own personality, hopes and aims into the culture of your company and workforce is a great way to get everyone pulling in the ... Dec 10th 2013 Poor health and motivation ‘costs UK firms £6bn a year’ Employee disengagement and poor health is costing the UK economy £6 billion every year, according to a new study. Bupa has said that workers are holding back from doing the best they can, as many feel their efforts will not be rewarded. In addition ... Dec 04th 2013 ‘Invest in your workers’, businesses told Businesses in the UK are being advised by a new study to invest in their workforce unless they want to lose their best staff. HR Review reports that over 14 million people – or nearly half of the country’s workforce – are considering ... Nov 25th 2013 Staff stress overlooked by managers ‘close to breaking point’ “Constantly worried” managers are struggling to keep an eye of staff members’ stress levels because they are too busy dealing with their own, according to a new report. Private medical insurance firm Bupa questioned ... Nov 19th 2013 How do you tell when stress is affecting your staff? While pressure can sometimes be used as a good motivator for staff, it is important to remember that constantly breathing down someone’s neck isn’t always the best approach. Stress in the workplace can result in an increase in ... Nov 15th 2013 European SMEs Fail to Meet Employees’ Working Needs A generation of mobile workers are having their efficiency hampered because their employers are not giving them the sharing tools they need. This is according to new research from Sharp Europe, which identified a clear “opportunity ... Nov 04th 2013 How to conduct an effective job interview While it might generally be the consensus that the pressure is all on the applicant when it comes to job interviews, every business leader knows that this isn’t necessarily the case. This stage of the recruitment process is vital to ensuring ... Nov 01st 2013 Study reveals differing priorities of male and female staff Male staff members are more likely to deem getting married and raising a family as a life priority compared to female employees, according to new research. Figures released by professional social networking site LinkedIn have revealed that ... Oct 31st 2013 9-5 working day being overridden by customer demands Flexible working and an increase in the demands of customers are being cited as the reasons why more people than ever before are no longer working a traditional nine-to-five shift. According to new research from RingCentral UK, a third of employees ... Oct 22nd 2013 Bonuses ‘not the best way to motivate staff’ Just over one in ten workers have said that a financial bonus was a key way to get them motivated in work, according to a new survey. The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) spoke to 1,000 employees – with only 13 per cent admitting ... Oct 17th 2013 Work is ‘life or death’ for stressed staff A new study says stress levels at work are so bad, that employees regularly feel as though it is a matter of life or death. The research, which took place in Denmark, suggests that staff regularly experience sweaty palms, palpitations and a racing ... « Older Entries (Or jump to page 1234567 of 7) Work is ‘life or death’ for stressed staff
