Recent economic reports published by the Chamber of Commerce have revealed that domestic and international sales have increased for businesses compared to this time last year. Nearly 49% of business saw an increase in Q3 sales in 2021, compared to Q3 of 2020. There...
It will come as no surprise that many people avoided making appointments with their GP during the lockdowns. GPs in the Midlands have commented that some patients had quite severe medical issues which have since deteriorated due to lack of treatment. According to...
Tempting workplace pension scheme members to engage with their pension savings has always been difficult – people have enough going on in the present without having to worry about events such as retirement which may be decades ahead. The introduction of...
Many organisations seem reluctant to offer any type of employee retail discounts package to their employees, for the most part because they perceive that the costs of doing so would be prohibitive. In a year when employees may have suffered some financial hardship due...
If the challenge presented by having to deal with Covid19 wasn’t enough, figures released on 14th January showed that waiting lists for routine treatment had surged to the highest levels ever recorded. This equates to more than 4.5 million people currently on the...
In a world increasingly connected through technology employees are finding it more difficult to separate their work lives from their personal lives. This has been further exacerbated for some by the enforced work from home environment imposed by coronavirus...
An interesting article was recently published in The Sunday Times (29/11/2020), about the charges which are levied on pensions. Essentially, the article compared the pension outcomes of two individuals and the effect the charges had on their respective funds (all...
As the state pension age rises and life expectancy increases, it looks likely that more workers will remain in employment for longer to be able to build up sufficient funds for their retirement years. According to an analysis by Aviva¹, the number of people retiring...
DNA testing for ancestry has become increasingly popular in recent times thanks to improvements in testing technology and the emergence of TV programmes where the process is used to track down long lost relatives. If you have used one of these tests you will be aware...
International Men's Day was commemorated this week and presents an opportunity to recognise the positives that men bring to the world. It is also a good time to remind ourselves that research shows that where health is concerned, men do less well than women. Men have...
