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What connects the EU and Rhubarb?

In 2010 Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb was awarded Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status by the European Commission’s Protected Food Name scheme. This means that local Yorkshire producers can access specific European funding to promote the product and have a legitimate legal argument against other products claiming to be “Forced” Rhubarb. Basically, “if it int’ from […]

March 2, 2016

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IWD and Women in Business

Sarah supports and develops all her employees based on performance and attitude not on the basis of their gender. Sarah knows that EVERY day is International Women’s Day. Be more like Sarah. So what might the suffragettes think?  After their seemingly endless and courageous struggle I imagine they may be a little disappointed that there […]

March 2, 2016

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HR 180 corporate brochure

We’re one-half of a very important partnership; When we say we offer outsourced HR we mean that you get 2 highly qualified, super experienced, can’t do enough for you HR professionals dedicated to your business. Click here to see the full brochure as a PDF

March 2, 2016

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Checking your emotional pulse

By Rachel Suff, February 2016 Manage your emotional culture, Sigal Barsade and Olivia A.O’Neill, Harvard Business Review Companies often put a lot of effort into fostering their desired organisational culture but typically fail to grasp the crucial role that emotions play in building the right culture. Instead, they tend to focus on ‘cognitive culture’, such […]

February 29, 2016

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Commission to be included in holiday pay and why it’s ridiculous

This week, a key decision regarding holiday pay was made by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the Lock v British Gas case. The decision ruled that average results-based commission payments must now also be included when calculating holiday pay. This judgement echoed a number of recent legislative changes relating the inclusion of overtime into holiday […]

February 25, 2016

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Proposed future changes to the employment tribunal system

By Chelsea Davis, 17 February 2016 SME employers regularly face problems with the current employment tribunal system being too expensive to use. Figures show that the introduction of tribunal fees reduced the number of claims by approximately 75%. However, this may be about to change. Lord Justice Briggs has just recently presented an interim report […]

February 17, 2016

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Investors in People accreditation

Version 6. has focus on the destination of the business, the opportunity for national and international benchmarking and rather than aiming for a set award, as was the case in Version 5, the business is assessed and an award is assigned. The value of IIP has been debated over the years, some feel it is […]

February 16, 2016

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Employers feel strain with work pensions

By Emily Burt, 10 February 2016 Employers feel strain as more staff save into work pensions, finds CIPD – Latest Employee Outlook survey reveals financial impact of auto-enrolment. Two-thirds of UK employees are now saving into a workplace pension following the introduction of auto-enrolment pensions, according to the latest CIPD Employee Outlook (EO) research. However, […]

February 15, 2016

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Single and happy!

It’s that time of the year again and all those loved up couples, talking about what gifts they have for their partners and what they plan on doing on Sunday to celebrate Valentine’s Day.  As I sit here I feel lucky that again this year I don’t need to worry about that last minute gift […]

February 12, 2016

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Dealing with workplace relationships

As St. Valentines draws in, we look at the potential problems workplace romances can cause and the best way to manage relationships within the workplace. Quite a few of us meet our partners at work which is understandable. You can end up spending nearly 40 hours a week or more with your colleagues, for some […]

February 11, 2016

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