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The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (Bis) has recently published a set of draft regulations for shared parental leave and pay, whose final versions are scheduled to come into full force on the 1st of October 2014.

Increased competition in the workforce management software and solutions’ market is driving down the overall costs of such solutions, especially as far global players are concerned, a new market research report has recently revealed.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has publicly asked the Government to develop and implement a fundamental reform of the National Minimum Wage in order to make it more predictable both for businesses and workers.

The British economy looses over £100 billion annually due to poor workplace health and the lack of solid well-being programmes, a study carried out by the University of Salford and Cavill Associates has recently

The HMP Grampian in Peterhead, a new prison complex built to replace a couple of old facilities located in two nearby towns, is finally open, providing enough capacity for about 500 inmates, as a media news repo

Lloyds, one of the UK’s largest banking groups, has pledged to increase SME lending by an impressive £1bn over the course of 2014, a business media report has very recently revealed.

Over 34% of UK employers have reported seeing their absence rates improve over the last 12 months in comparison with only 16% who said their absence rates have worsened, figures obtained from the latest report by the Group Risk Development (GRiD), the trade body for the group risk industry, would suggest.

The latest statistic figures released by the ONS (Office for National Statistics) revealed that UK unemployment dropped to 2.33 million in the three months to January 2014 and is now standing a 7.2% of the population.

The Budget announced by Chancellor George Osborne “shows progress on economic recovery and maintains the momentum for growth aspirations”, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) commented.

Employers are being urged to run more traineeship schemes, in order to help get underprivileged or under-qualified people of school leaver age or slightly above ready for apprenticeships, a news report on the matter has recently revealed.

Small businesses in the UK have recorded at the end of 2013 their highest level of income since the start of the economic crisis, recent research carried out by Barclays plc’s Business Banking unit has revealed.

East Dunbartonshire Council is attempting to introduce a “flexible working hours” scheme for its neighbourhood team in an attempt to reduce costs, a news report in the local media can reveal.