The pandemic has delayed or stalled several construction projects, owing to the shortage of materials such as structural steel and glass which are procured from Asia. Secondly, working remotely was also not an option for construction workers on site. In the post-Covid era, both pending as well as new construction projects are expected to come […]Read More

It’s that time again: a Google Core Update is here, and just in time for Black Friday weekend. Launched on the 17th of November, the November 2021 Core Update is the next in a series of regular global updates that Google releases to get better at determining the best content and pages that answer its […]Read More

Data protection is seldom out of the headlines these days. Whether its massive data breaches involving multinational companies, members of the royal family suing national newspapers. Even the legality of your Ring doorbell provides a data protection angle to many news stories. Maybe this isn’t so surprising. The modern world increasingly runs on the fuel […]Read More

Young people will not join companies that are inflexible about how their staff choose to work, a study suggests. More than half of those aged 18 to 34 said that they did not believe they had to be in an office full-time. More than a third said that they had made a career change to […]Read More

A consultation on the Government’s proposals to give all employees the right to request flexible working from day one has been launched. For employers, the proposals also include having to respond to requests faster than the current three months maximum and provide alternative options following a refusal. Matt McDonald, employment partner at law firm, Shakespeare […]Read More

New research has revealed late payments are continuing to have a significant impact on UK small businesses – with the smallest businesses being some of the worst hit. Overall, the research by Intuit QuickBooks shows that small and medium-sized businesses with at least one overdue invoice were owed GBP21,356 in late payments on average in […]Read More

Employers who try and help employees buy paying Christmas salaries early could affect those on universal credit by up to 55%. That is the stark warning from tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg. Robert Salter, a tax service director with the firm said: In the run-up to Christmas, it is common for employers to pay […]Read More

The Bank of England’s chief economist has warned that the UK’s buoyant labour market and rapidly rising inflation is pushing the central bank closer to raising rates at its next meeting in December. Huw Pill said the “burden of proof” was now in favour of increasing the cost of borrowing, though he said a rate […]Read More

The Big Issue has revealed that if the Government does not take action to address the full GBP360 million in rent arrears now it could cost them an extra GBP2,234,025,000 on top of that later. The Big Issue’s Stop Mass Homelessness (SMASSH) campaign is calling on the Government to address the GBP360 million in rent […]Read More