It looks like the UK pension is about to get a real shake-up.
There are plans for a new, flat-rate pension to make an appearance by April 2017 that could be beneficial to anybody retiring after that date.
What’s changing?
At present, the full state pension comes in at £107.45 a week, but with pension credit it can be increase to £142.70.
Under the new flat-rate pension proposal, the pension payment will be £144. There will also be inflation rises applied on top of that sum.…
The development and the progress of your employees isn’t something that happens by chance – more often than not it’s the result of careful analysis and planning on their manager’s part. Promoting your best team members will not only retain excellence and loyalty within your company, but it can also create further opportunities for promotion lower down the scale, and open the door for new talent through external recruitment.
Analyse Performance
“Many executives and managers have trouble explaining why someone didn’t get promoted because they haven’t been doing performance evaluations,” says Charlie Gilkey of Productive Flourishing.…
Outsourcing has become an enormous part of the modern business environment. And though this especially applies here in the wealthier countries, it’s also started to become a trend in many other places worldwide as countries which were the former sources of a lot of outsourced workers also start to outsource their own labor needs overseas.
In basic terms, outsourcing has become a global, highly competitive industry and business phenomenon –as this article makes clear. However, things have only accelerated in the field.…
For any business organization, the most important requirement is to generate a steady stream of qualified leads or prospects. Making sure that authentic leads flow continuously into the organization is a crucial aspect of your business strategy. In this regard, B2B client list and B2B sales leads are very effective and necessary as well. They provide the better chances to obtain leads and improve sales.
Although you can do it yourself, but acquiring client list on your own may take months or years.…
It’s an interesting time for the postal delivery industry, with the dominance of Royal Mail – after a spate of strikes and a controversial privatisation plan – now being challenged, its rule coming under threat from a constantly improving sector of alternative business mail services.
This comes in the midst of a rocky few months for Royal Mail, with its recent flotation on the London Stock Exchange creating confusion after its undervalued stock price.
More recently, there are now reports that the service has been missing its targets for a 93 per cent delivery rate of all first-class letters on the day after collection, instead reaching only 91.7 per cent, leading to concerns and the threat of fines from industry watchdog Ofcom.…
In a healthcare report recently published by Imperial College London, Dame Ruth Carnall suggests that the coalition’s first health secretary Andrew Lansley put patients at risk by scrapping a review of health care in London.
SME’s in the form of local, family doctors have also been angered by government proposals lead by a former Labour health minister Lord Darzi who wishes for a cast expansion of polyclinics, otherwise known as super surgeries, which would draw custom away from the local GPs.…
No matter how hard you try to create a great company with great products and services, there is going to be that one person that doesn’t like what you have to offer, and they’ll turn to their friends, family, and Internet strangers and let them know how much they didn’t like their experience with your company.
When businesses receive negative feedback or know there’s someone out there talking bad about them, they tend to panic. After all, doesn’t negative information about your business mean it’s going to fail?…
Owning your own business: It’s part of the American dream, but it can quickly turn into a nightmare with lawsuits, theft or other issues that can cause major financial devastation. Inventory shrinkage is a major issue for small businesses, with Tyco’s security survey revealing that the retail industry was hit with $35.28 billion in theft in 2011. You might not want to think about the many disasters that could befall your business, but one way to keep your business going strong is to look at all of the ways you can protect it.…
If there’s one thing that the Prince’s Trusts proves, it’s that you’re never too young to be a business owner. Helping disadvantaged young people across the UK, the Prince’s Trust can give youngster between the ages of 18 and 30 the chance to turn their lives around and set up their own shop – online or otherwise.
As always, this year saw another group of talented young individuals rewarded for their determination – from beauty bars to art groups, the Prince’s Trust has seen the birth of a wealth of innovative young businesses; all set up by people who didn’t have such a good start in life.…
There are many reasons why a business needs to move premises from ending a lease to finding smarter or bigger premises. Whatever the reason for needing to move office it can quickly turn into a large headache if you do not prepare and plan well in advance of the moving day.
Planning your move
The one thing that most of us have when having to move office is a bit of time before the date for shipping out arrives.
This means that we the opportunity to put a plan of action into effect and allows you the chance to create a timeline for the individual stages of your move.…
