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Developments in technology have been stated as the key to a better work-life balance according to a survey of over 2500 UK employees, carried out by market researcher Opinion Matters. Just under half of those (45%) of those asked say that technology has changed their job role or career in the past year, with…
read moreIt has been found that one in three UK companies are putting their business operations are risk by storing their data back-ups on-site, according to new research. In the study, carried out by Onyx Group and Computing magazine, it was found that less than half of back-up was stored off-site in a secure data centre,…
read moreSmall businesses are losing around 12 days and over half a billion pounds due to their tax administration requirements. New research carried out by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows that the majority small business owners are spending between two to eight hours a month keeping on top of their tax paperwork and up…
read moreAround two-thirds of UK small business owners are likely to use their mobile devices for work purposes when not at work, according to recent research. 62 per cent of people who run a small business said that they would be ‘very likely’ or ‘fairly likely’ to access their mobile devices for actions such as checking…
read moreA boom in entrepreneurial spirit over the last year has been recognised in new research as the number of people setting up their own business has grown by 24 per cent. In the study by Freelancer.co.uk which surveyed over 300,000 businesses, the growth can be seen across the country as people in the North are…
read moreBig business is being encouraged to adopt the entrepreneurial spirit of startups and SMEs in the aim of boosting the UK’s economic growth. In a recent study carried about by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has found that encouraging a culture of ‘intrapreneurialism’ could help bigger business to follow the same innovation and…
read moreHalf of all employees now work out of the office at least once a week and more than one in four choose to work out of the office every day, new research has found. Being able to work remotely has been boosted by faster broadband speeds and better IT infrastructure, which enable employees and business…
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