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Working from home can present particular challenges for women

Workplace Insight

An area that has impacted teams across the country, and the world, has been working from home and other forms of remote work. With that said, I urge leadership to address this imbalance by analysing cultural structures and company policies, particularly in regard to parental leave.

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Small Business Trends for 2016

Small Business Labs

Oil, of course, fell to below $40 per barrel in 2015, and as we pointed out in our 2015 trends this had both positive and negative effects.  The collapse of China's growth and a weak European Union economy led to a steep declines in most commodities prices in 2015, with the Bloomberg commodities index falling 26%. . 

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Using social media to empower Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Despite my passion for social media I haven’t always been adept at it and was a twitter virgin until The Assist Conference 2015. Did you know that 2 billion people are on social media in some shape or form? I’m a huge fan of Practically Perfect PA and am loving the new look site. It is not going away.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

Among the initiatives that emerged from the exercise was a group formed to “[identify] and [support] sales and marketing strategies” that could be utilized to reach women- and minority-owned businesses. As of 2019 , Minnesota is home to 6% of immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Migration Policy Institute.

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Lab rats – how the UK life sciences sector is struggling to find space to work

Workplace Insight

It is estimated that two-thirds of all life sciences startups in Europe are formed in the UK. The organisations, which have owned Canary Wharf Group since 2015, are putting in the same amount of capital, meaning that they will each continue to own 50 per cent of Canary Wharf.

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