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Permanent Business Tax Cuts, Pension Fund Reforms Set To Reshape U.K.’s Workforce

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Recently announced initiatives, led by Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt, focus on stimulating business investment, redirecting pension funds to support growth, and increasing state pensions. The government announced its decision to make a tax break for business investment permanent. from April 2024, revealing a broader commitment by the U.K.

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UK built environment is woefully under-prepared for climate change

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New analysis published by UKGBC during the COP28 talks concludes that the UK’s built environment is severely under-equipped to adapt to our changing climate. The full UKGBC scorecard can be downloaded here.

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Are You Accidentally Sabotaging Your Workforce?

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This sentiment is particularly strong among workers in finance and tech sectors, who report that surveillance negatively impacts their work output. The Value of Autonomy and Trust This study’s revelations underscore the importance of fostering a work environment that values autonomy and trust over surveillance and control.

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How Will Employee Attitudes And Needs Evolve In 2024?

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workers feel pessimistic about the state of the nation (the ongoing economic crises, for example), half express increased despondency about personal finances, and a third feel worse thinking about work relationships. However, despite these challenges, most employees anticipate improvements in their finances and work prospects in 2024.

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Unveiling the Hidden Potentials of Remote Work Productivity

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The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) highlighted a significant increase in productivity for remote work-heavy sectors like IT and finance. Another study, using employee monitoring software, corroborated these findings, showing that telecommuters were considerably more efficient than in-office workers. between 2010 and 2019 to 3.3%

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Businesses need to take real action to create a more sustainable workplace

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For example, in 2022 a high street bank had its advertising campaign pulled for promoting its tree-planting scheme and net-zero plan without acknowledging that it is financing fossil fuel projects. Or, if they are changing their equipment, they could look at purchasing refurbished items themselves.

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Tribe Urban Entertainment Gives Interns a Hands-on Experience in Media

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When you go into a work environment, you need to bring your ideas on board because sometimes the company actually pays you more for [doing so than] actually what you’ve come to deliver.” And if at the very least it takes care of their food and travel, then at least it’s a couple less things they have to worry about financing.”