OK – so you may or may not know much about pension auto enrolment. Hopefully, if you are an employer you know about it because it will, or may already affect you. In case you don’t here are the basics (but this is not the real story – that comes later). BASICS POINT ONE – […]
DRIVE your Business Growth
So today was the launch of the Gorvins Business Academy – aimed at providing training for small businesses in all areas that they may need help in. The first in the series was Recruitment – by yours truly! I talked about the 5 main problem areas that other hiring managers have and how our copyright […]
Lord Davies’ boardroom gender targets ignored by most UK firms
All but a handful of the UK’s biggest companies missed last week’s deadline to set out their plans to put more women on their boards. Only eight companies in the FTSE 100 have announced how they aim to meet the target of 25% women directors set down by the government. Proportion of women on boards […]
Burka Ban in France – a Political Smokescreen ??
Burka Ban in France – a Political Smokescreen ?? There has been much media noise around the ban on the Niqab in France that came into play this week. There are very passionate arguments on both sides – at the bottom are a selection of comments taken from the BBC website – all of whom […]
Vince Cable is going to discuss me with George Osbourne – apparently!
Let me explain. 2 weeks ago I was interviewed (not just me) for a Radio 4 show which was aimed at asking the businesses of Greater Manchester what the government need to do to support business in the North West. I raised a point about the new initiative on employer NI – which says that […]