Do you have a Winter People Plan? If not, it's time to put this in place. Temperatures have dropped which means usual winter stresses are just around the corner. However, the cost of living crisis and the constant uncertainty on a weekly basis has added to many...
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Job Retention Bonus
Further guidance for the Job Retention Bonus is now available from HRMC. It includes information about how you can check if your employees are eligible. It also gives advice on when you can claim the bonus. You’ll be able to claim a one-off payment of £1,000 for every...
Expansion of Job Support Scheme
The Chancellor’s update on Friday outlined temporary support to businesses whose premises have been legally required to close due to covid-19 restrictions. In addition, this includes the expansion of Job Support Scheme. Under this expansion, affected businesses will...
Outsourced HR Services West Lothian
Following Pauline Donnelly joining the team, we’re happy to now be operating outsourced HR services West Lothian, Falkirk, and M8/M9 corridor. Our Livingston office is based at Fairways Business Park. Pauline joined us on Monday 17 August as an HR Consultant, bringing...
How to Make Redundancies Part 3
You might be thinking about making redundancies in your organisation. Despite Covid-19 and the impact this is having on the economy, you must still comply with UK employment legislation when making staff redundant. We have recently shared details with you on how to...
Developing Young Workforce
Our social conscience is something that is very important in our business. We are passionate about the social impact we make. As a small business we don’t have the financial resources to help worthwhile causes as much as we’d like. In addition, we try to help in other...
What is a Cycle to Work Scheme?
The cycle to work scheme can be a great way for you to encourage your team to work in a healthier way. Since lockdown began, more and more people have been taking up cycling. Furthermore, as lockdown restrictions start to lift and people return to work, there’s a...
General Guidance for All Workplaces
Last week, we shared general guidance on how to recall employees back from furlough. We are seeing more and more businesses do this. In addition, in Scotland we know lockdown restrictions will be in place for at least another 3 weeks, businesses are making plans to...
Redundancy Consultation
In the previous article we discussed how to make redundancies, and today we are looking at a Redundancy Consultation in more depth. If you are at this stage, you've decided that terminating jobs is your only option. You will have also sent out your redundancy plan,...
What Does Your Exit Strategy Look Like?
Over the past few weeks, you will have been considering various options within your business. We all want to know what the government’s exit strategy for lockdown looks like, as this will help determine some of the decisions you need to make. The focus for business...
What is the Good Work Plan?
One of our most frequently asked question this month is, what is the good work plan? so we thought we would give you a quick overview. In December 2018, the government published its Good Work Plan. This is designed to implement the proposals made in the 2017 Taylor...
5 Effective Ways to Streamline Recruitment for Small Businesses
Hiring mistakes are expensive, especially for a small business. If your business is growing and you are looking to expand your team, it is important to approach the recruitment process in the right way. Work on streamlining and improving your recruitment strategies so...