One in 10 SMEs say staff have quit over office return

One in ten (9%) small and medium-sized businesses say employees have left because of a requirement to return to onsite working, according to research. A survey by the British Chambers of Commerce... Read more »

Employees voting with feet as return-to-office pressure increases – CIPD

More than a million people have changed jobs because of a lack of flexibility, as half of UK employees feel under pressure to return to office, according to research from the CIPD.... Read more »

Post-pandemic starters seek more pay for on-site working

Younger workers who started work after the pandemic expect to be paid more to work in the office full time, according to a study by BSI and think-tank ResPublica. The 2025 Global... Read more »

Dyson to cut a quarter of UK jobs

Dyson is cutting as many as 1,000 jobs in the UK, around a quarter of its British workforce. The engineering giant, famed for its vacuum cleaners, hand dryers and hairdryers, has UK... Read more »

PwC staff to benefit from extended summer hours policy

Big four accounting and services firm PwC has told employees they can finish work early on Fridays over the summer. Between 1 June and 31 August, the firm’s 22,000 staff will be... Read more »

Alan Sugar calls PwC Friday afternoons off a ‘joke‘

Entrepreneur and celebrity Alan Sugar has dismissed PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ decision to give workers Friday afternoons off throughout summer as a ‘bloody joke’. The big four services giant has extended last year’s summer Fridays... Read more »

Are we happy now? New research Sugar-coats working from home

If Alan Sugar enjoys raging about hybrid working, he’ll really love reading the latest happiness at work findings…  It’s always useful when a cutting-edge entrepreneur leaves the thick foliage of business-speak and... Read more »

Tesco to pioneer office space in local stores

Tesco has announced a flexible working trial that could see people able to use office space within their local grocery stores. The chain’s New Malden store in London will be the pioneer... Read more »

Rees-Mogg under fire from civil service leader over hybrid working

Ministers risk driving ‘good people’ out of Whitehall with their criticism of working at home, the first civil service commissioner has said. Baroness Gisela Stuart, who is tasked with overseeing civil service... Read more »

Lack of flexibility pushes half of women to consider leaving job

More than half (52%) of women say a lack of flexibility at work has pushed them to leave or consider leaving a job, according to research that highlights how a percieved lack... Read more »