Business Self Care – Taking Steps to Manage Productivity in 2021
As businesses try to balance the budgets for the effects of the COVID pandemic, during the final quarter of 2020 they also need to make ready their 2021 business plans. Now is the time to press the reset button and take time to look at how the business and its employees are doing.
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Getting the right benefits for your business in 2021
With the COVID-19 pandemic crisis showing little sign of coming to an end anytime soon, many companies that we work with are looking at the group risk and health insurances that they have in place to review their needs going forward.
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Motivating and Rewarding Employees Going Into 2021
One of the more pressing economic consequences of COVID-19 is the challenge of how best to manage the motivation and engagement of employees to drive business innovation and increase the company’s productivity and profitability. Find out more.
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The New Normal & What That Means for Work
The past few months have been incredibly tough as businesses have needed to manage the curveballs that were being thrown their way. It has been a period of great learning for business owners, managers, and employees, as everyone has been forced to look at how they operate. How are you coping?
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Post Covid-19 Workplace Health and Wellbeing Provision
Want to know how to support employee recognition and wellbeing in the workplace? Find out more.
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Managing the future in an uncertain world
As businesses begin emerging from the worst of the COVID-19 impact, they need to make sure that their people are in good shape to cope and thrive. Find out more.
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Preparing your workplace for a return to work
How are you preparing your workplace for a return to work? There are many different factors you must consider including your duty of care, working from home, workplace safety, boosting mental wellbeing and bouncing back stronger. Find out more.
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Life after lockdown – What will it look like?
From the first day of the lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way people live and work. Even as the lockdown restrictions are now being lifted, we know that the world of work and home life will never be the same. Find out more.
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How to manage your teams to avoid employee burnout
Over the last four months all of us, irrespective of our level have faced new health and wellbeing challenges because of the stress and anxiety which have been caused by the onset of COVID-19 and the lockdown. Social isolation and remote working have created a cocktail of emotional concerns. Find out more.
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Managing Mental Health Through Cycling
Cycling helps with a range of health benefits. From improved joint mobility to better posture, but did you know how much it can also help with your mental health?
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Changes to the Furlough Scheme – Introduction of Flexible Furlough
On Friday evening, HMRC released details of the flexible furlough scheme, which starts in July 2020. From the 1st July, employees can work for some of the week and be furloughed for the rest.
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What are the employee benefit challenges facing employers after lockdown?
The global lockdown against COVID-19 pandemic has stirred much fighting talk and fostered a spirit of getting through it, echoing the sacrifices that populations around the world made in the past when misfortune struck.
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Getting to work safely during social distancing
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the demands of social distancing has significantly increased the popularity of cycling from being just an option, to one of a must use forms of transport for those needing to travel to work and importantly as a means of exercise for those working remotely or on furlough. Find out more.
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Managing Our Way Out of COVID-19
Today’s challenge for us all in business is: “how do we get our businesses back up and running with the easing of lockdown?”
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Reward and Recognition: Unlocking the enterprise during COVID-19
Now that the lockdown is being eased, two of the key questions to ask are: “How will social distancing be implemented in the workplace?” and “How do I manage remote teams over the foreseeable future?”
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Busy Bees Benefits Webinar: The Challenge of Managing and Reopening Businesses
Take a look at the recording of our latest webinar, which will allow you to hear from some of our partner companies on how they are assisting employers with adapting their workplace as lockdown restrictions are eased.
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Mental Health Awareness Week: Managing Stress and Anxiety
The onset of the coronavirus pandemic has caused the world of work to change. There is both job and career uncertainty threatening the harmony of many households across the UK. This uncertainty is creating enormous amounts of stress and anxiety, with people worrying how they will pay their bills and provide for their families. Find out more.
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The way forward? Back to work and the business battle with COVID-19
The slow easing of lockdown in this next stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, calls for bold thoughts and actions by business leaders and owners. Find out more.
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Pension Salary Sacrifice Considerations For Furloughed Employees
This article aims to provide some clarity for business owners on what they must consider if your employees have pension salary sacrifice schemes and have been furloughed.
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When lockdown ends, will your business be ready to start again?
This article looks at what some of these changes might be and what employers should be looking at introducing as part of their benefits package.
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How much do you need to pay for your benefits platform?
We are living in unprecedented modern times across the globe, that call for courage and vision by its leaders to take the right steps in managing the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and come up with practical solutions to take us forward.
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Busy Bees Webinar: Managing Your Employee Benefits Issues During the Coronavirus Crisis
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, employers are dealing with a rapidly changing situation. Busy Bees Benefits is hosting a series of live webinars to engage and support business owners, HR, reward and benefits practitioners during this uncertain time.
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Smart Hive: How to Attract & Retain Staff Without Straining Your Finances
Small business owners are constantly faced with the question of how to stay competitive with their larger counterparts. How can you attract and retain staff at the same level?
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Employee Motivation and Business Stability: How Health & Wellbeing is the Answer
The global coronavirus pandemic outbreak has caused uncertainty across businesses from a wide range of industries, causing employers to readjust their budgets and make cuts. Cutting health and wellbeing benefits, however, could actually affect your business in the long run. Discover more.
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Wellbeing strategies: Providing support when it’s needed most
Uncertainty surrounding coronavirus can be a difficult factor to handle. There are many issues that may be worrying your employees – whether it’s economic repercussions, feelings of isolation or fear of the unknown. By providing wellbeing support to your workforce, you can help to manage this stress and anxiety through great health tools and sources of information.
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Supporting Work Processes: COVID-19
There has been a lot in the news surrounding COVID-19 over past few weeks and the impact it is now having on the UK. Here's what we're doing to continue business as usual.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: A Message from our Managing Director
We’re chartering unnavigated waters and it’s a challenging time for all of us as we care for the health and safety of our loved ones, friends, colleagues, neighbours and the vulnerable in our communities.
Supporting Employee Health & Wellbeing During Uncertainty
Health and wellbeing is a key part of any employee rewards package. The challenge for many employers, especially when major external events such as the coronavirus create economic uncertainty, is to ensure that your employees are protected.
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Busy Bees Benefits Becomes ISO 27001 Certified
At Busy Bees Benefits, we’re very focused on information security. Our focus on information security is demonstrated by our ISO 27001 security certification awarded to us by BSI Group, who are UKAS accredited.
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Employee benefit trends that should be part of your 2020 strategy
Over the last decade, employee expectations have changed dramatically. Find out how.
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Managing and Supporting Mental Health at Work: It’s Time to Talk
According to Time to Change, mental health problems affect one in four of us. However, many people feel ashamed to talk about this with a friend or partner, let alone their employer. Time to Talk Day encourages everyone to be more open about their mental health. Choose talk, change lives.
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4 in 10 employers report difficulty in filling vacancies over the last year
The CIPD Labour Market Outlook has found that 4 in 10 employers have had difficulty in filling vacancies over the last year, with one third stating they have found problems with employee retention. Discover more.
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Pensions: It’s Time to Engage With Your Workforce
Pensions have not been the most engaging of topics in the past, despite often being cited as the second most valuable benefit – behind salary - a business can provide to its employees. (Employee Benefits, 2019). Find out more.
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How to Implement an Employee Benefits Strategy
Ensuring that your team is happy and well-cared for is vital to business success. In addition, engaged and motivated employees can also have a positive effect on your recruitment strategy, with “brand ambassadors” doing wonderful things for your brand and company reputation.
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Thought Leadership: Employee Financial Protection Gap
Over 43% of businesses have had employees absent from work for more than four weeks due to ill health in the last two years, according to new research by the British Chambers of Commerce and Unum. Find out more.
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3 Misconceptions about Private Medical Insurance
Would your business suffer if one of your key staff fell seriously ill? Could your business afford to wait whilst your employee waits for treatment on the NHS? Find out more about private medical insurance.
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How to ensure SME longevity as a new business
More than half of the year’s new SMEs will close within three years, and 75% won’t last until 2024. That means in five years’ time, only 25% of businesses opening this year will still be serving clients and customers. Find out how you can ensure SME longevity.
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What Employees Want From Their Employee Benefit Schemes
Over time, the working environment changes. With this, so do employee expectations. This goes beyond the way we work, with employees desiring new employee benefits and different reward strategies.
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Why Relevant Life Cover is Essential for SMEs
Many SME business owners would love to offer their employees financial support such as life insurance. However, setting up a group scheme may not be the best option, especially if you don’t have many employees. Find out how relevant life cover can help.
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National Eye Health Week: Eye Health Care Benefits for Employees
Recent studies have found that 89% of employees value eye health care as an employee benefit. Find out more.
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An Employer’s Approach to Employee Benefits: Tailor-Made or Generic?
The world is full of compromises and often they are the only solution to keep the peace and leave everyone feeling happy. However, that’s the problem, a compromise leaves no one in the ideal situation from their point of view. No longer compromise on your employee benefits.
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The Analysis and Development of Employee Benefits
As technology continues to develop, the provision of employee benefits becomes easier than ever before. Find out how our Smart Hive has helped.
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Your Leadership Could Save a Life: World Suicide Prevention Day
Organisations have a unique opportunity and significant role in supporting mental health. Find out more.
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Thought Leadership: Pension Compliance and Engagement
Since the 2012 introduction of automatic enrolment, around 10 million workers have started contributing to pensions, according to The Pensions Regulator (TPR). Find out more.
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Why You Need Reward & Recognition to Retain Top Talent
Retaining top talent is one of the most crucial challenges in today’s working landscape. Find out more about how reward & recognition is vital.
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New Cars Crucial for Employee Engagement
Our salary sacrifice car leasing scheme is crucial in not only supporting your employee’s wellbeing and safety, but in also improving your business productivity and employee engagement while saving money. Find out more.
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Employer-led mental health support more valuable than ever
Figures from a recent study by Unum show the number of employees looking for support with mental health issues has increased significantly, with the largest increase in referrals coming from males aged 30 or under. Find out more.
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How to mitigate the long-term effects of low pay
Employee benefits can bridge the gap between low pay and employee engagement. Find out more.
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How to Build a Financial Wellbeing Strategy
As many workforces are multi-generational, it’s important that your company’s financial wellbeing strategy supports every generation and every individual. In order to do this, it’s vital that you build an inclusive approach to your financial wellbeing strategy.
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Don’t Step on a Bee Day: The Importance of the Bee
Today marks National Don’t Step on a Bee Day! This year, businesses and individuals across the UK are raising awareness and calling to help protect our precious bees. Find out more.
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How can employee benefits support mental health at work?
Talk to Us is the Samaritans annual awareness campaign. Every July, their branches across the UK hold local events to talk about the services they offer in their communities. Supporting this campaign, we explore how you can support mental health at work.
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Current Trends in Employee Wellbeing You Should Know About
Ensuring that your employees remain happy, motivated and productive is important to the success of your business. Find out how you can ensure this.
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BIKE WEEK: What You Need to Know about Cycling to Work
Since the introduction of the government’s cycle to work scheme in 1999, there has been a revolution in the number of people who cycle to work in Britain. Find out more about cycling to work.
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How to Know When a Benefit is No Longer Motivating Your Workforce
One way to care for your employees is to offer employee benefits. With attractive benefits, your business will thrive with motivated, happy and appreciated employees. Not only this, but you are also likely to attract and retain top talent. Find out more.
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How the Ageing Workforce Will Affect Pay Strategy
The CIPD, in their 2018 reward management survey, found that 52% of businesses predicted that the ageing population would impact their processes in the next five years. Find out how.
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Group Income Protection: Early Intervention Services
Looking after the health and wellbeing of employees has long been a cornerstone of an effective employee benefits programme. Find out more about how Early Intervention Services can help.
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3 Factors to Consider with an Ageing Workforce
The workforce is constantly evolving and there is now an increased number of older workers. With increased life expectancy, people are working longer. Find out what three factors you should consider with an ageing workforce.
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What is Shareholder Protection Insurance?
You have probably insured your buildings, IT equipment, company cars, stock, and other materials. But what would happen to the shares in your business if you were to pass away? Does the company have the funds to be able to buy shares from your family who have inherited them?
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What is International Private Medical Insurance?
International Private Medical Insurance (IPMI) ensures your employees are looked after by medical experts no matter where they may be in the world.
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Thought Leadership: Virtual GP Services
In recent years, it is a well-reported issue that NHS GP waiting times are ever increasing. Find out more about how Virtual GP Services may help.
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Retirement Savings: Apathy Rules…. But Who Cares?
There are certain things in life that will happen whether we plan for them or not. Find out more about how Busy Bees Benefits can support you with retirement.
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Personalised Reward Strategies of the Future
It is likely that technology and online platforms will continue to shape the future of personalised reward strategies. Find out more.
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More Can be Done to Encourage Cycling to Work
There is still more that can be done to encourage cycling. In fact, in order to increase the number of individuals that cycle, the government are actively encouraging members of the public to cycle to work.
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Engage Your Employees With Smart Hive
Developing and coordinating a range of employee benefits for your workforce can seem like a headache for many employers. How do you provide a range of benefits which suit your particular mix of personnel, explain what’s available and keep up with the communication and administration?
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Ways to Support Employee Wellbeing During Periods of Business Change
Positive and negative reactions can come from business change. For example, a mass employment drive is likely to increase workplace productivity and employee satisfaction, but redundancies will increase stress and reduce productivity. Find out more.
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Age and Financial Wellbeing: 3 Crucial Reflections
According to PwC’s Employee Financial Wellness Survey, money is one of the biggest causes of stress in the modern workplace. With 53% of employees stressed about their financial situation, there is no denying the importance of benefits that financially protect your workforce.
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Rejuvenation Investment Makes Cycling to Work Even Easier
The money is to be spent on cycling proficiency training, cycling infrastructure, expanding cycling routes, safety and awareness training and supporting more cycle to work schemes. Find out more.
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Employer Health Obligations: Mental, Not Just Physical!
Mental health in the workplace is a topic that has been under scrutiny recently. . As work environments become more pressurised and employees work longer hours, stress related illnesses are becoming more prominent. This blog investigates how you can protect your employee's mental health.
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5 Reasons Why Our Cycle to Work Scheme Beats Your Gym Membership
Expensive contracts, annoying machine hoggers and exercise classes held at the wrong times – these are all part of your average gym membership. Here's why our Cycle to Work scheme beats any gym membership.
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3 Ways to Look After Your Employee’s Health
All organisations have a legal obligation to ensure the health, safety and welfare of their employees. Therefore, it’s vital that you take the time to look after your employees. This blog discusses how organisations can fulfil their obligations to their staff and in turn, facilitate their employees’ health and wellbeing.
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Do personalised benefits make better rewards?
Digital employee benefit platforms and other forms of personalisation technology are on the rise, and it’s now possible to tailor rewards to individuals. These platforms allow businesses to track engagement and provide information about the perfect blend of employee benefits required for their workforce. Find out why personalised benefits make better rewards.
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What does the future hold for employee benefit providers?
It is common sense to ensure that, wherever possible, the people who make up organisations feel good about themselves and their working environment. This key premise for employee benefit providers has not changed. It means that relevant and effective employee benefits must play a key role in delivering good work environments.
3 Ways to Increase Employee Productivity
Work productivity can be impacted by a myriad of factors including wage levels, business infrastructure and employee health. A recent study by Britain’s Healthiest Company, (BHC) has shown that poor employee health results in British organisations losing 30.4 days of productive time per year.
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3 Reasons Why Our Cycle to Work Scheme is a Year-Round Benefit
At Busy Bees Benefits, we are big believers in health and wellbeing, and that’s why we offer employers the opportunity to implement the Cycle to Work Scheme within their business. The government-run scheme is a great way for both employees and employers to stay healthy and save money. There’s only one problem – who’s going to cycle in the winter?
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Transparency: Five Key Considerations for Global Reward Managers
Today, reward strategies can create that comfortable environment by providing transparency and real value, rather than just being used as a tool for recruitment and employee retention.
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How to Tailor Employee Benefits to a Multi-Generational Workforce
In recent years, workforces in the UK are becoming increasingly multi-generational, multi-location and encompassing wider diversity than ever before.
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How to Tackle Presenteeism In the Workplace
According to a recent survey by CIPD, 86% of respondents said they had observed presenteeism in their organisation over the last 12 months, compared with 72% in 2016 and just 26% in 2010.
Pension Auto-Enrolment Fines Rise by 144%
Is your auto-enrolment process efficient? According to statistics from The Pensions Regulator, there has been an increase in fines made to businesses whose auto-enrolment applications are not compliant with regulations.
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Can Benefits Technology Support Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing?
With the festivities and bright lights of December soon to be over, many employees who struggle with stress and mental health issues may feel as though the winter months after the festive period are a dark time for them.
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Effective Rewards for the Lower Paid
All experienced and long-standing team members contribute and help to drive the business forward, but too often employers forget about them and focus more on new employees.
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How to Help Employees Avoid the Lifetime Allowance
For the first time, HMRC have released details of the number of people exceeding the Lifetime Allowance, as well as the total amount of the tax collected as a result.
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How Can SMEs Improve Retention and Recruitment?
SMEs are the lifeblood of the UK economy. However, there remains a well-documented struggle for this sector to compete in recruitment and retention of skilled employees.
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Busy Bees Benefits launches new smart employee benefits platform
Busy Bees Benefits, a long-established employee benefits provider based in Staffordshire, has announced the launch of its brand new, cost-effective benefits platform: Smart Hive.
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The Power of a Strong Benefits Platform
The employment landscape is changing. More multi-generational workforces in the same workplace means that the delivery of employer-paid and employee voluntary benefits is becoming more crucial.
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Simplifying Employee Benefits Delivery
How can businesses access simple benefit tools to deliver schemes easily and without fuss?
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Making Pay Go Further
How can employers make pay go further without increasing the wage bill?
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What’s new in personalisation and health?
More employers are improving flexibility by ditching the one-size-fits-all approach to employee benefits and opting for a more personalised experience.
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Is your financial wellbeing strategy still meeting your workforce’s needs?
It’s vital your organisation stays on top of its benefits strategy to ensure it is effective and meaningful.
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The Effects of Gender Pay Gap Reporting
The gender pay gap – it’s an ever-popular topic in UK media recently. Much has changed in relation to gender representation over the past couple of years, but what’s in store for the future?
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How Will Benefits Evolve Over the Next Decade?
As the world and working population changes, how will benefits evolve?
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