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What makes gap employees happy at work? The 21st - 27th September 2020 is International Week of Happiness at Work, a campaign highlighting the importance of employee happiness and why it should be a top priority in all companies. We couldn't agree more, so to celebrate, we asked our team what mak...

Key benefits of temp work and why it could be for you If you’re looking for work fast, registering with a recruitment business to help you find temp work could be worth considering. Roles vary from warehouse pickers and packers, to food production operatives and forklift truck drivers. These are ...

Benefits of employing temporary staff within your workforce You work in a sector that will always have peaks and troughs throughout the year – it goes with the territory. Or maybe your orders have gone through the roof overnight and your team can’t manage the workload. Or there’s that project com...

Register for our free COVID-19 employment webinar with Aaron & Partners We’ve teamed up with Aaron & Partners Solicitors to host another free Zoom webinar on Wednesday 1st July 2020, 1.30pm - 2.30pm. We’ll be focusing on new topics including updated legislation regarding: Flexible furlough Return...

This is a guest blog by Askar Sheibani, Founder and Chair of DBF (formerly known as Deeside Business Forum) and Chief Executive of the Comtek Group. Comtek provides specialist multi-vendor telecoms and electronics repairs, spares and support services – since its establishment over 30 years ago. C...

Martin Hall is Managing Director of Denholm UK Logistics, a supply chain and logistics company providing port-centric 3PL solutions for receiving, handling, storing, picking, packing and distributing goods around the UK. How has COVID-19 affected Denholm UK Logistics? Initially, there was an imme...

About Deeside Cereals Deeside Cereals is a food manufacturing site in Deeside, North Wales. We spoke with the company’s HR Manager Jo Butterworth and Technical Manager Gail Taylor to find out how the business has been coping through the COVID-19 pandemic, what measures they’ve put in place to pro...

UK labour market: impact of COVID-19 on different industries We've surveyed businesses across the UK to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their business. We designed this survey to paint a picture of the UK labour market and understand further how the crisis has affected different i...

Supporting the mental health of furloughed employees Approximately 7.5 million jobs were furloughed in the UK between April 20th and May 10th 2020. That’s millions of people at home possibly worrying about childcare responsibilities, job security and the impact of the pandemic overall. It’s a lot...

Mental health help and support services There are many causes of mental health problems including unemployment, trauma, poverty, domestic violence and abuse. If you’re facing difficulties, please reach out. Here’s some organisations offering support along with their contact details: Gambling addi...