‘Sure it’s Christmas’ will no doubt be a frequently heard phrase over the next couple of weeks as the traditional season for over-indulgence ramps up. As we know, people have faced a massive cost of living crisis over the past 18 months so the question is what shape the consumer is in and will the tills ring?
There are at least five generations among today’s workforce, the silent generation, baby boomers, generation-x, millennials and generation-z, each bringing different perspectives and expectations to the workplace. The current challenge is for organisations to create a work environment that appeals to all five generations.
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 makes a number of modifications to company law, with the aim of enhancing corporate transparency and reducing economic crime.
Healthy Place To Work supports organisations to deliver sustainable high performance, through a dedication to the health of a workforce and within the workplace
Ahead of this year’s Autumn Statement, the Chancellor noted that tax cuts will be ‘virtually impossible’ given the current state of the UK economy and the country’s current debt levels.
The Trader Support Service, an initiative established by HMRC to aid and counsel businesses engaged in the transportation of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, has been prolonged until December 2024.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) describes performance management simply as “the attempt to maximise the value that employees create”, helping to maintain and improve the performance of staff to align with organisational objectives.
Generation Z, colloquially known as zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as the starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years.
On 27 February the UK and EU agreed the Windsor Framework (Framework) and these arrangements were adopted by the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on 24 March.
What will be hot in L&D going into the future? – This is the one obligatory question posed every year by Donald H. Taylor in the annual L&D Global Sentiment Survey. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the survey and it also appears to mark a transitional year for learning and development worldwide.
The UK Government have introduced new transfer pricing rules, coming in to effect for accounting periods commencing on or after 1 April 2023.
Northern Ireland has hosted some high profile visitors in recent weeks as it pauses to reflect on 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement. What struck me the most about the media of our US visitors was the distinct absence of Northern Irish politicians at the various events that took place.
In modern, fast-paced and hybrid workplace cultures, leadership is more important than ever before. We have all observed varying approaches towards leadership, and the different styles of various successful CEOs. It is clear that there is no roadmap to be a successful CEO, rather, it takes certain mind-sets that effectively drive organisational performance.
Economy watchers were reaching for the popcorn over the past week as estimates of 50% growth in our economic fortunes over the next decade were cited as the potential prize from the Windsor Framework. Understandably, such an upbeat prediction was given significant airtime, which sparked reaction and challenge by some in the academic community.
It seems we have been talking about Northern Ireland taking control of its own Corporation Tax regime for years - if not decades. The view is so often espoused that lowering the rate alone could represent the ‘golden ticket’ that would unlock the potential of this place as a destination for international investment.
The economy has rolled from punch to punch over the last number of years, prompting a necessarily reactionary approach. 2023 has started with a similarly uncertain outlook.