RED Business Support, originally RED Virtual Office, is a long established family business, providing outsourced Business Support to a wide range of companies, large and small. RED is still operational during this coronavirus lockdown period, though with hugely reduced volumes of work as many of our clients have suspended operations for the duration. We feel for them, their staff and their loved ones when, even with the government’s CJRS providing cover for most of their salaries, there is still hardship to be endured and potential long-term damage to the business. RED’s capacity for support means we always need to have…
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137 million working days are lost each year through absence in the UK. 80 million of those days are lost as a result of three solvable problems: Back and other joint pain, Coughs, colds and minor illnesses and Mental health issues. Each day a colleague is absent costs money. Each day a colleague is absent reduces productivity and profit. Harvard Business Review, in a study of 20,000 employees, found that companies which focus on mental, spiritual, physical and emotional wellbeing are 20% more profitable and have 10% higher customer reviews. Keeping in touch v1 from TheSoundDoctor on Vimeo. TeamDoctor has…
MarketFinance unveiled Furlough Advance, based on its invoice finance service, offering an invoice cashflow solution to SMEs waiting for furlough funds from CJRS claims. Despite HMRC’s CJRS claims portal opening last week, with the first claims being paid today (28 April), many SMEs are already in danger of collapsing before they get access to funding. UK SMEs are on the verge of paying out the second round of salaries to the eight million furloughed workers through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), and still, only the first few SMEs are on the verge of receiving funds. Fintech business lender MarketFinance…
Who we are and what we achieve is controlled by how we describe ourselves. Ask yourself when did you decide who you are? Do you know what the defining moment was that caused you to describe yourself in those words? We all have conversations that are going on in our head, and sometimes they are so loud we can’t think and other times they so quiet we are not aware of the conversation taking place. This same conversation will determine how you feel and the choices you make. The only thing that is keeping you from getting what you want…
Historically, Easter is the busiest weekend of the year at Cotswold Wildlife Park. In fact, the Park opened to the public on Good Friday, 27th March 1970 and staff were overwhelmed by the huge crowds flooding into the Park that first Easter. Since then, millions of visitors have discovered the beauty and diversity of the natural world at the Burford collection, which was founded by John Heyworth in 1970. This year, it’s a very different story. Despite the Park being temporarily closed to the public, keepers have planned a special Easter treat; not only for the animals, but also for visitors…
As a result of Coronavirus some of the events may be somewhat delayed until later in the year, but businesses across the UK will still have the opportunity to showcase their products and services at the Great British Expo regional shows this year. The longest-running and most significant annual business expo is not to be missed offering networking, phenomenal keynote speakers, industry-leading workshops and general business advice. It is expected to be another sell-out event with over 100 innovative Exhibitors and over 1000 Businesses visiting throughout the day in each location. Expo Features: Internationally Respected Entrepreneurial Keynote Speakers Funding &…
New 100% government backed loan scheme for small business. Small businesses will benefit from a new fast-track finance scheme providing loans with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders, the Chancellor announced today (Monday 27 April). Rishi Sunak said the new Bounce Back Loans scheme, which will provide loans of up to £50,000, would help bolster the existing package of support available to the smallest businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The scheme has been designed to ensure that small firms who need vital cash injections to keep operating can get finance in a matter of days. It comes alongside the…
A growing number of world governments are using surveillance techniques to gauge whether their citizens are heeding instructions to stay indoors and isolate amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Technologies designed to track and analyze terrorists, tourists, and public travel patterns are now being deployed in an effort to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading further. Officials in Italy are making use of location data transmitted by cell phones to see how successfully lockdowns triggered by the virus are being observed. While tracking individuals is illegal in Europe, cell phone network operators are able to track people anonymously and supply aggregated data to the…
Microsoft Teams now has 44 million daily active users. Microsoft is revealing new Teams features today to mark three years of the service just as it experiences unprecedented growth amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Teams suffered an outage on Monday as demand for the communication and chat app surged worldwide with people working and learning from home. The software giant counted 32 million daily active users of Teams last week on March 11th, but this jumped by 12 million to 44 million daily active users yesterday. The nearly 40 percent increase in demand comes as many businesses adjust to remote work and…
As part of their response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government announced the introduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. With a view to answering common questions, Goldstein Legal will provide regular updates through this blog to help clarify the Scheme and its provisions. Readers are advised that the below information is accurate at the date of publication. It is our intention to keep this information as up to date as possible and revise as necessary when new information comes to light. What is the Scheme? The Job Retention Scheme is a government initiative designed to avoid redundancies. The Scheme…