Putting the Heart Back into Business: How to place people, planet and purpose at the core of what you do

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Work on the business, not in it. It also enables you to focus on expanding your company, dedicate time to sales or develop strategies for your future. So much for time travel based on relativity. What about the other great theory of the Universe: quantum mechanics? From an employment law perspective, Williams says “the proposals may be more problematic than the government realises, which could result in increased employment tribunal litigation”. Michelle Leeson, managing director of GC employment at The Growth Company, says for those who are the furthest away from the labour market, it can be “extremely difficult” to consider returning, and the only way for people to reach their full potential is by removing obstacles to learning and employment.

Finally, debt funding from a bank may be most appropriate if you want to keep a 100 per cent equity share but can’t afford to sacrifice a large chunk of your profits. And as we are able to reopen new sectors of the economy, we will continue our collaborative approach working with a wide range of stakeholders, to provide guidance for additional workplaces.

Offering advice for employers, Gallagher says that, after the policy change, some may want to allow employees to rejoin closed schemes that they may have only left because of LTA issues. The safety of the workplace in a world with COVID-19 is of paramount importance so I am grateful that the government has involved the West Midlands Combined Authority in the development of this important document. This guidance will help us all as we begin to build the future West Midlands. For everyone who lives and works here, this will be a healthier, happier, better connected and more prosperous region.

All employers must now carry out and publish risk assessments in consultation with unions and their workforces. So there we have it. On our current understanding of the Universe, we could potentially travel into the future, but travelling into the past may well be a total no-no.Retaining your top talent is equally important. We recommend reinvesting in your business by providing training opportunities and other benefits to your employees. This way, your team will be more motivated to stay on board and will be better equipped to face new challenges. 3. Capital Improvements The guidance applies to businesses currently open. This also includes guidance for shops which we believe may be in a position to begin a phased reopening at the earliest from the 1 June. Guidance for other sectors that are not currently open will be developed and published ahead of those establishments opening to give those businesses time to plan. The government will also shortly set up taskforces to work with these sectors to develop safe ways for them to open at the earliest point at which it is safe to do so, as well as pilot re-openings to test businesses’ ability to adopt the guidelines. When the pandemic first hit, and its scale was still to be mapped, a widespread return to the workplace seemed likely in 2020.

The UK faces months of change and challenge. These guidelines will need to continue to evolve based on insight from the ground.However, Jane van Zyl, chief executive of Working Families, says that while the government’s strategy for increasing funding for childcare is encouraging because it is finally treating affordable childcare as a “vital component of economic growth”, the budget as it stands “falls short of delivering on the promise of a fully supported system from nine months to four-year-olds”. Relativity means it is possible to travel into the future. We don't even need a time machine, exactly. We need to either travel at speeds close to the speed of light, or spend time in an intense gravitational field. In relativity, these two acts are essentially equivalent. Either way, you will experience a relatively short amount of subjective time, while decades or centuries pass in the rest of the Universe. If you want to see what happens hundreds of years from now, this is how to do it. While it is legal for US firms to demand employees are vaccinated, that is not the case in the UK (although jabs will be compulsory for care home staff in England from autumn). “Although UK employers can encourage their workforce to get a vaccination, they cannot currently make it mandatory under UK law,” says Julian Hoskins, a partner at the law firm Bevan Brittan. “Hiring or firing decisions cannot be made based on whether or not an individual has been vaccinated.” What about my unvaccinated colleagues or Covid safety concerns? Top tip: Keep your long term strategy in mind too – areas that might not be a frustration right now, might become one. Ensure solutions you reinvest in have the ability to grow with your business. For example, CRMs have features that make your sales pipeline more transparent across the business, have in-built social media scheduling tools – all great features for when your team and client base expand as your company grows. We welcomed the opportunity to engage in the development of this process. The guidance is a risk-based, pragmatic and proportionate set of guidelines, which gives greater clarity to employers and helps to protect employees. In particular, we are pleased that the guidance avoids a one-size-fits-all-approach and works within the framework of existing health and safety requirements and enforcement.