How not to lose 3 hours on LinkedIn?
As I sit down to write this, I realize I have lost track of time on LinkedIn this week. Ever been there? Frustrating isn’t it!
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Daily news and press releases from members, guest writers and the B4 team.
Effects of working from home on our wellbeing
Our brain doesn’t like uncertainty – if you feel stressed, it’s not just you. You can be assured that it’s completely normal if you’re feeling stressed and unsettled due to Covid and restrictions.
The Importance of Employment Rights and Wellbeing
Employment rights form the bedrock of wellbeing . The employment relationship is a fundamentally unequal one – an individual contracting with a business or corporate power.
Employee Volunteering Best-Practice Guide
Employee volunteering provides significant benefits to businesses and employees, as well as having a significant impact on charities and at the heart of local communities. Some of the professional skills employers and staff might take for granted are priceless to charities and community organisations – according to the NCVO almanac, the value of volunteering is estimated at £22.6bn per year.
Work Experience Best-Practice Guide
Work experience is a placement offered by an employer on their premises, during which school or college students carry out tasks more or less as an employee would. The placement can last for a week or longer, and includes an emphasis on the learning aspects of the experience.
Closing the attainment gap: the importance of reading event
With Oxfordshire already facing a larger attainment gap at age 16 than the rest of England, what will the impact of lockdown be?
Collaborative Roadmap for Oxford event recovery
Strategic partners from Oxford’s event industry met on Friday 24 July on the rooftop of The Courtyard Marriott in Oxford city centre to discuss next steps for recovery for events in Oxford.
Grafton Group PLC – A Partnership That Continues to Flourish
The relationship between ourselves and Grafton Group PLC began by somewhat of a coincidence.
How to avoid the danger of customer and supplier over-reliance?
Simon Smith, Partner at Oxfordshire based accountancy firm, Wellers, which has offices in Oxford, Banbury, Thame, and London, discusses how SME businesses can avoid the pitfalls of relying on a select few customers and suppliers.
Loan secured for phase two of building project on organic pig...
In summer 2019, Carter Jonas were instructed by AMC (Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) to visit an organic pig farm and apple pressing facility near Princes Risborough. Having secured planning permission for a new dwelling at the farm, the owners were looking to re-package an existing mortgage and for a new loan facility enabling them to build phase one of their new home.
Attend Oxford Living Wage Week Event (Online)
It is #LivingWageWeek, from 9 – 15 November 2020, and we are celebrating the hundreds of thousands of low paid workers who have received a pay rise because of the Living Wage movement.
Age Friendly Banbury helping you Connect!
Age Friendly Banbury partners are involved in a joint project to support local people to get connected and answer their technology questions.
The Westgate Fund enables John Lewis to be a good neighbour...
The Westgate Fund was established in 2017 with a £125,000 donation from John Lewis, and is held and managed by Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF). Since then it has funded 18 different community initiatives across Oxford.
Work and Life: All in the Balance
People are border-crossers who make daily transitions between two worlds –the world of work and the world of private life.
Maintaining Mental Health and wellbeing when working from home
From a Coaching perspective, within this topic I look at different ways we can personalise good practice, evidenced based approaches, developmental thinking, active listening and reflective learning, both to our individual lives and our individual experiences.