Leadership
28th April 2020 Online Skills Toolkit Launched
Online Skills Toolkit Launched The Department for Education has launched a new online learning platform – the skills toolkit to build skills in the UK during the Coronavirus outbreak and …
28th April 2020 Small Businesses Boosted by Bounce Back Loans
Bounce Back Loans On 27th April 2020, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a new Bounce back scheme which should be a quicker and easy solution for those in need of …
24th April 2020 Solution to Address the Need for Seasonal Labour in Agriculture
Solution to Address the Need for Seasonal Labour in Agriculture With the no immediate end to the Pandemic in sight and crops that needs to be harvested, Defra has launched …
24th April 2020 Coronavirus – Health and Well-being Guide
Health and Well-being Guide Taking care of your mind as well as your body is really important while staying at or working from home because of coronavirus (COVID-19). You may …
23rd April 2020 What Financial Support is Available to You?
What Financial Support is Available to You? With the plethora of support available through the Government as a result of the Convid-19 pandemic – you may now be somewhat confused …
21st April 2020 Chancellor Expands Loan Scheme for Large Businesses
Chancellor Expands Loan Scheme for Large Businesses A UK government-backed loan scheme for large businesses affected by coronavirus has been expanded to cover all viable firms, the Chancellor announced today …
21st April 2020 Coming Out of Covid-19 Stronger Than Ever?
Webinar – After Covid-19 How can you use your time now so that after Covid-19 your business comes out stronger than ever before? Many businesses have battened down the hatches, …
20th April 2020 £1.25 Billion Support Package for Innovative Firms
Support for Innovative Firms UK businesses driving innovation and development will be helped through the coronavirus outbreak with a £1.25 billion government support package, the Chancellor announced today (20th April …
17th April 2020 Government Confirms Extension to the JRS Scheme to 30 June 2020
The Chancellor has extended the JRS Scheme due to the extension of social distancing restrictions for at least a further 3 weeks. This means that claims were originally permitted for …
14th April 2020 Communicating with Furloughed Staff
In order to access the grant to cover 80% of their reference pay (to a max of £2500) through the Job Retention Scheme, there are a number of rules that …
29th October 2019 Why would anyone want to work for you and your business?
As an employer, it’s inevitable that you might often find yourself wondering whether you risk losing a member of staff to a larger, wealthier, trendier or more conveniently located competitor. …
11th July 2019 5 Tips on Giving Memorable Presentations
Want to know how to make memorable presentations? We asked our senior consultants and training experts for their top tips to help you deliver a presentation that will really stand …
9th March 2019 Meetings, Meetings and More Meetings
Most meetings fail to get going from the start. The group is kept waiting for people to arrive. Others want to keep chatting about “important” but unrelated topics. The dreaded …
25th July 2018 When The Temperatures Climb, The Responsibilities Soar
We can plan for all kinds of scenarios as HR advisors. We’re often waiting like a coiled spring for the next recruitment wave for one of our clients, or their …
16th July 2018 Lessons In Management From Southgate
One of our clients recently invited us to a celebration for an employee who’d been with them for 20 years. Perhaps not a long time, when compared with the 35-plus …
16th July 2018 What do the new GCSE grades mean?
If you employ school leavers or apprentices, you’ll begin to notice a difference on CV’s coming across your desk soon. If you’re not already aware, the GCSE grading system had …
9th July 2018 Summertime and Retention Protection
What’s more infectious than a common cold in the workplace? What’s likely to set the jungle-drums of workplace gossip on fire more so than when the guy from sales disappeared …
25th June 2018 Why You Should Choose MAD-HR!
Choosing MAD-HR A (Moving) Picture Speaks Louder Than Words We’re very lucky to have lots of wonderful clients in our MAD-HR crowd. We know HR is not the easiest topic for …
10th June 2018 What’s the Solution to Finding and Keeping the Best Talent?
If I could name one question which gets asked of me most among new and existing clients, it’s along the lines of ‘how do I find and keep the best …
5th June 2018 Succession Planning & Talent Spotting are Key to Diversity
Succession Planning For our latest blog, MAD-HR founder Carole Burman discusses the key to staff diversity through effective talent-spotting, board diversity, and succession planning. Last week saw reaction travel far …
