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Chancellor Strengthens Support On Offer For Business as First Government-Backed Loans Reach Firms In Need
3rd Apr 2020Business, CoronavirusMAD-HR News
Chancellor Strengthens Support on Offer for Business £90 million of business interruption loans approved for nearly 1,000 firms and £1.9 billion corporate finance provided to firms hit by COVID-19 Current loan scheme extended so more small businesses can benefit Lenders banned from requesting personal guarantees on loans under £250,000 New scheme announced to bolster support for larger firms not currently eligible for loans Chancellor emphasises importance of banks moving quickly...
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Employment Legislative Updates – April 2020
31st Mar 2020Business, Employment LawMAD-HR News
Employment Legislative Updates April is always a busy month in the employment law calendar and this year is no exception with latest Employment Legislative Updates which came into force in April 2020. There have been some key changes to legislation that you need to be aware of as well as several increases to statutory payments. PAYMENT INCREASES From 1 April 2020 the National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and...
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Reflecting on a busy and successful 2019
20th Dec 2019MAD-HR News
Before everyone begins enjoying the Christmas and New Year celebrations, it’s a good opportunity for any business to take stock and reflect on how the year has gone. Here at MAD-HR, we’ve been thrilled with the support the business community has shown for our innovative services. With new clients have come team expansion, new projects – and award recognition. MAD-HR continues to grow 2019 was our fifth year in business....
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Overcoming HR hurdles and making a difference for new and growing businesses
20th Dec 2019Business, Human ResourcesMAD-HR News
HR Expert - HR Toolkit When you start up or grow your business, you must oversee everything. But the need to keep so many plates spinning at once can be overwhelming, particularly as you need to learn from your mistakes fast which can be compounded if you are not an HR expert. As your business grows, recruiting new team members is the obvious next step, although it’s a transition that...
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MAD-HR reaches new heights at National Business Finals for ‘High Growth’.
17th Dec 2019MAD-HR News
The team at MAD-HR were delighted to have been recognised at last week’s prestigious National SME Awards at Wembley, in the High Growth category. Whilst we did not take the top spot on this occasion, the team at MAD-HR received glowing feedback from the judging panel and organisers of the awards. Carole Burman, Managing Director at MAD-HR commented “Being recognised at the final stage of such a prominent award is...
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MAD-HR present St Elizabeth’s Hospice with their fundraising towards the Elmer Parade
15th Oct 2019MAD-HR News
This summer saw the arrival of an extremely colourful herd of elephants to the town of Ipswich. Referred to as the ‘Elmer Parade’, the display which was made up of 56 large elephants and ran from June – September, was coordinated by the team at St Elizabeth’s Hospice. Over the summer, Suffolk saw a significant increase in tourism to both the town and the surrounding areas. This followed on from...
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MAD-HR present ActivGardens with money raised at Suffolk Chamber Prestige Dinner
8th Oct 2019MAD-HR News
On 3rd October 2019, MAD-HR Director Charlotte Bate attended the ActivLives AGM to present them with a donation of £805 to their ActivGardens project. ActivLives is a charity which operates across Suffolk to help people in local communities to combat loneliness and isolation. Their ActivGardens project encourages people to get outside in order to improve their health and mental wellbeing. Here, members can grow fruit and vegetables as part of...
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We’re up for a national award!
31st Aug 2019Business, Human ResourcesMAD-HR News
National SME Awards Nomination Recognition comes in all sorts of forms for a business. In our case, at MAD-HR, there’s something hugely validating about the calls, letters (yes, we still receive them!) and emails from satisfied clients wanting to tell us about the impact of our advice or support. In the last two weeks, however, we’ve had a very special piece of recognition to celebrate. We are officially shortlisted in...
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New HR Consultant Tracey joins the MAD-HR team
4th Jul 2019BusinessMAD-HR News
HR Consultant - Essex With the announcement of a brand new office in Essex, MAD-HR is delighted to announce the appointment of Tracey Munro as an HR Consultant, based in Chelmsford. Tracey joins the growing team, which has already grown by over 200% so far in 2019, to assist business of all sizes across the county with their HR needs. Tracey is an experienced Senior HR professional with over 30...
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The MAD-HR Team grows
2nd Jul 2019Business, Human ResourcesMAD-HR News
MAD-HR Team Grows MAD-HR, the premier providers of outsourced HR services across the East of England, are delighted to announce the expansion of their experienced team. This growth will enable the team to work with more clients to continue to Make A Difference through the provision of commercial HR support across the region. Established in 2014 by Managing Director Carole Burman, MAD-HR has gone from strength to strength in just...
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MAD-HR awarded Future50 2019 status
12th Jun 2019BusinessMAD-HR News
Awarded Future50 Status MAD-HR have been awarded Future50 status. The announcement of the Future50 awards list 2019 has heralded great news to the start of MAD-HR's sixth year in business: June has seen the company inducted into the Future50 Class of 2019 in Norfolk & Suffolk, an award considered to be the collection of Norfolk and Suffolk’s most innovative and ambitious companies considered 'the ones to watch'. Being awarded Future50...
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