FDM Group, a global business and tech consultancy, has revealed seven reasons why workers should consider a career break in 2024.

Businesses are being urged to familiarise themselves with the ‘motherhood penalty’ and introduce steps to eradicate it within their organisations in 2024.

Starting a new job can be tough and when we achieve a new position in our careers, it can feel a little like we’re faking it to make it. Imposter Syndrome, which is experienced by over 60% of UK workers, is experienced commonly as we take on more responsibility.

Female entrepreneurship is a wonderful thing. Gender diversity at the top trickles down, increasing the representation of women in senior roles more widely. Diversity in general aids business performance, boosting the economy in the process. Plus, we need women at the helm of businesses to create products and services that answer to the needs of the female half of our population. So why, given all these benefits of female entrepreneurship, did I feel a little uneasy when I heard that there’s been a significant rise in the number of female founders?

It's been a busy period in the open banking space. In June, the European Commission (EC) put forward its long-awaited proposals for updates to the Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which – aptly – will lead to PSD3.

If you’re a startup founder, you’re probably passionate and committed to your job. It’s not like you just let the business take care of itself.

When the dragons in Dragons’ Den say to the entrepreneur ‘Would you like to go and talk to the wall?’, that wall moment, for me, is like journaling. A quiet moment, to hear yourself think, untangle the data to decide what feels right and emerge clear-eyed.

A study involving 4,383 employees has uncovered a rise in anxiety and stress levels among professionals, with a third reporting a constant state of tension.

In the fast-paced and competitive world of business, the drive for success often comes hand-in-hand with self-criticism. The inner dialogue that whispers, "I'm not good enough," can be a pervasive force that hinders professional growth and stifles innovation.

Everyone has a story. Mine just happens to involve a battle with mental illness and how I thought something that would ruin my life has reshaped it.

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RedArc, the nurse-led health and wellbeing service, is bracing itself for a busy Q1 as analysis of 2023 referral data highlights that there were 42% more new mental health cases when compared to the average for the rest of the year.

As the UK marks Blue Monday on January 15, a survey conducted by small business insurer Simply Business revealed that 90% of SME owners feel that the government isn’t doing enough to support their mental health.

High-profile founders from Tom Bloomfield at Monzo to Simon Beckerman at Depop are speaking more openly about the impact of running a business on their mental and physical health, and on their family life.

Economic pressure is forcing Small and Medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to revert back to remote working models to cut costs.

In the ever-growing world of startups, success can often be equated with long hours, piles of workload, and overwhelming stress. But, as a legal professional of 35 years and now a best-selling author of 'The Lazy Guide to Happy: Effortless Joy for the Time-Crunched and Nearly Burned Out', I’m here to challenge this narrative.

A recent survey has unveiled that seven in ten small business owners experience stress at work. The primary stressors, according to the survey of 2,000 small business owners by Love Energy Savings, are soaring energy bills (22%) and inflation (23%).

Mags Fuller, Co-Owner and Financial Director of business advisory group The Alternative Board UK explores tactics and advice for business leaders to maintain a good work life balance for themselves and their staff.

Workplace wellbeing involves creating an environment where there is a healthy balance between mental and physical health. These factors are equally important because having poor health on one condition could lead to poor health on the other.

RingCentral, a provider of AI-first global enterprise cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration, and contact centre solutions, has released new findings from its Communications @ Work Index exposing the growing issue of out of hours notifications in the UK and their impact on work-life boundaries.