If you’re new to running a business, you’ve probably put a lot of thought into the basic first steps: sourcing materials, arranging production, and then serving customers. One finer detail of those steps is building relationships with your suppliers. They’ll want to see that you know what you’re…

Mental Health Awareness Week 2026 runs from 11th to 17th May, with this year’s theme: Every Action Counts. If you’re a business owner or HR manager in the UK, mental health at work is probably something you’re already thinking about.. The harder question is what you’re actually doing…

If you’re managing projects or payroll, budgeting or planning, you need to know how many working hours there are in a year or month. Maybe you’re planning resources and output, and want to create a detailed plan including the amount of working hours for the year. Or, you…

If you offer overtime for part-time workers, it’s essential to treat them equally to your full-time employees. While overtime isn’t a statutory right in the UK, if an employer does offer it, the law requires that part-time workers aren’t treated less favourably when it comes to getting paid…

Your team may be using AI. The question is whether anyone’s in charge of it. Nobody announced it. There was no policy meeting, no training session, no sign-off. But somewhere, somehow, AI has quietly become part of how your team works. Customer emails drafted with ChatGPT or Claude.…

The government has released a clear implementation roadmap for the Employment Rights Act 2025, outlining key employment law changes that will take effect from April 2026 through to 2027. The Employment Rights Act 2025 has now been passed, with most reforms taking effect from April 2026 onwards.  So…

If you own one or two rental properties—perhaps a buy-to-let bought as a long-term investment, or a family home inherited from a parent—the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 impacts you. It’s the most significant overhaul of the private rented sector in over thirty years. The Act came into force…

The construction industry has always been about more than just steel and concrete; it’s about the coordination of labour, the precision of planning and the management of risk. But for many UK firm owners and site managers, the daily reality is a constant battle against cost overruns, labour…

If you lead finance for a hospitality business in 2026, you already know the role looks nothing like it did five years ago. The owners’ meeting wants forward-looking insight, not a tidy retrospective. The lender wants covenant clarity by Friday. The operations director wants to know whether the…

On the 19th of March 2026 — just two weeks before the most significant employment law changes in a generation came into force — the government published its final list, naming and shaming employers who had breached National Minimum Wage rules under the old enforcement regime. 389 employers…