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Posted by: Mary Asante

Member Spotlight – Nicci Birley

This month’s member spotlight Nicci Birley has specialised in a number of areas throughout her career. But if she head to choose it would be coaching and mentoring. About Nicci It’s been almost five years since Nicci started her indies…

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How to notify your clients about a price increase

A price increase in your service is never good news to break to your clients. If it is not managed appropriately, it could be a risk for your consultancy business. Not all your clients may accept the price increase, and…

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Mini-budget scrapped

Jeremy Hunt, the latest Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced yesterday, 17 October 2022 that he was scrapping most of the mini-budget measures announced by his predecessor three weeks ago. So, what has been scrapped and retained from we what we…

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Mini budget changes – IR35 and tax cuts

The chancellor (Kwasi Kwarteng) announced the government’s mini-budget on 23d September 2022.   Mini-budget – Summary of Key changes Here are some of the key changes from the mini budget announced on Friday and how they may impact you as…

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Member spotlight Nicole James

Nicole James HR Generalist from Bamboo People Solutions is this month’s member spotlight.   About Nicole Nicole is well experienced in employee relations and organisation design and development. She enjoys making a positive difference to people’s working lives and believes…

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Setting up your business | Your HR practice

Setting up your business can be extremely exciting but at the same time daunting. Many HR Independent professionals and business owners set up their businesses after successful careers in the corporate world.   The reasons for starting your own business…

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How AI is reshaping HR

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is when machines are simulated to think and function as humans. Machines, especially computer systems are becoming smarter. They can process large amounts of data without human intervention. HR has always held large volumes of data. But…

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How to make the HR Associate Relationship a Win Win

The Associate Relationship can work particularly well for both individual HR consultants and larger, more established HR consultancies. As with any relationship or agreement, it is important that it is a balanced and respectful relationship. There will be occasions however…

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Posted by: Nikki Masterman

How small business funding can help your business

Grants and loans can provide key funding for start-ups and small businesses. Recognising the need for small business funding can help to alleviate short-term pressure.   It can also be the solution for driving your HR Consultancy growth. But many…

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Will a recession bring people back into the office?

Will we see a recession in the UK? The big question on everyone’s lips now is whether the UK is heading for a recession in 2022/23. And if we do face dealing with a recession, what impact will this have…

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The role of HR in today’s business world

Long has there been a debate about the role of HR and what it should or shouldn’t include. Who HR represents – employees or employers, and even what it should be called – personnel, human resources, human capital management (just…

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Gender pay gap – what does a slow rate of change mean?

2022 marks the fifth year of gender pay gap reporting. It became mandatory for UK companies with over 250 employees in 2017.   Earlier this week, PwC released an analysis of gender pay gap data. 10,282 companies disclosed their data…

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Men’s Health MOT- Providing support for male staff

Did you miss Men’s Health Week last week? Well, despite there being a focus on this for one week, this is a topic we need to be thinking about throughout the year.  This year’s theme is on men having a…

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Party Gate – Lessons leaders and businesses can learn

The long-awaited report into The Party Gate’s parties arrived on Wednesday 25th May. Sue Gray’s investigation offers striking details of the culture of work and play during the lockdown period.  There are also some key lessons for leaders and businesses…

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Taking on your first employee – key considerations

Things To Consider When Looking to Recruit Your First Employee A common discussion thread in the HR Independents Facebook group and community explores the reality of being an independent practitioner.  The peaks and troughs of workload.  The need to stay…

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Life After COVID-19 – ‘THE BIG RESET’

The last of Covid restrictions have been removed by the government in England and organisations are now working out how best to move forward as we all start to ‘Live with Covid’. Two years ago none of us could possibly…

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Suicide prevention in the workplace

To mark World Suicide Prevention Day on 10th Septembr 2021, we are pleased to be featuring a guest Bog from Philip Adkins, National IAPT Clinical Lead at Vita Health Group. Suicide prevention in the workplace: How to talk to someone…

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