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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.
36 percent of workers are concerned about the impact of technological advancements on their jobs, prompting Virgin Media O2 Business to conduct a comprehensive study on the future of work.
A problem-led approach, i.e. offering a menu of therapies and services, rather than taking a holistic solution-led approach, risks letting people down, says RedArc, the nurse-led health and wellbeing company.
At CogX Festival 2023, Steven Bartlett and Fearne Cotton sat down for a candid fireside conversation to discuss what it takes to build resilience amid today’s turbulent culture, nurturing mental health in the workplace, unlocking your true self, and fostering tools for a healthier and more balanced headspace.
In the world of startups and entrepreneurship, the phenomenon of imposter syndrome is becoming more and more common.
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s not uncommon to envy others’ success. Seeing carefully chosen success stories on social media can sometimes leave us feeling inadequate.
The stats show that more than a third (39%) of women in business find working from home lonely – as indeed I did myself.
Even if employers do not have a dedicated menopause support provider, they may well have more support for menopause than they realise, according to GRiD.
The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day was ‘mental health is a universal human right’, and with this, it’s vital that businesses not only highlight mental health in the workplace but focus on ways they’re supporting employees.
October is World Menopause Awareness Month providing a great opportunity to expand on the increasingly noisy discussions taking place about this important subject.
Starting a business can be challenging. Uncertain trading conditions can be common with a startup business, and worries about your new venture can take a toll on your mental and physical wellbeing.
New research has revealed that 70% of autistic people in the UK haven’t been offered professional support. That’s according to Brain in Hand, the digital innovation healthcare company urgently calling for better support for the autistic community.
Mental health is hugely important, both in the workplace and beyond. But with the pressures of increasingly fast-paced work environments, it can be difficult to find time to prioritise our mental health.
