Wellbeing in the workplace is a very serious issue- one that all businesses should consider. With over 16 million days a year lost due to mental ill-health, poor wellbeing (like excessive anxiety and stress) is one of the most significant causes of absence from work; including a lack of efficiency and poor productivity. Here are some simple tips that you...

The Government looks set to proceed with controversial changes to the way that businesses submit tax returns- potentially causing a headache for small businesses, the self-employed and sole traders in the process. Unpopular changes to tax returns likely HMRC's proposed changes to the tax return system would see firms required to submit tax updates every quarter rather than one big...

You may not think it, but the set-up of your office environment can have a big effect on the quality of your work and also your health. Office ergonomics is the study of how these conditions can affect your health, efficiency and productivity. It focuses on improving the set-up of your working environment, and aims to lower the risk of...

As the country's furthest inland port, Gloucester has been a centre of commerce and trading for centuries. And it still is today.   Currently benefiting from an ambitious regeneration project, Gloucester has seen a massive £700million investment from the private sector in recent years, making the city a popular destination with businesses and entrepreneurs.   Pullman Place provides an exciting...

We've all heard the stories. Lovely little tea shop serving a great cuppa and cakes, with the friendliest service in town- closed down within a year. Gift shop filled with perfect little treasures, closed after just six months. Family run DIY shop which stocked all the best tools of the trade,  gone after less than a year of trading. Large...

With the vast majority of us spending more time with our work colleagues than the people we love, it's important that our workplace is as healthy as possible. Over 130 million working days were lost due to sickness in 2013, and stress and back pains are major offenders.  As a nation we still don't feel comfortable talking about stress; we...

With health experts now telling us "sitting is the new smoking" the office world has been thrown into a state of panic. It seems that every day we're told something else we're doing will shorten our lives, but this one does unfortunately seem to make a lot of sense. We know that we need to exercise regularly in order to...

For many new businesses there are a range of factors to take into consideration when it comes to finding the right location, and low rent is often a major one. Whilst finding a place that's affordable is important, if something seems to be too good to be true it usually is. If a retail unit is significantly cheaper than all...

Established in 1996 by Jonathan McDowell and Renato Benedetti, this award winning architectural services company has established a well-deserved reputation for quality and excellence. Known for a huge range of projects from urban design and master planning to commercial properties and housing, McDowell & Benedetti are one of the UK's most well respected and prolific architecture firms, and we're proud...

If your line of work involves noisy tools or machinery you'll need to be aware of the dangers of high noise levels in the workplace and your responsibilities as an employer. An alarming 17,000 people in the UK suffer with hearing loss or other symptoms of permanent damage like tinnitus or recurring infections due to work related noise- and once...