HR + Dorset Business News: April 2020
We’ve gathered the recent headlines for Hampshire and Dorset HR News + Recruitment + Business headlines across the local area and beyond. Keeping you up to date with everything in the world of HR, work, business and strategy. We have also added a new section – Good News!
Make sure you follow us to see the latest news, tips and blogs – see below! We’d also like to share with you a very comprehensive and thorough document on the Coronavirus job Retention Scheme written by Brabners as part of their C-19 Business Pledge. You can view it here.
STRATEGY/GENERAL BUSINESS
28th April
Marketing Week: Just 7% of brands ‘seize the opportunity’ to invest more in marketing during Covid-19
27th April
BBC News: Five firms booming despite the lockdown.
23rd April:
People Management: Masterclass – How to conduct a remote meeting
BBC News: Can the hospitality sector adapt to social distancing?
Small Business: What coronavirus small business help is available for free?
22nd April:
BBC News: Businesses adapting to life under lockdown
21st April
BizMag: Trade body experts offer business and personal finance advice
BBC News: UK employment at record high before lockdown
Forbes: How To Help Employees Be The Culture Change You Want To See
20th April
Marketing Week: The key to boosting ROI in B2B marketing is relevance
Bournemouth Echo: This is how to apply for the government furlough scheme
17th April
People Management: How to change from resistance to acceptance
14th April:
BizMag: What do new government guidelines mean for national training providers?
10th April
Forbes: Want Your Business To Combat Coronavirus? 3 Best Practices For Partnering With Nonprofits
Forbes: How to plan for a future no one can plan for
9th April
Personnel Today: Furlough – HMRC clarifies TUPE rules and warns against fraud
Personnel Today: Director’s rights and responsibilities under Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
People Management: Coronavirus: What HR needs to know
6th April
Dorset Chamber: Updated guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
3rd April
Dorset Chamber: The impact of furlough leave or reduced hours
1st April
Dorset Chamber: Supporting your business while you support your staff
WORK/LIFE
24th April
People Management: Skills for working at home with children during lockdown.
BBC News: 5 mental health tips for surviving lockdown
22nd April
People Management: How to help working parents avoid burnout during lockdown.
12th April
Forbes: How You Can Help Others Maintain Focus
Business Insider:How to deal with life’s uncertainty and the stress it causes.
9th April
The Guardian: Can you volunteer to work for your company while on furlough? Unfortunately not.
8th April
Dorset Biz News: Meditation could help you get through these troubled times
BizMag: Childcare places available for key workers
7th April
People management: Half working from home are unhappy with the work life balance
6th April
Forbes: 4 Ways To Balance Caregiving And Running A Business
3rd April
Dorset Chamber: 5 Tips for avoiding neck pain at home.
2nd April
Dorset Chamber: Employee motivation and wellbeing in uncertain times.
Dorset Chamber: Five ways to wellbeing
1st April
Personnel Today: WEBINAR on Mental health – why employees don’t as for help.
LOCAL
13th April
Bournemouth Echo: Local marketing agency launches initiative to help struggling businesses
7th April
Dorset Biz News: The local businesses supporting the NHS
BBC News/Twitter: The South is finding ways to keep entertained in Lockdown
2nd April
Dorset Chamber: Top business coach supporting local businesses
HR & DORSET RECRUITMENT
23rd April
People Management: Can shared parental leave ever work?
People Management: How should HR navigate the furlough scheme’s grey areas?
22nd April
People Management: What can HR do if CEOs don’t respond well to Coronavirus?
21st April
The Guardian: 140,000 companies apply for the furlough scheme
20th April
Personnel Today: Furlough confusion whether formal consent is needed
People Management: What can HR learn from Europe’s staggered return to work?
15th April
BizMag: Interviews cause real life stage fright for workers
9th April
Personnel Today: Lasting effects of the Coronavirus on HR and Business
Personnel Today: Bank holidays – five things employers need to know
People Management: Coronavirus: what does HR need to know
8th April
LinkedIn News: Which industries are hiring?
Dorset Chamber: Key considerations for employers
People Management: Why we should rebuild trust in the workplace
6th April
Dorset Chamber: Emergency volunteering leave
The Guardian: Coronavirus lockdown to hit low-paid, young and women hardest, warns IFS
2nd April
Dorset Chamber: Do you really know how your staff are feeling?
OTHER GOOD NEWS! – More can be found on our Good News Page.
21st April
The Guardian: The new big 5 photography project – in pictures
20th April:
Bournemouth Echo: 11 year old boy runs 100k to raise money for Julia’s house
9th April
Forbes: Pollution Recedes Amid Lockdown, And A View Of The Himalayas Emerges For The First Time In 30 Years
Business Insider: Foster kittens went on a field trip to an empty aquarium and couldn’t get enough of all the fish they met
7th April
Dorset Chamber: Dorset charity launches £1 million COVID-19 support fund
Related Dovetail articles:
Dovetail’s Good News
UK Job Market Report
How (NOT) to work from home
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Thanks to all of our sources as always: Bournemouth Echo, DDCI, Dorset Biz News, Business Insider, Guardian, Personnel Today, People Management, Forbes, The Business Magazine, Daily Echo, Business in Dorset, World Economic Forum, Bizmag, + Marketing Week.
