Record Number of New Business Start-Ups
A record number of new businesses registered in the UK in 2014 – and even more are set to start up this year. There were 581,173 new businesses registered with Companies House last year, up from 526,446 in 2013. That figure is expected to break the record again this year as national enterprise campaign StartUp […]
Fit Notes Failing to Get Employees Back to Work
A survey has found that the majority of employers believe that the ‘fit note’ scheme has not resulted in earlier returns to work for their employees. A survey by the Engineering Employers’ Federation (EEF) and Jelf Employee Benefits has found that only 22% of employers believe that fit notes encourage employees to return to […]