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Eurowings passengers will be waiting nervously this week to see what impact proposed strike action by the UFO union and its cabin crew members will have on scheduled flights. Lufthansa’s budget carrier has failed to come to an agreement with negotiators over a new contract, which Eurowings claims offers a pay rise of around seven percent. There is some confusion as to whether t...
Design in business has gone through quite the evolution. Leading brands such as Nike are hiring designers into C-suite roles. Consulting and financial companies are hoovering up design firms. In the last year alone, IBM acquired three design agencies. This is all for good reason. Design-led companies outperformed the S&P by 219 percent over the last ten years, while workers with a des...
Two Uber drivers have won a London employment tribunal ruling, meaning the company will have to provide basic rights including holiday pay, paid rest breaks and the minimum wage. James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam disputed that they were truly self-employed and said that Uber essentially controlled their actions as workers. Farrar claimed that his net earnings after fuel, insurance and vehicle...
Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom is determined to go ahead with Nord Stream 2, a massive gas pipeline connecting Russia with the rest of Europe. The company responded to doubts about the viability of the project this week by confirming that the structure will be built in full compliance with European legislation. Alexander Medvedev, Gazprom’s Management Committee...
Around 17 million working days were lost in the UK to sick leave caused by mental health issues in 2015, an increase of 25 percent on 2014. Recent research from the Office of National Statistics ( ONS ) has found that mental health problems, including stress, depression and anxiety, are the leading cause of workplace absence in the UK, after minor illnesses. The data, which studied...
New research from BMC Software reveals that the UK lags behind other European countries when it comes to fostering a culture of innovation at creativity at work. Whilst 63 percent of French employees and 57 percent of Spanish employees feel empowered to lead innovation and drive change, less than half (47 percent) of employees surveyed across the UK agree. In turn, this appears to be...
It was recently reported that 2015 was the warmest year on record. Furthermore, a new global temperature forecast from the UK's Met Office says that 2016 is likely to be even warmer than 2015. This forecast underlines a long-term trend, where 15 of the 16 hottest years since records began in 1880 have all been this century . The record temperatures set in 2015 are due to a combi...
British Airways will be the only airline in Europe to provide a direct flight from the continent to New Orleans in the deep south of the USA. The news comes amid speculation that the UK government will select Heathrow as its preference for expansion over Gatwick, though no final decision will be made for at least another year. From March 26, 2017 the UK Carrier will launch a fo...
Juggling a family and running a business is hard work. Often the guilt of taking those weekend calls and getting home late eats away at you. On the flipside, you can work more flexible hours to attend parents evening and sports days and, if things go well, give your kids a great start in life. I started my business from scratch; hit the recession; became pregnant;...
Business travel by small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) has increased by as much as 230 percent on rail routes to key UK cities outside of London, reveals data by Trainline for Business. The data, covering the last four years and showing growth in SME rail business travel, points to the emergence of new business hubs across the UK including in Brighton (230 percent growth), Swindon (1...
Ladbrokes and Coral have agreed to sell 359 shops to Betfred and Stan James for a combined £55.5 million, paving the way for the long-awaiting merger of the two bookmakers. Coral will be selling 174 stores for a total of £26.5 while Ladbrokes will sell the remaining 185 for £29 million. Betfred is buying 322 of the stores with Stan James taking the other 37. It is not kn...
France has a population of 64.6 million and an area of 547,030 sq km. Since 2013 unemployment has steadily held at around 10 percent, touching 10.5 percent in July 2015 and falling to 9.9 percent a year later. Along with Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, France is a member of the G7. A group of nations representing the most advanced in the world and accounting for over 60 percent of ...
As you read this 1 in 4 of your colleagues are affected by some form of mental health condition be that anxiety, depression or stress. Perhaps this is even you. The fact is for most of us, out of all the pressures you’re under each day, your working day is by far the most damaging to your mental health. So what can you do about it? Mindfulness is one resource that...
Spain lost nearly 100,000 people in 2015 and started 2016 with a population of 46,524,943. The capital is Madrid and the country has an area of 505,400 kilometres square. The Spanish economy was particularly badly hit by the global economic crisis of 2008. After a decade and a half of steady growth the country's economy began to slow in 2007. In the second quarter of 2008 Spain slid i...
Since its conception in 1978, Air Berlin has rose to become Germany’s second largest airline and one of the most iconic airline companies in Europe, providing low-cost, high quality travel for corporate and leisure travellers. With over €4 billion revenue and nearly 150 destinations on offer, the airline is also known to be one of the most accommodating companies, with approxim...
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