By Brian Lenehan, HR Consultant As the summer season approaches, HR professionals and managers face a familiar yet complex challenge: managing a wave of holiday requests while ensuring business continuity. With employees eager to make the most of the ‘warmer’ months...
By Karen Corry, Senior HR Consultant As Professional Wellness Month draws to a close, it’s time to move beyond fruit bowls and yoga sessions and ask a more pressing question: are we solving the right problem when it comes to employee wellness? Too often, organisations...
Those that set up, run, own or control a company in the UK must now verify their identity. This will apply to individuals who are: a director the equivalent of a director – this includes members, general partners and managing officers a person with significant control...
By Will Young, Director It’s no exaggeration to say that the end of 2024, first half of 2025 has been an economically uncertain period. While November 2024’s total employment figures hit the headlines for showing the largest decrease in employees in Northern Ireland...
HMRC has announced that mandatory payrolling of benefits-in-kind (BIK) will be delayed until April 2027, rather than proceeding in April 2026 as initially planned. What is a benefit-in-kind? A benefit-in-kind (BIK) is any non-monetary perk or service with a financial...
By Brian Lenehan, HR Consultant With the recent sunshine and Barra Best now everyone’s best friend, the impact of good weather on workplace dynamics becomes more than just a pleasant backdrop – it’s a subtle but powerful factor in employee engagement and...