Women and black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees are vastly under-represented in engineering sector careers, with a distinct lack of diversity noted by a recent article.[1] Of the165,000 students studying engineering in the UK, only 16% are women. Despite employees from BAME backgrounds comprising 12% of the UK’s workforce, only 8% of engineers or technicians are BAME workers. Engineering Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 01/12/2020
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 25/11/2020
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, many people are considering private healthcare with numbers of health insurance almost doubling. This has prompted many professionals to look out for health insurance as an employee benefit when joining a company. A nationwide survey of 1,049 UK adults, conducted by Equipsme, has found that 15% were open to paying for it before Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 17/11/2020
Commercial insurance claims have long had the potential to be protracted and complex, whatever their cause, but with large losses involving business interruption claims, the picture can be more complicated still. Businesses suffering a fire, flood or other disaster-related incident may not have the time, knowledge or expertise to negotiate their own claim. Emotions and stress levels can run high Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 10/11/2020
Why Health & Safety and Insurance Need to be Built into Home Worker Considerations
Categories: General
Necessity has been the mother of invention with regard to homeworking in the UK, with employees having had to quickly pick up their laptops and work from wherever proved suitable within their homes due to UK lockdown. The swift reaction and adaptability of the workforce has been greatly praised but have some cracks been paved over? Will the full force Read More…