World Mental Health Day 2024: Focusing on Workplace Mental Health
Every year, October 10th marks World Mental Health Day, a moment to reflect on the importance of mental well-being globally. In 2024, the theme centres around "Workplace Mental Health", a topic that’s increasingly being recognised as critical.
This year we have come across more scams than ever before which has led us to create this blog to draw more light on the issue, help people identify a scammer & spread awareness about the issue to help protect anyone who is targeted.
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme is Movement, so we wanted to share some of our team's favourite walks to encourage you to get out and about this weekend.
2023 was another year where the workplace landscape flexed and adapted as businesses tried to tune into what was happening around them. That trend is set to continue, so here is what you can expect to see happening in an office near you in 2024…….
It’s a Hot Topic at the moment and not just for us; the UK job market has been experiencing a unique challenge over the past year - the rise of counter offers.
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