Nine top employee perks: Staff rank more holidays over pay rise
Over a quarter of UK employees value additional holiday and flexible working time over perks such as employee discounts and company cars and even a pay rise, according to new research.
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Reddit overtakes Facebook as third most popular site in US
Social forum site Reddit has overtaken Facebook to become the third most visited platform in the US, according to rankings on Alexa, the Amazon-owned Web traffic analysing platform.
LGBT+ business community myGwork gets revamp
Entrepreneurial twins Adrien and Pierre Gaubert are re-inventing the way LGBT+ professionals find and secure jobs with myGwork, the LGBT+ business community.
CRM has yet to win its own budget in two thirds of UK businesses
Just 35% of companies have integrated CRM systems, while two thirds of companies are covering marketing and CRM with the same budget, leaving a third of marketers without plans and processes around the technology, according to new research.
A tale of two tweets: Poundland threatens legal action over Thameslink slur
A tweet from UK rail operator Thameslink backfired spectaularly this week, after an attempt at humour resulted in high street retailer Poundland threatening to sue.
Ecommerce trends: Average order value rises for 14th consecutive month
Online retail parcel delivery order volumes were up +13.9% year-on-year in April, according to the latest data from the IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index.
Long, expensive and emotionally draining: Entrepreneurs reveal what it’s really like to launch a tech startup
New research conducted by Studio Graphene in partnership with City Road Communications has revealed how entrepreneurs’ expectations of launching a technology startup compare to the realities of running a company.
Bricks and mortar stores must adapt to the needs of the modern digital consumer
Bricks and mortar stores that fail to adapt to consumers’ desires for digital experiences will be left behind, according to new research by global provider of unified commerce solutions, PCMS.
‘Bring your own device’ linked with cybersecurity risk for six in 10 UK SMEs
With a week until GDPR hits, there is a correlation between ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) schemes and increased cybersecurity risk in small businesses, according to new research.
81% of UK marketers feel ready for GDPR (but employers may not be)
GDPR awareness is at its highest level since 2016 and 81% of marketers feel prepared, but 7% say their employers still have no plan in place, according to new research.