Thanks to the internet, the opportunities for going out on your own and starting a business are endless. Sectors tipped for big growth in 2018 include advertising and marketing, construction, and technology[1]. There has been a rapid rise in self-employment since the 2008 financial crash, which is also around the same time as when social […]
…87 million. That’s the estimated number of Facebook user profiles which may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica[1] to date. At the end of the fourth quarter in 2017, Facebook could boast 2.2 billion active users[2]. This means almost a third of the world’s population has been freely giving a corporation uninhibited access to […]
Protecting donors’ privacy and complying with the principles set out in the Data Protection Act 1998 are an imperative part of charity management and administration. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force on 25th May 2018 and present charities with a new set of complex legal requirements to factor in, with stringent penalties […]
Britain has been cementing itself as a world-class technology hub for many years and has attracted millions of pounds in investment from all over the world. The UK was ranked as the third most promising market for innovation, disruption and technology breakthroughs in KPMG’s 2018 Global Technology Innovation Report. It is only led by the […]
Allegations of serious sexual misconduct have hit the charities sector hard. The crises in the charity sector began in early February, with allegations that senior Oxfam staff had engaged the services of sex workers in Haiti, while supporting locals following the 2010 earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince. Some of the girls exploited by the aid workers […]
In less than three months the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) comes into force. On 25th May 2018, any business, charity or organisation which holds personal identifiable information must be fully compliant with the GDPR principles or face severe financial penalties. A number of businesses have been struggling to understand the compliance requirements under the […]
“No one has ever become poor by giving.” Anne Frank Charities benefit society and people all over the world, and many SMEs are setting up their own charities and foundations for this purpose. Not only does taking such a step benefit staff morale, but social responsibility can also boost a company’s standing and lead to […]
Being able to offer substantial remuneration packages is essential to attract the best and the brightest, especially for pivotal management roles. One way you can achieve this is by creating a phantom share option plan, otherwise known as an incentive compensation plan. What is a phantom share scheme? Far from being slightly dodgy (as the […]
Channel 4 News ran a story this week on Dr Helen Webberley, a GP in North Wales who runs a private clinic for trans-gender patients. Interestingly, no patients were seen sitting physically in her surgery during the report, instead, she consulted via Skype. Dr Webberley set up her Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) – which is […]
