Original Broadcast: Modern Mindset
Rory McGowan is joined by Thea Watson from Bright HR. In this episode the two discuss a new report that Bright HR has carried out. It looks at workplace culture and how it still requires improvement in certain areas. https://www.brighthr.com/
Guests: Thea Watson
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Original Broadcast: Modern Mindset
Adam and Lara discuss new research carried about by the Business Disability Forum, part of which looks at how disabled people in the UK feel misrepresented. They also discuss how essential it is that businesses get it right when it comes to representing disabled people in their company. https://businessdisabilityforum.org.uk/
Guests: Lara Davis
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Original Broadcast: Thought for the Week
Adam Smith set out the foundation building blocks for economic growth in the Wealth of Nations, and capital and labour were the key components — Jeremy Hunt says he is now pursuing growth as his key priority, and there's no doubt that increasing capital availability in both public and private sectors will help: but where is the labour capacity? It's on NHS waiting lists. Background music: 'The Nexus Riddim' by Konrad OldMoney
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Original Broadcast: Modern Mindset
Adam Cox is joined by Simon Blake, Head of Strategic Corporate Finance at Price Bailey, for an insightful discussion surrounding recent data that has come to light through a Freedom of Information Request (FOIA). This data highlights a substantial increase in the number of Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs) receiving tax clearance. Simon provides an overview of the findings and offers his perspective on the factors that have contributed to this surge of interest in EOTs. They examine the influence of tax incentives on the decision-making process for business owners contemplating the adoption of an EOT and explore the potential future implications of employee ownership trusts in the United Kingdom. https://www.pricebailey.co.uk/
Guests: Simon Blake
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Original Broadcast: Modern Mindset
Adam Cox is joined by Ria Kalsi, Founder of Matriarch, to discuss why companies which place emphasis on their diversity and inclusion generate up to 30% higher revenue per employee. They look at how racial inclusion benefits people, and why it is still something society still struggles with. www.mtrrch.com
Guests: Ria Kalsi
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Original Broadcast: Thought for the Week
If you’re currently aged between 43 and 59, start watching the news carefully: the chances are that the Government has you firmly in its sights. Of course there's much talk of getting you back to work, if you're one of the 'economically inactive' following the pandemic — but they also have it in mind to make you wait a couple of years longer before your pension can start. For every downside there is, of course, an upside: but that flows 100% to the Government, since HM Treasury would see a windfall of c. £10 billion pa. Be prepared to roll your sleeves up, unless you can master new technologies! Background music: 'Officer of the Day March' by the United States Marine Band
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Original Broadcast: This is Money
First we had the great resignation and now we may be seeing a new trend emerge 'unretirement'. Amid the turmoil of the pandemic, Britain's economy threw up the puzzle of a dramatic rise in economic inactivity - as about 565,000 people dropped out of the workforce to a position where they were neither working nor looking for work. These missing workers aren't claiming unemployment benefits but are somehow getting by under their own steam. The phenonomen is great enough that the ONS and Bank of England have looked into it and an inquiry by a House of Lords committee says that early retirement among those aged 50 to 64 may be the main driver of the trend. But there are also tentative signs of some of these people 'unretiring', so what is going on? Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Simon Lambert delve into the issue. Why do people want to take early retirement, why may some now be returning to work — and what would tempt more back to boost productivity and the economy? Plus, the team look at the stock market winners and losers of 2022 — and why the FTSE 100 managed to keep its head while other major markets suffered. Also on the agenda are log burners: can they really be cheaper than your central heating or are they just a feature for the home? And finally, used car prices have continued to defy the usual way of things and rise again this year, is that now coming to an end and what were the models that rose the most in value over 2022?
Guests: Helen Crane
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Original Broadcast: Modern Mindset
Adam Cox is joined by Professor Sir Cary Cooper and Dr Jorge Palacios, to discuss new research from SilverCloud Health which reveals how employees' mental health has been impacted post-pandemic. They look at the key factors that are detrimental to mental health, and how employers can improve their workers' mental health. https://www.silvercloudhealth.com/uk
Guests: Cary Cooper,Jorge Palacios
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Original Broadcast: Modern Mindset
Adam Cox is joined by Christian Hendriksen and Edward Ballsdon, co-founders of Rensair, to discuss how employers can make returning to the office safer for employees. They look at current government guidance on ventilation, and what companies should be looking for when choosing air purifier systems. https://rensair.com/
Guests: Christian Hendriksen,Edward Ballsdon
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Original Broadcast: Economist Questions
The UK has come a long way since the early Equal Opportunities legislation of the 1970s, high-profile cases in the 1980s and 1990s identifying institutionalised discrimination, and the subsequent focus on celebration of diversity and promotion of inclusion. However, the #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter movements are reminders of how far we still need to travel. In this episode, Peter Urwin is joined by Emma Parry, Professor of Human Resource Management at Cranfield School of Management, to discuss how to further move the dial on diversity in the workplace. Asking whether research provides clear lessons for managers, they identify a number of similar messages across the economics and HRM literatures. However, whilst recent debates over the value of unconscious bias training caution against untested approaches, evaluation of “solutions” such as Inclusion present a real challenge. Peter and Emma debate these tensions, and consider possible ways forward. For an accompanying blog post on this issue, go to https://www.propelhub.org.
Guests: Emma Parry
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