Businesses becoming more people-focused

Businesses are becoming more people-focused, according to research from the Property Directors Forum.

Fatigued employees costing UK businesses

Fatigued employees could be costing UK businesses £453 million in productivity, according to research by Sealy UK.

The way we talk about productivity needs to shift to suit a knowledge economy

Productivity is a word that is being thrown about an awful lot lately. But despite the definition of the term being quite straightforward (“an economic measure of output per unit of input”), pinning...

Productivity and profitability at SSE

A long-term outlook is needed to ensure strong profitability as a UK energy company, says director of HR at SSE John Stewart.

Using data could boost UK productivity by 3%

Using data to inform business decisions could boost the UK’s productivity by 3%, according to innovation charity Nesta.

Productivity plan criticised for not going far enough on skills

Chancellor George Osborne has been criticised for skimming over the UK’s skills shortage issue in his recently released productivity plan, ‘Fixing the Foundations’.

The relationship between Productivity and profitability

A long-term outlook is needed to ensure strong profitability as a UK energy company, says director of HR at SSE John Stewart.

How we talk about productivity needs to shift to suit a knowledge economy

Pinning down what productivity means to business is trickier than it may at first appear

Budget 2015: Government urged to focus on skills and productivity

The first all-Conservative budget since 1996 contained several surprises, such as a cut in corporation tax and a proposed change to Sunday trading laws. Businesses are now exploring exactly what these...

July budget 2015: What can we expect?

Chancellor George Osborne has promised "a laser-like focus" on raising productivity and living standards in today’s budget, the first all-Conservative Budget since 1996.

The trouble with measuring productivity

Why the answer to the productivity puzzle may lie in how we measure it

How business can solve the productivity puzzle

The productivity problem won't solve itself, and businesses need to play an important role