The first quarter of 2018 has passed, and certain strategies have begun to show themselves as important trends that are driving companies towards success. As businesses begin to review their Q1 profits, as well as other important data sets, now is the time to implement these trends, so that the rest of 2018 can be even more successful. So here are the 4 biggest business trends that have emerged so far this year, and are driving businesses towards success. Going...

The charity industry in London is "in crisis" and "at tipping point" according to a damning new report that reveals there has been a surge in demand for services from the capital’s disadvantaged and marginalised communities. City Bridge Trust, the City of London Corporation’s charitable funder and the capital’s biggest independent grant maker, revealed many in the capital are facing widespread inequality, poverty and disadvantage. The research found that there is an opportunity for all charity funders, in a time of...

Today’s scandalous figures are more proof Theresa May’s Government has completely and utterly failed to tackle insecure work GMB union has criticised the Government after new figures released today showed the number of zero hours contracts creeping up to 2 million. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning show the number of zero hours contracts estimated to be in circulation in the economy rose to 1.8 million in November 2017 - up from 1.7 million a year...

Private Member’s Bill to protect emergency workers returns to Parliament on Friday and must cover sexual assaults, says union. GMB, the union for NHS workers, is demanding a change in the law as its investigation reveals that reported sexual assaults on ambulance staff have increased by 211 per cent over five years. According to the results of a Freedom of Information Act survey undertaken by GMB, there have been at least 688 sexual assaults on ambulance staff since 2012/13. In...

The majority of Brits would vote to remain in the EU if another referendum were held next week. A major UK-wide survey of more than 200,000 people revealed that a significant majority want the UK to stay in the European single market and believe Britain will be economically worse off outside the EU. The findings come as Prime Minister Theresa May faces growing pressure to concede on her so-called Brexit "red lines" of leaving the single market and customs union. Almost...

Mental illness has, over the past few years, become more understood and easier to admit to. I’ve suffered with it myself (anxiety and depression) and know many other people who have or had their own struggles with various forms of mental illness. How movies deal with mental illness still often leaves much to be desired, and that was at least as true, if not more so, back in 1993. Benny (Aidan Quinn) and Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson) are brother and...

With over 1.5 million followers, BOSH! is the world’s largest and fastest-growing channel dedicated to vegan cookery. Founded in 2016 by school friends Henry Firth and Ian Theasby, BOSH!’s exponential success has lead the the publication of a vegan cook book (launched last week, April 19th), comprising 140 recipes for all-plant versions of classic dishes. Considering themselves ‘food remixers’, each of the pair’s recipes are free from meat, eggs and dairy, but full of flavour. Our mission is to make...

The shocking findings, from a survey of 2,000 UK adults, revealed 43 per cent are short of the cash they need to pay the bills an average of seven months each year.

Audits involve the systematic and independent examination of an organization's statutory records, documents, vouchers, and book of accounts. Typically, audits seek to determine the extent to which an organization's financial and nonfinancial disclosures reflect its true position. During the audit, auditors attempt to ensure that a company's accounting books reflect are properly maintained as required by law. To meet the goals of corporate auditing, experts employ three discrete types of auditing methods. These are process, product, and system audits. Other...