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The EU Settlement Scheme

The EU Settlement Scheme Although 2020 has been taken over by the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit has still very much been in the forefront of British politics since the UK’s departure...

Proud Partners of Leeds United Football Club

Proud Partners of Leeds United Football Club Leeds United Football Club is delighted to announce its recently formed partnership with HR and employment law specialist, Howarths, to provide support in...

Choosing the Best Safety Vest for the Job

Choosing the Best Safety Vest for the Job When it comes to buying safety vests safety managers and procurement departments have an overwhelming number of choices. This is great, since...

Safety Slogans in the Workplace

Safety Slogans in the Workplace There's so much going on in the workplace that it can be hard to keep safety in constant focus. Safety slogans provide powerful messages and reminders that...

Demystifying Risk Assessments

Demystifying Risk Assessments Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, all employers have a statutory requirement to protect their employees, and others, from harm or injury,...

False self-employment: know your workforce employment status

False self-employment: know your workforce employment status Like most companies, you may at some point outsource work to self-employed contractors due to a number of business needs. But what is...

Top tips on how to conduct an effective virtual interview

Top tips on how to conduct an effective virtual interview The covid pandemic has turned working lives upside down for many people both inside and outside of the workplace.  Remote...

The problem with overlooking ‘soft and fluffy’ HR

The problem with overlooking ‘soft and fluffy’ HR Over the last ten years of advising many hundreds of different owner-managed businesses across a vast range of different sectors, it has...

5 questions to ask when you’re considering redundancies

5 questions to ask when you’re considering redundancies Right now, life as an SME is tough. The stark reality of constantly moving goalposts combined with the uncertainty of where the...

Temporary Home Working

Temporary Home Working As businesses start to take action against the second wave of Coronavirus and reintroduce temporary homeworking for many of their employees, they must remember that as an...