Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development research suggests that over a third of all workers aim to leave their current employment once the recession has subsided and the job market has been re-ignited.
For the retail industry, which employ around 11% of the UK workforce, this could leave an unwieldy bill of more than £6.93 billion over the next year.

It’s about time we met another member of the team! Hywel Lewis works within our in-house consumer division Grass Roots Consumer Promotions as Account Manager and has been part of the team for nearly a year.
Everyone likes a bargain right? Whether you’re shopping for clothes, household items or a new fishing rod, you’re always happier when you know that you’ve managed to bag yourself a discount. So wouldn’t it be especially great if someone paid you money for purchasing the items you need?
According to decades of research by psychologists around the world, the colours we relate to, say a lot about our personalities. So what does colour say about you?
Have you ever come across a real quandary and just couldn’t find an answer? Here are ten of ours…
According to a survey by Fifa sponsor Continental Tyres, 25% of workers plan to ‘pull a sickie’ to watch the World Cup this June. That breaks down to more than 9 million UK employees calling in sick for an average of 3.5 days during the month-long tournament.
Some years ago, I was working for the marketing department of a large UK company who had just acquired another company.
Recent research has shown that 80% of organisations believe that the main advantage of running a flexible benefits scheme is that it recognises the diverse needs and values of staff and that it is important to realise that ensuring staff remain motivated, it may even help increase productivity, loyalty and levels of engagement.

Time to meet another member of the Projectlink Team. This week we quiz James Kelly, New Business Manager. A real family man with a love of darts and a voice like an angel.
This has been a hotly debated subject for many years now and will probably continue to be so. Whether a company should offer cash or non-cash rewards makes no difference in the eyes of the tax man, as both attract tax and national insurance contributions so there is no benefit either way to the employer.