We are delighted to announce we are now working with Bradford Bulls and you may have even spotted our logo on the team shorts at the recent game televised internationally against Leeds Rhinos. The testimonial game for Jamie Jones-Buchanan also became a fund-raiser for Rhinos club legend, Rob Burrow, who has been diagnosed with motor Read more about Official HR Consultants to Bradford Bulls![…]
Ellie Crowther our HR Advisor at Breathing Space HR became a Mental Health First Aider, completing the course with Mental Health First Aid England (MHFA). Ellie put her name forward to become a Mental Health First Aider as she wants to break the stigma that’s attached to mental health and to help our clients and Read more about Do you have a Mental Health First Aider?[…]
Suzie Bogle, Breathing Space HR’s MD has been a Trustee of Leeds Women’s Aid for 12 years and Chair for 4 years. She has also been a trustee of Bradford Law centre for 2 years. She says changing the mindset of charities to be commercially focused is crucial… In the current climate of less funding, Read more about Changing the mindset of charities to be commercially focused is crucial[…]
Following a number of years working in Landed Estate HR, one issue seems to appear on a regular basis. The readiness of potential successors. In the Corporate world, succession planning involves identifying potential successors and seeing how “ready” they are and developing clear plans for the individual to ensure that they have all the skills Read more about Is your Successor prepared?[…]
Every Estate knows that change is required to continue and develop the rural business and ensure a long-term legacy of care for the land and the communities who live there. Brexit thrown into the mix, with the UK’s new Agriculture Bill means Landed Estates have until 2028 to make their businesses more resilient as direct Read more about Landed Estates[…]
I am not going to “pussyfoot” around this topic – just give the advice I would give a client in real trouble. This is not going to be soft and fluffy. As we head to 31st October there are going to be impacts to SME’s, which have been under-prepared. This means usually means a huge Read more about Brexit – when the worst comes to the worst: Reducing employee costs[…]
As a business owner, you have a duty of care towards your employees, but what happens when things go beyond that? Obviously, you care about all your staff, but the danger lies, possibly, when you start treating certain employees differently to others. Unless you are the Chief Executive of a large corporate organisation, chances are Read more about Is it possible to be friends with your employees?[…]
Now that we’re nicely settled into 2019, it is time to bring you an update to changes to employment laws coming into effect in the early part of this year. As an employer, it is important that you remain up to date in order to ensure that your business is compliant. First up… National Minimum Read more about Important Employment Law Changes in 2019[…]
When could you have to disclose your emails from and to your employment solicitor in Court? This is an important piece of information for Business Owners, decision makers and HR Professionals This effects legal advice privilege In 2018 the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that emails from a solicitor containing advice to an employer on how Read more about This is REALLY important about Legal Privilege![…]
At Breathing Space we have finalised our list of Corporate Values They are not actually that easy to define, however we did it! We are still a Quaker Business and these expanded corporate are underpinned by the Quaker Testimonies. Of course, being an HR Company, we have applied these to our employee development meeting with Read more about Breathing Space Values[…]