We are proud to announce that Futures has been named one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work for 2024! This prestigious accolade reflects our ongoing commitment to creating an exceptional workplace and underscores the contributions of every member of our team.
Keeping staff morale high is an important part of being a business leader. If the wage is the only reason your employees are showing up to work, you won’t be getting the best from them.
Futures has awarded a 10-year service award to its Head of Education, Siân Womersley.
From wellbeing to working from home, there are plenty of buzzwords when it comes to post-pandemic work trends. The past two years have seen a shift in the work mindsets for many, and businesses must adapt to the changing needs of their employees. But what are people looking for from their next role?
We’re thrilled to announce that our Food and Drink team has officially become our FMCG division, encompassing a larger range of FMCG specialties!
Futures’ expert Food and Drink team has experienced rapid growth over the last year with six new hires. As their team grew, so did their areas of expertise; gaining consultants with expert insight into the Health and Beauty industry, white goods and other unique areas of the FMCG sector.
A mere 12% of UK engineers are female, a pitiful figure in comparison to over 50% in Oman and Malaysia and 33% in countries including Vietnam and Costa Rica. So why does this figure fall so short in the UK?
Even in the 21st century shocking statistics demonstrate that gender bias still exists in the workplace with an expected 100 year timeframe to close the current global gender pay gap. Action is even more vital after reports that Covid-19 could reverse decades of progress made in gender equalities after a large scale of women were forced to give up work in order to manage childcare during the pandemic.
The large and sudden changes to the way we work over the past year have left mixed feelings in the workforce. How has working from home affected your employees? And how are they feeling about returning to the office once lockdown eases?
These are the kind of questions that all employers should be asking themselves and preparing a toolkit to help make this transition as easy as possible on your team.
