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Market Research Reveals Levels of Discrimination Against Mothers in The Workplace
August 2013 - Business Support
New market research findings published by the legal firm Slater and Gordon have suggested that more than one in four mothers in the UK workplace feel that they are discriminated against in the workplace. Of the 1,975 women who responded to the survey, around… Read more...
New Education Sector Market Research Suggests Students Wary of Costs of Postgraduate Study
August 2013 - Education
A survey of more than 1,100 UK students has found that two thirds do not believe that continuing with further study is worth the cost. Only a little over a third (35%) of respondents in their second or third years at university, said that they agreed that… Read more...
New Research Shows Challenges and Opportunities for Global SMP Accounting Industry
August 2013 - Professional Services
Recent research carried out by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), which looked in to the opinions of 3,678 small- and medium-sized accounting practices (SMPs), has discovered that almost three quarters of them (73%) are already offering,… Read more...
Market Research Shows UK Service Sector Expanding At Fastest Pace for Six Years
August 2013 - Professional Services
The results of the most recently published Services Purchasing Managers’ Index, provided by Markit/CPS, suggest that the UK services sector is growing at the fastest rate since December 2006. The PMI rose from 56.9 in June to 60.2 in July, outpacing… Read more...
New Market Research Shows Number of Zero-Hours Workers Above Previous Estimates
August 2013 - Business Support
A survey of businesses by the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) has suggested that between three and four percent of the UK workforce may be on zero-hours contracts – which give no guarantee of work and thus no guarantee of income.… Read more...
