Cash is King! Having an accurate measure of your company’s cash is always critical, now more than ever. Here at Astute, as part of a new series of articles, we are sharing 7 simple steps to guide you, in collaboration with a fully qualified accountant and […]
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Due to a temporary, technical hitch since moving offices, if you need to call us, please call one of our MDs and they will be pleased to assist you. Mary Maguire: 07717 412 911 Sarah Stevenson: 07966 258 509 As soon as our landline communications are restored, we will let you know!
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Furlough. With over 8 million workers furloughed, we wanted to ask employers, “Do your furloughed staff know you still care about them?” When did you last talk openly with your furloughed employees? Just a week ago was a Bank Holiday. The next one isn’t until the end of August. Between now and […]
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Mental Health Week Can Your Business Afford to Ignore Mental Health? We investigate the key impacts, costs, AND savings to companies of mental health at work. Mental health has increasingly been highlighted as a key factor in business and employee performance, success and productivity. This year’s Mental Health Week has special […]
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An article by Mary Maguire, MD, Astute Recruitment Ltd Everyone everywhere has been touched, affected and humbled by the unfolding events. From Miami to Mumbai, from Derby to Damascus. Politicians, scientists, and medical experts update us daily on our national progress ‘beating the curve’, what steps […]
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Whilst Sarah Stevenson and I set up in ’09, clearly a very difficult time, we knew we were great at what we do, confident to carry this through with just Sarah’s redundancy and ultimately we believed. In ourselves and our ability to source talented accountants for local clients. We believed in our relationships. We […]
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To furlough or not to furlough? That is the question for businesses up and down the UK. But, what does it really mean for employers AND employees? Here we break down the common questions employees, accountants and employers have been talking to […]
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In the current crisis, discover how remote workers can add value in your business & how to make this happen Change is different, but together we can adapt to new ways of working In the current crisis, businesses across the land are struggling to keep apace with developments. […]
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The social media and pressures in general forced upon someone who was actually very fragile, resulted in tragedy for Caroline, her friends, and family. Her death also served to highlight as a warning for all of us that whilst dates in the year like Valentines Day have typically become a day of ‘lurve’, joy and […]
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Its National Stress Awareness Day 2019. Some stats from the Health and Safety Executive Department figures The UK’s economy lost a total of 12.8million workdays in 2018 solely due to stress 602,000 UK workers suffer from work-related mental issues such as depression and anxiety 44% of work-related sick days were caused by depression and […]
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