Am I paying my staff enough? What is the appropriate inflationary rise? How do we compare with our competitors? These are just some of the questions I am regularly asked as the accounting profession moves from the hectic tax season to the world of annual reviews.

Bryony Gibson, Director of Bryony Gibson Consulting, talks about the importance of taking some time away from work before exhaustion takes the Christmas joy out of your career.

Boredom, burnout, or time to move on? Bryony Gibson, managing director of Bryony Gibson Consulting, offers some tips to help you decide what to do next.

A company is only as good as the people it keeps and they will ultimately determine its success.

It’s no coincidence that the most successful companies have strong brand equity and an abundance of great people.

In the wake of eighteen difficult months for the recruitment industry, the beginning of the summer saw the market pick up.

Permanent recruitment is rising at a record rate according to the latest KPMG and Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) survey.

According to Gallup, the number of people working full-time who are highly engaged and enthusiastic about their work is 15%.

Even before the pandemic, the typical Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm working pattern had become outdated.

Given we have been in lockdown since January and are only now hoping to emerge, recruitment has dealt with the dip in business confidence and endless uncertainty remarkably well.

Right now, the accountancy job market is active. It’s moving fast, employers know the skills they want, and those in search of a new role have - in the main - made up their mind to move quickly.

It was March when the Prime Minister laid down the most significant restrictions on British people in living memory. Businesses closed. I learned the word furlough. Zoom became a verb. And we were told we “must stay at home” for the first time.