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Carpentry Students Create Bug Hotel for RHS Cancer-Awareness Garden

Guest Opinion Posted on 29/05/202424/05/2024

For the second consecutive year, students at Leeds College of Building are using their skills to help create a poignant RHS show garden. The Level 1 Diploma Carpentry & Joinery students have crafted two five-foot triangular wooden bug hotels. The structures will feature at the main entrance of a garden going on display at RHS Tatton Flower […]

Industries most likely to be given paid time off for volunteering revealed

Guest Opinion Posted on 28/02/202422/02/2024

New research from The Access Group, a business software provider, shows which industries are most likely to offer employees volunteer days as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies. The research analysed 1,000 UK companies across 20 sectors by reviewing their careers pages, charities pages and CSR pages The results showed that well over […]

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UK workers want to play a role in the aftermath of national crises

Ian Morton Posted on 12/12/202311/12/2023

New research out last week revealed that employees want their workplace to enable them to contribute their time to supporting during national crises. The Opinium survey found that three quarters (76%) of employees want the company they work for to play an active role during UK disasters such as major floods, terror attacks or another […]