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CBI Director calls for greater focus on engaging with employees to boost productivity

In an article for the Independent, Matthew Fell, UK chief policy director at the CBI suggests that in the context ...

Come and see BMG Research at the LARIA Annual Conference

On the 13th /14th May 2019 BMG Research will be one of the exhibitors at the LARIA Annual Conference being ...

University of Derby study explores Thatcher’s legacy

New study into Margaret Thatcher’s legacy 40 years on from Margaret Thatcher’s first General Election victory, her legacy in Great ...

Brexit: An insight into the mood of the UK’s workforce

Whilst the day has finally come to trigger Article 50, there are increasing questions over what Brexit really means and ...

BMG is attending the 2016 CIPD Conference

BMG Research is delighted to be exhibiting at the Annual CIPD Conference at Manchester Central on November 9th-10th for the ...

Fossé Générationnel: EU Referendum campaigns should be mindful of the generational divide

As the referendum on EU membership gradually approaches, it will be up to the various leave/remain groups to establish their ...

EU referendum all to play for, as immigration remains key issue for leavers

As the Prime Minister’s negotiations for a European settlement begin this week, BMG has polled the British public on whether ...

House of Lords Reform

Today BMG Research releases polling commissioned by the Electoral Reform Society. The research considers people’s views on the House of ...

Who ‘owns’ employee engagement?

HR is failing to have a positive impact on employee engagement levels, with 30 per cent of UK staff opting ...

Only one in three people complain to a public service when they are unhappy, according to new research

New research published recently shows that just one-third of people that are unhappy after using a public service actually make ...

Dissatisfaction with career training and development hits talent retention, survey suggests

CIPD Employee Outlook shows employers fall short on managing staff expectations A third of employees feel that their career development ...

Friends and family test changes announced

NHS England is to change how the friends and family test is implemented and presented after a major review concluded ...

Birmingham named as new HS2 construction HQ

Birmingham is to become the headquarters for construction of High Speed 2 (HS2), in a move expected to support wide-reaching ...

Survey shows tenants struggling to cope with bedroom tax

More than half (55%) of council tenants affected by the bedroom tax are now in rent arrears, according to new research. The ...

Housing Regulator hails new Charter era

05 June 2014 Social housing has entered a new era now that the first annual submission of Scottish Social Housing  ...

Why is Glasgow the UK’s sickest city?

Babies born in Glasgow are expected to live the shortest lives of any in Britain. One in four Glaswegian men ...

How to engage staff in the NHS and why it matters

A report article by The Point of Care Foundation looks at how to engage with staff in the NHS and ...

Why Good Managers Are So Rare

Gallup has found that one of the most important decisions companies make is simply whom they name manager. Yet our ...

Research highlights youth unemployment ‘blackspots’

Work Foundation report shows North East is worst affected A study of youth unemployment has identified a number of UK ...

100,000 ‘bedroom tax’ tenants trapped in larger homes

Over 100,000 people subject to the ‘bedroom tax’ are trapped in larger homes despite wanting to move, new research has ...