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Practical guidance and advice from real-life business experiences for business leaders (5) --- ** # Vistage UK Blog ** Category: All categories Uncategorized Business Leading, Not Managing Getting Ahead Strategy Work/Life Balance Issues Employee Motivation Life At The Top Sales Vistage Members Speakers HR Economy Marketing Recruitment Vistage Change Management Being a new CEO Vistage Chair Exit Planning/Strategies Family Business Technology Vistage Staff Time Management Vistage Open Days Mental Health Brexit Negotiation Scaleup Business Cybersecurity Raising finance 171 Results ## sgilroy ### Recent Posts [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) December 13, 2012 ### [More UK employees emigrating abroad ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/more-uk-employees-emigrating-abroad) New data has revealed that more employees are moving abroad. The data, conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), found that a total of 353,000.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) December 12, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-59917312.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/slave-to-your-inbox) ### [Slave to your inbox](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/slave-to-your-inbox) [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) December 10, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-59912408.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/third-of-brits-work-on-their-christmas-holidays) ### [Third of Brits work on their Christmas holidays](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/third-of-brits-work-on-their-christmas-holidays) [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) December 7, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-59907683.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/experienced-workers-receive-increased-pay-rises) ### [Experienced workers receive increased pay rises](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/experienced-workers-receive-increased-pay-rises) While clerical and entry-roles only received a small annual pay rise this year, experienced leaders and managers enjoyed average pay rises of six per cent... [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) December 6, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-59897177.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/changing-working-hours-a-priority-for-brits) ### [Changing working hours a priority for Brits](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/changing-working-hours-a-priority-for-brits) Advances in technology mean that UK office workers' expectations over working hours have changed significantly. Reported by freshbusinessthinking.com, figures.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) December 5, 2012 ### [Management attitudes of female workers surveyed](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/management-attitudes-of-female-workers-surveyed) Around one third of female employees prefer to work under the guidance of a male boss, compared with six per cent wanting to work for a female manager. That's.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) December 4, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-59891634.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/party-with-caution) ### [Party with caution](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/party-with-caution) [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) December 3, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-59883368.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/companies-urged-to-get-employees-cycling-to-the-workplace) ### [Companies urged to get employees cycling to the workplace](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/companies-urged-to-get-employees-cycling-to-the-workplace) UK companies should be trying to get their workers to cycling to the office more, says a health expert. The National Institute for Health and Clinical.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) November 26, 2012 ### [Most CEOs unaware of government business finance schemes](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/most-ceos-unaware-of-government-business-finance-schemes) Nearly two out of five business owners are unaware of the government schemes designed to help them raise finance, according to a new survey. A poll by.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) November 22, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-59884406.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/having-children-stops-women-being-equal-to-men-says-mp) ### [Having children stops women being equal to men, says MP](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/having-children-stops-women-being-equal-to-men-says-mp) A Liberal Democrat MP has claimed that women still have a long way to go to be equal to men in the workplace. Lynne Featherstone, who is the international.. 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