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FMCG Salary Survey

The Executive Network Group’s Network Team has recently conducted an executive-level salary review of over 1,700
profiles, across the central functions of the UK’s manufacturing sector, including food, drink, paper, and packaging.

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Sustainability in Manufacturing

Sustainability goes hand-in-hand with environmentalism but is often mistook for being the same thing. The true meaning of ‘sustainable’ runs much deeper – it is often defined as ensuring current needs are met whilst ensuring future generations are afforded the same. Of course environmental factors play a key role when considering how to improve sustainability, but it is also imperative to remember the various other aspects that filter into the wider meaning of sustainability.

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2022 Critically Examining Mental Health across the Construction Industry

The biggest challenge construction businesses will face over 2022 will be to maintain and preserve their employee’s mental health standards. Statistically, the construction industry contains the largest number of suicidal deaths in comparison to any other sector. According to Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistics, 18% of reported work-related illnesses in the UK construction industry are the result of mental health problems such as stress, depression, or anxiety and account for 400,000 working days lost each year. Further construction data reports:

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2022 Trends for the Utilities and Energy Sector

Covid-19, unsurprisingly, had huge ramifications for the utilities and energy sector for the last two years. Supply chains grinding to a halt, mass shortage of important commodities like fuel, and rising number of UK suppliers going out of business. This resulting in a surge of talented energy specialists on the market for a new opportunity alongside customers now being encouraged to keep with their current provider.

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The Misconceptions of Flexibility and Autonomy

There are many factors that employees are seeking to increase job satisfaction and happiness, especially in a market that has never been more buoyant with record number of vacancies. Respect, responsibility, goals and targets and recently – Autonomy.

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How Can Diversity and Inclusion Help Staff Retention?

A successful company is a diverse company. Without the influx of different ideas from different cultures, a workforce can become stagnant and in desperate need of fresh impetus. Nobody should suffer bias based on their race, sex, religion, gender or sexual orientation – especially when there are so many advantages of having many people from different cultural backgrounds within a team.

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