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Following the government’s advice that everyone work from home if possible, many of us are having our first experience of doing so for an extended period of time. It can be easy to get demotivated and develop bad working habits on your own in the home, so we’ve got five tips for staying on top…

In line with the latest government advice on Covid-19, the Kind Consultancy team will be working from home for the foreseeable future. We are committed to continuing to deliver an excellent service to our clients and candidates during this time, our team is fully equipped to work remotely and there should be no major disruption…

Each year, Kind chooses one charity to support throughout that year with multiple fundraising projects. This year, it’s YESS: Youth Emotional Support Services. Based in Uttoxeter, YESS is an organisation that works with children and young people across East Staffordshire and the Cannock area, providing much needed mental health support, and reducing the stigma around…

Yesterday we published a blog post taking a look at what Kind Consultancy has achieved this year and alongside that, we wanted to have a look back over the year in Governance, Risk and Compliance, and what regulatory changes and other issues will have shaped the last 12 months for our clients. Out in the…

As temperatures drop lower and lower and days get shorter and shorter, we want to take a look back over the last 12 months, and what we’ve achieved here at Kind Consultancy. The start of the year saw a major change for the whole Kind Group as we moved into state of the art, newly…

As we near the end of the year many businesses will be engaging in resource planning, drawing up plans for projected hiring needs in 2020, deciding on budgets and setting headcount numbers. Some of them might then put those plans aside until mid-January or the end of the financial year, before taking them back out…

As we near the end of a turbulent year for the pensions sector, talk naturally turns to what’s going to happen next. The Financial Conduct Authority has talked a lot about non-workplace pensions this year, and we’re expecting this to solidify into actual rule changes in 2020. In July the FCA published a feedback statement…

This week saw the FCA’s final rules on “Buy Now Pay Later” products come into effect.  Amidst increasing media scrutiny on services like Klarna and Clearpay, the rules which were confirmed back in June,  are expected to save consumers at least £40 million a year, and potentially as much as £60 million. As of November…