Recently, fans of Tolkien (and quite a few others) were left confused by Elon Musk’s assertion  that the citizens of small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland were “living their lives like Hobbits … lovely people who like to smoke their pipe and have nice meals and everything is pleasant”,  that is until one day […]

One of the three principles of the UK Government’s recent review  “Keeping Britain Working”  is to “Rehumanise the Workplace”. It is a bit of a bandwagon phrase inevitably spawning a variety of businesses.  It presupposes that there was a time when the workplace was humanised, which might not  be  the living experience of some people […]

The UK Government has just published the independent review “Keeping Britain Working” on what can be done to tackle  burgeoning economic inactivity arising from workers’ ill health  and what can be done to  promote healthy and inclusive workplaces. The case for change is pretty stark.  Since the pandemic, the number  of working-age people who are […]