Planning for retirement can be a daunting and complicated prospect for many of us. But it doesn’t have to be. By taking advantage of a financial wellness programme you can help your people by taking away many of the stresses involved in the process. 

In this spotlight, we speak to Adrian Cooper, business development director at HUB Financial Solutions, about an innovative new tool that makes putting those pension plans in place as simple as possible.

Did you know there are more than two million freelancers currently operating in the UK? And this number is only likely to increase. Recent studies from BCG and McKinsey found that 90% of business leaders believe that a blended model of permanent and freelance workforces will give them a competitive edge, while 70% believe they are likely to engage with more freelance workers than they did pre-Covid.

With this in mind, People Management's Suzanne Bidlake speaks to James Orpin, VP of sales at YunoJuno, to discuss whether a Freelance Management System (FMS) that provides a single point for compliance, control and visibility over your spend might be the solution to your freelance management headaches. 

As employers enter a new era of hybrid working, we consider whether workforces have become more or less productive since the start of the pandemic, and how this can be measured. The right HR tech can help HR teams, managers, and employees all become more productive and engaged by providing the right information when they need it.

People Management's Suzanne Bidlake speaks to Nick Gallimore, Director of Talent, Transformation and Insight at Advanced – a provider of a wide range of cutting-edge HCM solutions - about how HR tech can take businesses to the next level in a changing world of work.

Can Sage’s flagship HR management platform, Sage People, really transform the way your organisation “leads, manages and engages” its workforce through the rapidly evolving world of work? 

Vanisha Patel, Solutions Consultant at Sage joins People Management’s Edward Craig for a quick 10-minute tour of Sage People, showing us around some of the key features of their cloud-based system and discussing how it could increase productivity, deliver better employee experiences and even help you win the war for talent. 

If you’re weighing up whether a new end-to-end HR management system could be right for your organisation, join us for an honest look at who could benefit, and how.

What is it about SAP SuccessFactors that makes it a compelling HR software option? Phil Southall gave People Management's Edward Craig a quick 10-minute tour of the platform – and discussed how it scales easily for any size organisation and how the brilliant mobile app allows you to complete HR tasks on the go, frankly, what all employees demand these days.

If you want to "get your workforce ready for tomorrow by understanding the talent you have today" – you need to take a look.

Watch our short video to hear tips on how to improve your approach to mental health in the workplace. The video includes advice from: Perry Timms, adviser to the CIPD, Joy Reymond; Head of Rehabilitation at Unum; and Catherine Diamond, Senior HR Business Partner at TSB.