With a fair share of Brits looking back with guilt at their indulgence over the festive season, we find out how IsosHealth founder Abigail Wilson created the company to deal with just this kind of thinking.
The University of East Anglia (UEA) has released a study that aims to improve understanding of the key causes of employees going to work when sick – known as presenteeism – and to make managers more aware of the growing phenomenon.
By Simon Brooke
Geeta Sidhu Robb was feeding her baby son one day when he suddenly came out in hives and developed difficulties breathing. Although she didn’t know it at the time, he was having an anaphylactic attack and was at risk of death.
By Simon Brooke
Justine Roberts, the founder and chief executive of Mumsnet, the networking site for parents, wrote an article in October complaining about how much time women spend getting ready for work. But fitness specialist Julie Creffield has hit back at the claim to defend female leaders.
By Simon Brooke
Walk down any street in Britain or glance at office workers hanging around the entrance to their building and you’ll see people ‘vaping’. The market for electronic cigarettes is growing rapidly with use of e-cigarettes, which was up by 75per cent last year to reach £459m, according Euromonitor.
By Josie Byrne
Josie Byrne, account director for healthcare at Black Pepper Software, explains how even though the NHS is embracing the technology on offer, some patients are still having to wait two thirds of a year for treatment. What is needed, she says, is a shake-up of the innovation used in the industry.
Quorn Foods, maker of protein-rich meat substitutes, has been sold by owners Exponent Private Equity and Intermediate Capital Group to a Philippines-based food business for £550m.
If discovering a new vitamin were anything like discovering a new star, they would probably name one after Peter Aldis, the CEO of Holland & Barrett International – although he would probably shrug it off and wonder what all the fuss was about.
Nicola Green, head of direct sales for SMC at Bupa, sits down with Real Business to give her thoughts on the best approach for women wanting to set up a businesses by themselves and why Bupa has become involved with the First Women Awards.
Alternative snacks are growing faster than the overall savoury snacks market, as lentil crisps and popcorn lead consumer demand.
