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How can you support a loved one who is battling with mental health issues?

Making the first move in reaching out to a loved one who is suffering with their mental health will make the world of difference to their wellbeing. Here, we discuss how best to approach the subject and how you can offer support.
excessive workplace stress

UK employees are suffering from excessive workplace stress

According to research conducted by the Dolan Contractor Group, one in every eight UK employees have taken time off for excessive workplace stress in the last year.
Technology and stress

Technology and stress: A complex, evolving relationship

As we enter Stress Awareness Week, Professor Kevin Curran, Senior IEEE Member and professor of cybersecurity at Ulster University explores whether technology can really be the answer to our modern anxieties that are often caused by technology itself?.
personal health budgets

100,000 patients to receive personal health budgets under changed law

Everyone eligible for an NHS wheelchair and people who require aftercare services under section 117 of the Mental Health Act will have access to personal health budgets.
stress in the workplace

National Stress Awareness Week: Tips for managing stress in the workplace

Ahead of National Stress Awareness Week (Monday 4th November – Friday 8th November 2019), TalkOut has pulled together these handy tips to help you feel calmer, less stressed and more mindful in the workplace.
mental health day with mindfulness

Make every day mental health day with mindfulness

James Gillies, Mindfulness Workshop Leader, discusses how mindfulness practice can help make every day a mental health day.
combat SAD

Four ways to combat SAD in your workplace

David Price, CEO and workplace wellbeing expert at Health Assured offers advice on how to combat SAD in your workplace.
future of hemp

The future for hemp: What is at stake?

Lorenza Romanese, Managing Director of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) examines the future of hemp and explains in this vein, what is at stake, as well as looking back at its fascinating history.
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The government’s relationship with commercial suppliers: A focus on prompt payments

Simon Hart MP, Minister for Implementation at the Cabinet Office in the UK, underlines an aspect of his brief that concerns managing the government’s relationship with our commercial suppliers, with a focus on the importance of prompt payments.
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Rachel White – Sustrans

Rachel has in-depth knowledge of the UK political system and sustainability issues including the built environment, climate change, public health, wellbeing and energy.
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Finland’s priorities in science policy

Hanna Kosonen, Minister of Science and Culture, Finland, details Finland’s priorities in science policy.
top talent

Science of attraction: How to source and retain top talent in STEM

Inez Cornell at Radleys identifies what companies and universities can be doing to not only attract top talent and encourage people to pursue a career within science but how to retain employees, as well.
social value, public services

Social value goes mainstream

Guy Battle, CEO OF Social Value Portal explains how social value has now gone mainstream, including how the Public Services (Social Value) Act has transformed the relationship between the public sector and its suppliers.
future of procurement, proxima

The future of procurement is bright: Are we staring at the sun?

Commercial teams in the public sector improving their capability and influence, but do we risk being blinded by undeliverable promises? Proxima tell us more here about the future of procurement.
mental health at work

We need to do more to reduce the stigma associated with mental health at...

Jo Sellick, Managing Director, Sellick Partnership, highlights the need to reduce the stigma associated with mental health at work on this year's World Mental Health Day.
good workplace mental health

Supporting good workplace mental health – how employers can help

Sarah Stranks, Health, Safety, Quality and Environment Manager at Thomson Environmental Consultants discusses the importance of good workplace mental health and how companies can ensure that staff are well supported through various initiatives.
Silent office

Silent office cultures exacerbate mental illness in the workplace

Chris Sheppardson, CEO at EP Business in Hospitality (epinsights.co.uk) discusses how silent office cultures add to the current mental health crisis .
peptide pathways, human evolution

A focus on biology: Peptide pathways to human evolution

Dr Sue Carter, Director, Emerita of The Kinsey Institute, argues that emotionally powerful social behaviours are built upon primal functions in her fascinating discussion on peptide pathways to human evolution.
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Dementia care workforce: Hong Kong and the train-the-trainer approach

Here, experts explain the intricate situation of Dementia care in Hong Kong, and why it could benefit from a train-the-trainer approach.
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Reviving the hemp market in the Central Asian steppes

Hemp Mongolia LLC reveals its implementation plan to build the largest hemp processing farm in the Central Asian steppes.

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