Wellbeing

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is leading the charge on the battle of the bulge. It’s a personal mission and the timing, in theory, couldn’t be better considering the link between obesity and...

‘Nudge’ tactics could boost the pensions of younger savers by up to £142,000, according to new research. Scottish Widows and the Behavioural Insights Team, a leading behavioural science organisation, researched the key...

Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing has partnered with low cost health insurer Equipsme. Howden says this partnership will enable it to offer new options to employers who want to extend health benefits...

Employee benefits software company Cloud8 has appointed Dipa Mistry Kandola as its new client strategy director. Mistry Kandola will also join the firm’s board of directors. In this new role Mistry Kandola...

Seven out of 10 employees say they are not ‘resilient’ in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new research. This Aon survey, which covers employers across Europe, also found that...

Digital GP services — which have been increasingly offered during the Covid crisis — have seen an increase in out-of-hours appointments. Research from AIG Life shows that one in six people using...

The financial implications of the coronavirus pandemic are causing mental health problems for many of those in the ‘sandwich generation’. More than half of adults aged 45 to 54 - who are...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have launched a new app that shows users how various medical and lifestyle factors impact their own life expectancy. The app uses big data from...

Employers are more concerned about the physical and mental health of baby boomers than other generations in the workplace, according to new research. Group Risk Development (Grid) found that concerns for health...

HR teams are spending around £6,000 per employee on benefits but have no idea if they are being used, according to a new report. Thomsons Online Benefits says HR departments have increased...