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Pensions / 6 Jan 2021
Taking your employees from work to retirement with an Aviva workplace pension
How does your workforce turn their pension pot into money in their pocket?
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Pensions / 6 Jan 2021
How to make your workplace benefits package work for all employees
It’s often one of the things people consider when they’re looking at potential employers.
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Sustainability / 16 Dec 2020
ESG and ethical investing: what’s in a name?
In recent years, ESG and ethical investing have moved from niche strategies to a mainstream part of investing.
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Health & Wellbeing / 15 Dec 2020
Talking statistics, job satisfaction and wellbeing
Watch our ‘Embracing the Age of Ambiguity’ video with Dr Suba M and Prof Sir Cary Cooper
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Health & Wellbeing / 10 Dec 2020
Working life and wellbeing in the age of ambiguity
We’re living in an age of ambiguity that is impacting both society and workplaces across the UK.
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Good business / 17 Nov 2020
How the ‘Age of Ambiguity’ is affecting health and wellbeing in the workplace
As the line between home and work becomes increasingly blurred, what can employers do to keep employees healthy and engaged?
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Health & Wellbeing / 15 Oct 2020
Let’s talk about the menopause
The menopause doesn’t just affect women in the workplace – it’s an issue for us all. So, why don’t we talk about it more?
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Good business / 14 Oct 2020
How a mid-life MOT can prepare employees for a better retirement
It’s worth making sure your middle-aged employees have checked that the pension choices they made decades ago are still fit for purpose.
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Health & Wellbeing / 8 Oct 2020
Mental health in the workplace: we need to talk
Evidence shows that work is good for us, but it is still the leading contributor to mental health concerns. What can we do to change that?
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Pensions / 10 Sep 2020
7 ways to keep employees engaged with retirement savings
Getting your employees to think about their retirement savings can be tricky, but we have seven suggestions to help you get their attention.
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Health & Wellbeing / 7 Jul 2020
Wellbeing: it has to be a culture, not a strategy
Sophie Money explains how you can make use of a resource you already have to make wellbeing work for you.
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Good business / 1 Jun 2020
Why it’s good to keep your employees volunteering
With all the new guidelines surrounding coronavirus, traditional approaches to volunteering have had to change.
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Good business / 13 May 2020
How to help your employees spot scams
Fraudsters rarely take a day off, even in the middle of a global pandemic.
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Health & Wellbeing / 16 Apr 2020
Rediscovering your work/life balance
How do you find a way to juggle work and life when everything is happening in the same place? We share our tips to help employees.
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Resilience / 23 Jan 2020
Business resilience: the 6 factors
We all know what resilience means, but what does it mean for business? We’ve identified six crucial factors…
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Good business / 10 Dec 2019
Helping employees to find the weekend ‘off switch’
Aviva’s research shows it takes an average of 1 hour 49 minutes to shut off from work. Is there a faster route to the 'off switch'?
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Pensions / 25 Jan 2021
The case for a Living Pension
Steve Jackson, Senior Proposition Manager at Aviva, looks at how a Living Pension standard could make a big difference.
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Health & Wellbeing / 14 Jan 2021
5 ways alcohol awareness can be part of your wellbeing strategy
Don Shenker, founder of the Alcohol Health Network, explains why alcohol awareness should be part of a wider wellbeing strategy.
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Health & Wellbeing / 14 Jan 2021
Looking after your back in lockdown and beyond
With many of us still working from home, possibly since the start of the first lockdown in March, there are some simple steps you can take to minimise your risk of developing back pain and neck pain.
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Health & Wellbeing / 10 Dec 2020
Soldiering on through illness: does it do anyone any good?
Sophie Money, Group Protection Wellbeing Manager at Aviva, talks about presenteeism and how to recognise and address the problem in your workforce.
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Health & Wellbeing / 7 Dec 2020
How preventing burnout starts in the workplace
Dr Subashini M, Associate Medical Director, Aviva UK Health & Protection, sheds light on the issue of burnout and why you should try to counteract it in your workplace.
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Pensions / 3 Dec 2020
How does ambiguity affect how we feel about retirement?
Dale Critchley looks at how ambiguity and changing attitudes can affect retirement plans for employees of all ages.
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Good business / 27 Nov 2020
As SMEs plan to recoup lost trading time - Lockdown gives them time to plan
Chris Andrews looks at what businesses need to consider if they're making up for lost November trading hours by maximising the run up to Christmas.
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Health & Wellbeing / 27 Nov 2020
Technology: an enabler or a pressure point?
Debbie Bullock, wellbeing lead at Aviva, talks about how technology can lead to an ‘always on’ culture and how to address that.
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Health & Wellbeing / 16 Nov 2020
Testing times
Dr Subashini M, discusses the developments in COVID-19 testing and explains why, in the case of antibody testing, she considers people should proceed with caution.
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Pensions / 6 Nov 2020
Financial education: giving the right message at the right time
Laura Stewart-Smith looks at how to handle communicating with your employees during the pandemic.
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Health & Wellbeing / 9 Oct 2020
Don’t know where to begin with wellbeing? You already have…
Debbie Bullock, Aviva’s Wellbeing Lead, describes how developing an effective wellbeing strategy might be simpler than you think.
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Health & Wellbeing / 7 Oct 2020
Why supporting menopause in the workplace is urgent and important
Deborah Garlick, Director at Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace, explains why introducing menopause support at work makes sense for savvy organisations.
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Pensions / 7 Oct 2020
Rewiring investments for an electro-economy
Aviva announces our intention to decarbonise our automatic enrolment default funds and achieve net zero by 2050.
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Pensions / 16 Sep 2020
What are the top three questions from retirement savers?
Laura Stewart-Smith talks about financial education and the questions that come up most often.
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Pensions / 5 Aug 2020
The changing face of financial education
With face-to-face seminars impossible at the moment, Chris Allen, explains how our financial education team have successfully moved online.
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Pensions / 23 Jul 2020
Engaging employees with pension savings after coronavirus
Dale Critchley looks at the challenge the financial services industry faces in helping employees to re-engage with their pensions.
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