6 Reasons Why This Government Has Been No Friend of Small Business
I founded Happy Ltd in 1987. Of that 28 years of running this award-winning business, the last five have definitely been the hardest. Many of those challenges have been directly down to the actions of the Coalition.
9 Benefits of Having Happy Employees

Following last week’s article on
7 ways to find more meaning at work
, Elinor Schmitz-Jansen has continued her research. This week she covers the benefits of having happy employees.
7 Ways to Find More Meaning at Work

Elinor Schmitz-Jansen is studying for an MSc in Management at Imperial College. She is currently working at Happy, researching academic studies of happiness and meaning in work. This is her first report:
NAO finds little evidence of savings from centralised training contract
In February I wrote about the government decision to outsource all its training – in all subjects and for all departments – to one supplier, Capita. I suggested that contracts like this rarely produce better value, as any savings from economies of scale are offset by the extra cost of administration.