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Major award win for Manchester-made software tech

Sam Whitear

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16/07/2018

EON Reality’s UK team, based just behind the Sharp Project in Manchester, is celebrating its success following a major tech award win at Tech XLR8, the European anchor event for London Tech Week.

The ‘AR & VR Futureproof’ Award was awarded to the EON Reality Manchester team following strong competition from Nokia, Lampix and other large household brands.

EON Reality’s ‘Virtual Trainer’ product is a multi-user, advanced VR software product which enables globally connected, centralised online training in lots of different industries, particularly where the real-life training can be dangerous, expensive – or both.

Examples of this training includes procedures on large manufacturing lines, city disaster planning, medical and healthcare training, and health and safety compliance training. The training can be accessed 24/7 from anywhere in the world, in a true-to-life virtual environment that facilitates safe practice and ther ability to make mistakes without disastrous and sometimes fatal consequences.

Virtual Reality helps to build confidence by allowing people to practice the same actions, motions and decisions that might be made in simulated scenarios. The Manchester-made Virtual Trainer product is regularly used in the Mining, Energy, Engineering, Manufacturing, Aviation and Logistics industries around the world.

Virtual Trainer – a Manchester creation – is proof of the burgeoning digital, creative and fast-paced technology sector in the region which competes on a global level.

Mark Bridgeman, Global C.O.O. and Managing Director of EON Reality, said: “I am unbelievably proud of the whole team in Manchester. This is a real coup for the whole studio team and for the immersive technology industry in the UK. It demonstrates exactly that: we are futureproof.”

EON Reality’s nomination was also noted for clearly demonstrating innovation, positive partnerships with businesses across the world, and evidencing how VR facilitates the safe practice of complex procedures in a variety of Learning and Development categories including onboarding, upskilling and more.

The company fosters a unique futuristic pledge, promising to make AR and VR the technologies that allow people to gain an education and experience knowledge transfer, no matter where they are in the world.

Mr. Bridgeman continued: “We are growing right now, and as such we’re hiring. EON Reality welcomes a truly global and collaborative workforce, and naturally, this is also an opportunity to push local talent in the business and further help promote the UK’s future-forward, enterprise digital agenda to the world.”

Senior recruits bolster SPD’s training arm

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Conference and training provider Salford Professional Development has made two senior appointments to its training arm, ONECPD.

Danny Clarke has joined as operations director while Dr Karen Stansfield has been recruited as director of the new Health and Social Care Academy which forms part of ONECPD’s sector-led focus.

ONECPD runs training courses, conferences and briefings for individuals, companies, organisations and public sector bodies from across the UK and overseas.

As well as health and social care, it covers areas including business, health and safety, innovation, media and digital, leadership and management.

Danny’s role sees him take responsibility for ONECPD’s sales, marketing, programming and events teams.

He has more than 16 years’ experience in senior management roles, most recently as group operations director at Eccles-based ELAS, which provides advice and support to businesses on areas including employment law, health and safety, food safety, occupational health, payroll and training.

Karen’s role will see her develop links between ONECPD, the university’s Schools of Health Sciences and Health and Society and the health and social care sector, with the aim of expanding the range of sector-focused programmes on offer.

She was previously the head of education and quality at the Institute of Health Visiting and has extensive management, leadership and quality assurance experience in the health and social care sector, in industry with Mott MacDonald and in academia at the University of Derby and Sheffield Hallam University.

Paul Bolton, managing director of ONECPD, said: “I’m delighted to welcome Karen and Danny to the ONECPD team. They bring with them a wealth of experience which will enable us to deliver on our key strategic goals and continue to deliver exceptional results year-on-year.”

Danny said: “I’m excited to join the team and look forward to playing my part in enhancing a strong brand and reputation for the business, ensuring we continue to deliver the best and most innovative content for events, conferences and training courses, while also expanding our portfolio of products and our audience in the UK and internationally.”

Karen said: “HASCA has been created to capitalise on the university’s expertise and I look forward to engaging and collaborating with the health and social care sector to help professionals access this vast pool of knowledge.

“I’m committed to providing the highest quality of education and knowledge transfer, and look forward to the opportunity to facilitate the development of some fantastic products. The ability to enhance the knowledge and skills of health and social care practitioners will ultimately result in improved outcomes for service users.”

easyJet announces largest ever expansion at Manchester Airport

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13/07/2018

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easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has announced that it’s to undertake its largest ever expansion at Manchester Airport in winter 2018 which will see the airline adding five new aircraft, carrying an extra 1.5m passengers annually and launching five new routes.

With the expansion easyJet will create 175 direct jobs and it’s estimated the move will also lead to 1500 indirectly*, providing a boost to the economy of Greater Manchester with new economic connections for the region to new destinations of Innsbruck, Lanzarote, Faro, Barcelona and Bordeaux – the 1000^th for the airline.

easyJet flew over 3.5 million passengers from Manchester last year alone, having flown over 20m since the airline commenced operations in 2008. The increase in capacity from 12 to 17 aircraft to 5m passengers a year following expansion represents a 40% increase in growth.

The aircraft will include easyJet’s new A320neo’s which were introduced to the airport last year and enable a 15% reduction in fuel burn, a 15% reduction in CO2 emissions and a 50% noise footprint reduction during the landing and take-off phases compared to the current generation A320 aircraft thereby significantly reducing our impact on local communities.

The airline has flown to and from Manchester for the past 10 years and this expansion will mean more choice for passengers, more regular services to popular destinations and more affordable fares.

Ali Gayward, UK Country Manager, easyJet, said: “This announcement to expand our operations in Manchester is fantastic news for the North West and will create thousands of new jobs supporting the local economy and both inbound tourism as well as even more choice for consumers in the North West.

“Our growth of an additional five aircraft next summer will be the biggest single investment easyJet will make in the entire network in 2019, and reflects our commitment to Manchester, providing customers even better connectivity with new NEO aircraft to new destinations and more choice than ever before.”

Andrew Cowan, CEO of Manchester Airport, said: “We’re delighted to see easyJet’s commitment to Manchester Airport and the region with the announcement of five new aircraft and five new routes. It will provide our passengers with even greater choice when they come to book their holidays.

“Their growth will also create hundreds of jobs, which along with the £1bn investment we are making in the transformation of the airport, demonstrates the various ways in which the region benefits from having a thriving international gateway.”

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, said: “This expansion by easyJet is to be welcomed and is clear evidence that Greater Manchester is a globally-facing city-region that’s open for business. It is vital that Greater Manchester remains a well-connected travel hub and the creation of five new routes from Manchester Airport will provide us with new business opportunities as well as exciting new travel destinations.

“easyJet’s endorsement of the Airport as the base not only for new routes but their milestone 1,000th route demonstrates Greater Manchester is one of the world’s most outward-facing, dynamic and thriving city-regions. We look forward to continuing to welcome visitors from across the globe.”

In 2017 almost 3.5 million passengers flew with easyJet to and from the airport – a figure which is expected rise to 5 million next year.

BDP appoints Manchester Studio’s Sue Emms to Principal

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Sam Whitear

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Architect Sue Emms has been appointed as Principal at Manchester-headquartered BDP, one of the world’s largest inter-disciplinary design practices.

Sue leads the practice’s education sector in the north of England and is currently working on projects for universities at Coventry, Keele, Sheffield Hallam and Warwick.

Sue, from Bramhall, Cheshire, has delivered some of BDP’s most innovative and award-winning educational projects and aged 44 is the youngest of the seven Principals at BDP’s Manchester Studio.

She says she is passionate about supporting new talent into architecture. “I am heavily committed to nurturing new talent by supporting and mentoring the next generation into the profession,” says Sue, who is a Visiting Practice Professor at the University of Sheffield and External Examiner at the Manchester School of Architecture.

“We need to see new pathways to support the diversification of new entrants, so that we are a profession which reflects the society we design for,” she says.

Her role includes supporting BDP as one of the Trailblazer group of practices, which have recently defined the standards for new architecture apprenticeships.

She adds: “I am extremely passionate about the value of good design and will also be focusing on the maintaining and enhancing design quality, both of the profession and of BDP.”

The BDP Manchester Studio is one of the most award-winning architecture design studios in the city over the past decade. Sue says: “I want to raise our bar even higher.”

Sue is expected to take more of a visible and pro-active senior leadership role in the dynamic property development landscape of Manchester and the North.

She is an active champion of a holistic, sustainable approach to building, seen in her designs for the acclaimed St John Bosco Arts College and Enterprise South Liverpool Academy. Sue has worked for BDP since graduating from Sheffield University in 1999 and won the Architect of the Year category at the 2015 Women in Construction Awards.

Chair of BDP’s Manchester Studio Gavin Elliott said; “We are delighted to invite Sue Emms to become a principal. Sue is a superb designer and a fantastic communicator and I am convinced that her star will continue to rise, both nationally and in Manchester, as her role brings greater profile to her expertise and projects.”

BDP has also appointed Simon Thurstan, a Building Services Engineer at the Manchester Studio, as a Director.

Five new hires at Pozzoni

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Pozzoni Architecture has welcomed five new starters at its Altrincham studio, four of whom have come through the company’s Academy programme.

Joining the growing team are four trainee architectural technologists and one graphic designer, with the technologists working in Pozzoni’s specialist sector teams.

Ashley Maxim will be working on commercial projects, while Josh Broomhead becomes a member of the leisure team. George Lucas and Tianna McCormack both join the Living team and will be working on housing, PRS and senior living projects.

Brady O’Donnell has joined Pozzoni as a graphic designer and will be working across sector teams.

Nigel Saunders, director at Pozzoni, said: “As a practice, it’s hugely important that we invest in the future, not just of our business, but of the industry too, and this significant number of new starters reflects this.

“We have a range of exciting projects coming up across our specialist sectors and I’m sure our new young team members will be eager to hone their skills within the teams.”

Legoland Discovery Centre Manchester recruits for dream job

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Legoland Discovery Centre Manchester is recruiting and it’s the ultimate dream role.

The position of Master Model Builder will see the successful applicant tasked to play all day, every day, and not ‘work’ a day in their life.

The unique position is one of only 24 in the world, less than a fifth of the number of trained astronauts! Putting the applicants through their paces will be Legoland Discovery Centre Manchester’s toughest panel of judges – the attraction’s very own Creative Crew aged just six to ten years old.

The mini panel will challenge applicants to prove their worthiness through a series of interviews and a creative build off, where applicants will have the opportunity to show they have ‘Bricks of Talent’.

The role, the first opening of its kind in the Barton Square attraction’s eight year history, boasts a generous salary and is anticipated to attract thousands of applications.

Successful applicants will then be challenged to create the ultimate inspirational build, in response to the Creative Crew’s own design brief.

A public event will provide fans with the opportunity to comment on their favourite and get hands-on themselves.

“This is a hugely exciting time at Legoland Discovery Centre Manchester,” says Jenn McDonough, General Manager Manchester Cluster, Merlin Entertainments. “Such is the success of our popular family attraction, that we now need a second Master Model Builder to join the fast-paced and brilliantly creative team here, to provide guests with an even more memorable and fun experience whilst visiting the attraction.”

Creative Crew member Samuel Barker, aged 10, from Longton added: “I think a Master Model Builder should be imaginative, know what they’re doing with the Lego! And, be a good, fun person to be around.”

Applicants are encouraged to create ‘stand-out’ upon registering for the role and to increase their chances of bagging a seat to compete at the build-off through sharing their creative ideas and designs via social media using the hashtag #masteroflego.

Based at the ever-popular Barton Square Legoland attraction, the successful Lego fanatic crowned Master Model Builder, will be top of the class in creativity, design and brick-building. They will also be of a fun disposition working with kids and families in free-build workshops.

pro-manchester welcomes new Chair

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Alistair Cree, Partner in Eversheds Sutherland’s core corporate group, has taken up the role as pro-manchester’s new Chair.

The post, which is elected annually, has most recently been filled by Jane Forbes, Partner at PwC. The Chair is accountable to the board of directors and represents pro-manchester members to ensure the organisation is ran with members’ interests at heart. Alistair took the reins at pro-manchester’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday 12 July.

Originally from Northern Ireland, Alistair has lived in Manchester since 2002 and is a huge advocate of Manchester being a great place to do business.

Alistair joined Eversheds Sutherland in 2006, becoming a partner in the corporate team specialising in M&A and equity capital markets work in 2014.

Of his move to Manchester, Alistair says: “I soon realised that Manchester is not a second best to London, or frankly a second best to anywhere, rather it is a fantastic place to live and work, with its own unique cultural identity, unique vitality, drive and purpose.”

Speaking at pro-manchester’s AGM this week, Alistair outlined his plans for his year as Chair.

Alistair aims to help pro-manchester to support Manchester’s business community to grow even further: “To me, one of the key aspects of generating growth and focusing on the future, is to ensure that young people, whether they be people coming out of Manchester’s universities, or indeed graduates from around the country, or internationally, view Manchester as a place they want to live and work.

“A great statistic that I saw recently is that half of the global population is under 25 and that whilst 25% of the workforce is currently under 25, within 10 years, 40% of the workforce will be under 25. These people are globally wired, entrepreneurial, collaborative and change-orientated, and we need to make Manchester and its business community relevant (and attractive) to them.

“If we can promote Manchester to people coming through, as a city that can give you the best of both worlds – top rated work within an environment that ticks the boxes on the work/life balance, this is a powerful combination. We need to make Manchester famous for it.”

Of his new role, Alistair said: “I am very excited because I’m a great advocate of Manchester and it gives me a real opportunity to push the city, its businesses and the professional services sector forward for the benefit of the members.”

Of Alistair’s appointment, pro-manchester Deputy CEO, Sam Booth said: “We’re delighted that Alistair is taking up the role of pro-manchester Chair for the next year. Alistair brings with him a wealth of experience in the Manchester business community and we’re looking forward to seeing what we can achieve together over the next 12 months.”

pro-manchester raises money for its chair’s chosen charity at various events throughout the year, raising nearly £3,000 for Smart Works Greater Manchester last year. Alistair’s charity of choice is The Booth Centre, a charity which aims to bring positive change to the lives of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and help them plan for and realise a better future.

New world-leading precision medicine campus set to open in Manchester

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Sam Whitear

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12/07/2018

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Proposals have been announced to create a world-leading precision medicine campus in the Corridor Manchester Enterprise Zone, located on the UK’s largest clinical academic campus – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

Greater Manchester’s ground-breaking partnership between academia, industry and the NHS – Health Innovation Manchester – has been working with global diagnostics firm QIAGEN on a joint project which will create and support up to 1,500 jobs – adding almost £150m to Manchester’s economy over a decade. The collaboration will also bring fast-tracked real health benefits to Manchester and Greater Manchester residents, and ultimately people nationally and internationally, through access to new tests and targeted treatments developed through pioneering research.

The proposals have been welcomed by Manchester and Greater Manchester civic, academic and health leaders.

Manchester City today, Wednesday 11 July, approved a one-off investment of up to £21 million, underwritten by life science enterprise zone business rates, as part of a public sector funding package to support a programme of research and development. Greater Manchester Combined Authority have already agreed to provide £3 million of loan funding.

This will confirm Manchester as a world leader in this vital emerging industry with enormous growth potential. The Life Sciences sector already contributes more than £10.8 billion a year to the UK economy and was identified in the Northern Powerhouse Independent Economic Review as one of the North of England’s key strengths and opportunities and in the government’s industrial strategy as a huge opportunity. Manchester is already a UK flagship for life sciences, with major innovation hubs in the Corridor Manchester Campus and nearby Alderley Park.

The benefits for Manchester and its people from this one-off investment will be twofold – delivering health benefits for residents by enabling strides to be taken in the prediction and prevention of disease through new diagnostic tests which enable earlier detection of disease and development of personalised treatments, and by supporting and creating jobs in the city’s economy. This investment will directly create around 250 jobs and safeguard an extra 215 while supporting more than 1,000 more indirectly across Corridor Manchester – adding an anticipated £140m to Manchester’s economy over a decade. It will anchor the life sciences sector, acting as a market for related small and medium-sized enterprises as part of an Applied Health Innovation Campus and reinforcing the city’s reputation at the cutting edge of innovation.

Greater Manchester’s unique health and social care devolution arrangements will enable patients to benefit more quickly from new tests and medicines and access to clinical trials.

Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council, said: “This will help confirm Manchester as a world leader in this vital emerging industry with enormous growth potential. This is an opportunity that as a city we cannot afford to miss. It’s a win-win – not just creating a raft of new highly skilled health science jobs and an economic boost but crucially also opening up revolutionary new health benefits for people here. Manchester’s future success depends on building on our distinctive strengths and life sciences definitely falls into that category.”

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said: “We’ve always led the way in Greater Manchester, whether it’s cutting edge science and technology, being at the forefront of social change, or pioneering partnerships across different sectors. The NHS was ‘born’ here in Greater Manchester in the middle of the 20^th century, 70 years ago and last week we celebrated this. This week we secure our position in 21^st century health innovation with this global deal.”

Rowena Burns, Chair of Health Innovation Manchester and Chair of Manchester Science Partnerships, said: “This is a hugely important step change for Greater Manchester’s already strong life sciences sector. The new health innovation campus, with QIAGEN at its heart, will support the continued growth of businesses which are driving the future shape of medicine and health care, and cement our position as a world-leader in precision medicine. This is precisely what Health Innovation Manchester was set up to do, and combined with our devolved health and social care system, places us in an incredibly strong position to address the health challenges of the population.

“For MSP, this is a massive testimony to the existing strength of our partnership with QIAGEN, who have already added so much to the City’s life sciences community. QIAGEN will now become the flagship for the next phase of our Oxford Road Citylabs campus, being developed by MSP’s majority shareholder, Bruntwood, for MSP and our joint venture partner, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.”

Peer M. Schatz, Chief Executive Officer of QIAGEN, said: “These partnerships leverage QIAGEN’s rich expertise in Manchester to accelerate innovation as a basis for the development of valuable molecular tests. This is a true win-win situation, bringing together QIAGEN, the global leader in Sample to Insight solutions, with important intellectual assets in the U.K. to accelerate molecular biomarker research and subsequent development of new and promising diagnostic assays.

“We expect this collaborative initiative to serve as an innovation incubator to support translating genomic biomarkers into clinical use and ultimately to yield benefits for our customers and patients everywhere who need advanced diagnostic insights.”

Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President & Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester, said: “We are delighted by the announcement that Qiagen NV, a major and innovative diagnostic company will significantly increase their research and development activities in Manchester. This is excellent news for the city region and for The University of Manchester. This major inward investment demonstrates confidence in the city region and the University. At The University of Manchester, genomics, personalised medicine and early diagnosis of disease are major research activities, notably in cancer, one of our five ‘research beacons’. Qiagen has great expertise that is highly relevant to each of these areas.

“Attracting companies in the life sciences will add further to the attractiveness of Manchester and The University of Manchester as a hub of scientific discovery and medical expertise. Our research in life sciences and health is renowned world-wide and we are delighted to welcome expansion of such an exciting global business in healthcare to Manchester.”

Sir Mike Deegan, Chief Executive at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, said “Securing and expanding QIAGEN’s future on the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust site is a pivotal component of our vision to create an internationally-leading research and innovation campus focused on integrated diagnostics leading to better care for our patients. Modern healthcare requires us to handle massive arrays of data from a huge range of technologies in order to come up with the right answer for patients. This has never been clearer than with genomic medicine, QIAGEN’s immediate focus, which holds the power to deliver transformative clinical benefits at the level of individual patients–the heart of precision medicine.”

Tom Renn, Managing Director of Manchester Science Partnerships (MSP)said: “We are proud to be part of the partnership that has led to this hugely important deal for our great city, and a thrilled that our long-standing customer QIAGEN has chosen our Citylabs 2.0 for their new home as they make this significant expansion. With our Joint Venture partner, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, we are excited to progress our £60m, 220,000sq ft Citylabs campus extension which will enable the creation of a world-leading precision medicine campus in Manchester. This is a huge investment in Manchester and our Citylabs campus, developed by our majority shareholder and MFT’s strategy property partner Bruntwood, will provide the facilities and growth support for world-leading clinical care, research and innovation to flourish. Undoubtedly this will be the biggest deal of the year for the sector in the city.”

Perfectly Clear sponsors Crompton Primary School Sports Day

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12/07/2018

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Crompton Primary School in Oldham hosted a sports day with a difference on Friday as it was sponsored by drinks producer Perfectly Clear.

The Shaw school’s sports day acknowledged England’s success in the 2018 World Cup by naming teams after this year’s football quarter finalist nations and the penalty shoot-out proved to be hugely popular, alongside a range of sports from basketball to hockey and, of course, the traditional egg and spoon race.

Perfectly Clear donated £150 to the school to be spent on a range of sports equipment, alongside donating bottles of its still flavoured water, providing tasty hydration to the children and their parents throughout the day.

Perfectly Clear, one of the first flavoured water brands to be produced in the UK, is encouraging children across the nation to get active and keep hydrated by sponsoring their school sports days. This includes Crompton Primary School in Manchester, who recently held their annual sports day with the support of Perfectly Clear.

To celebrate the winning team, Perfectly Clear also provided medals for each child and a trophy for the winning team, alongside recycling bins to encourage everyone to recycle all empty bottles consumed on the sports day.

Headteacher Lara Beaumont commented: “We were delighted that Perfectly Clear sponsored our sports day and helped to make the day such a success. The donation of £150 was really helpful and it will be invested on new sports equipment for our school which we can use all year round. The donated water kept the children and their parents hydrated throughout the afternoon. What’s more, as an Eco School, the bottle recycling bin will improve our recycling efforts.”

Speaking on sponsoring the sports day, Katerina Gilbert, Marketing Director at Perfectly Clear, said: “At Perfectly Clear, we believe in healthy hydration and so we make sure all our flavoured water products contain zero sugar and they taste delicious, making them an ideal drink for an active day! Supporting the local community and influencing children (and adults) to be physically active while keeping hydrated is in important part of our social responsibility strategy for Perfectly Clear.

“Sponsoring local primary schools’ sports days across the country has been so much fun and seeing the kids joining in and having fun with sports is the ideal way to wrap up the school year on a positive note. We are pleased the children at Crompton Primary School had a great day and we look forward to supporting other sports days in the future.”

Perfectly Clear is also sponsoring sports days in Nottingham, Newcastle, Yorkshire and Brighton this summer.

ABCUL excited to launch employer engagement campaign ‘Work Not Worry’

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12/07/2018

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ABCUL is launching a social media campaign Work Not Worry, to raise awareness of the benefits of partnerships with credit unions among employers and to encourage more employers to establish new relationships with their local credit union. Credit unions offer savings and affordable credit facilities with payments deducted from pay.

Evidence suggests that financial stress costs the UK economy £121bn (Neyber 2016) and 30% of employees are making uninformed financial decisions about saving and spending (CIPD, 2017). 26 per cent of working age adults in the UK has no savings and 1 in 4 workers have lost sleep over money worries (CIPD, 2017).

For over 30 years, employers have used the services of credit unions in their workplace. These include household brands and institutions such as Admiral Insurance, Royal Mail, British Airways and the NHS. Research funding by Citi Foundation states that 70% of employees who take advantage of credit union partnerships feel more financially capable and better supported and 83% of employer partnerships demonstrate Corporate Social Responsibility to staff by providing a material benefit at little or no cost to them.

A majority of employers say working with credit unions improves the financial capability of staff and thus helps create a more productive and better supported workforce. This is supported by the Money Advice Service research on employer best practices on financial challenges and their impact in the workplace which states that 59% of employees with current financial worries say money concerns prevent them from performing their best at work.

A key problem in workers’ lack of financial resilience and reliance upon debt is the chronic lack of savings across the income range. However, credit unions’ Save As You Borrow method – which asks people to save a small amount while repaying their loan – has great benefits in creating savings habits. Research by the Fairbanking Foundation found that while only 26% of credit union borrowers saved regularly before joining their credit union, 71% intend on saving regularly after repaying their loan.

Matt Bland, Head of Policy & Communications at ABCUL, said: “In our conversations with employers, it is clear that many are not aware of the financial difficulties facing their staff. Those that do have sadly seen it became a serious issue in the workplace before they had chance to respond. We regularly hear horror stories of people falling into a downward cycle of repeated and escalating payday loans – robbing Peter to pay Paul.

“Credit unions have a proved track record of turning borrowers into savers. Research such as the Save As You Borrow report proves that credit unions are playing a vital role in helping their members become financially responsible. The report shows that credit unions turn 71% of borrowers into savers
and that 96% of employees that are encouraged to use payroll deduction through the credit union have found it helpful.

“All employers have to do once a partnership is set up is spend a couple of minutes making the deductions each pay day – one file transfer, one payment. All employees have to do is agree to a deduction of their choice per month – and it comes directly from their salary, making life easy for everyone”