advo: UK’s ‘Best’ Employee Benefits Intermediary

advo was singled out at the prestigious COVER Excellence Awards as the UK’s best Employee Benefits Intermediary. The prestigious COVER Excellence Awards celebrate the insurers and intermediaries that are “leading the charge within the protection, life and health...

‘Stoptober’ and employee health

October sees the annual ‘Stoptober’ campaign with its aim of encouraging smokers to give up the habit. advo hr looks at how the benefits offered by employers can help employees to give up smoking, and generally live a healthier lifestyle. Every October there is a...

Mental Health: Support from employers remains largely absent

Over the course of the last decade, mental health issues in Britain have reached crisis levels. We take a closer look. Approximately one in six people in England meet the criteria of having a common mental health problem such as anxiety or depression.[1] The claim...

Addressing absenteeism

Over two-fifths (43%) of businesses have had employees absent from work for more than four weeks due to ill health in the last two years, according to new research.  The new research by the British Chambers of Commerce and Unum confirms that the overriding impacts of...