SME

Workplace health is increasingly moving ahead of claims by embracing preventative healthcare, hears Owain Thomas.   Rising premiums are the main driver to employer interest in preventative health services but there are...

Six in 10 employers are concerned about the mental health of their employees, according to research from Everywhen. The employee benefits consultancy survey of 500 HR professionals found 59% of these employers...

The UK’s SME sector is vast, diverse and full of momentum, and for intermediaries and insurers focused on growth, it remains a major engine of opportunity. However, this is not a market...

No government has ever gone far enough in promoting or incentivising occupational health to effectively reduce pressure on the NHS or the tax burden on the population. This is according to Matthew...

Perci Health has launched a virtual consultant-led chemotherapy-related neuropathy clinic.  Delivered as a national virtual service, the clinic brings together specialists in pain, physiotherapy, exercise oncology and psychology. The move follows the...

Medichecks has acquired My Menopause Centre for an undisclosed sum. The specialist menopause health platform and clinic was co-founded in 2021 by Helen Normoyle and Dr Clare Spencer. As part of the...

Broadstone is embedding Sovereign Risk Management's absence management services into its consultancy offering. The offering brings together absence insurance to help organisations manage the direct costs of sick pay, temporary cover and...

Epassi UK has appointed Luke Prankard as sales director. Prankard (pictured) joins from Happl UK where he was head of reward and benefits. A former head of sales and alliances EMEA at...

UK employers spent £800m more on private medical insurance over the past year. This is according to Matthew Gregson, executive director at Howden Employee Benefits, who was chairing a webinar organised by...

Employee assistance provider (EAP) Pebble Wellbeing has reached an agreement with Doctor Care Anywhere to give Pebble customers access to the virtual care provider’s GP, physiotherapy and mental health appointments through its...