Blue Monday 2026
Blue Monday, often referred to as the “most depressing day of the year”, usually falls in mid-January. While the concept has become widely recognised, it is important to note that...
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Employee wellbeing in winter: Tackling SAD, stress and seasonal slumps
The winter months can bring lots of difficulties to employees. Around 2 million people suffer with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which can cause low mood, irregular sleep and difficulty concentrating;...
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Maximising Your Workplace Budget for 2026
As we move into 2026, businesses across the UK are reviewing budgets to ensure every pound delivers maximum value. With ongoing changes to business rates, operating costs, and investment priorities,...
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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from My Staff Shop!
As the year comes to an end, it’s the perfect time to pause, reflect and say thank you. At My Staff Shop, everything we do is centred around people, helping...
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The Future of Employee Benefits: Lessons from 2025 for HR Teams
2025 has been a defining year for HR and Reward teams. Economic pressure, shifting employee expectations and rapid digital change have forced organisations to rethink how they support their people,...
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Employee Benefits in an App?
Who doesn’t have a mobile phone within reach these days? Who doesn’t have an app for everything? Digital awareness is on the rise across all generations, and a 2025 survey...
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How to Improve Communication Within the Workplace
Who has not been in a meeting wondering what the key message actually was? Or sent a message that somehow created more questions than answers? In busy workplaces communication is...
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Buzzwords to know for 2026 – and what they’re really telling you
In 2025 we got a front-row seat to a very strange workplace: hybrid is now ‘normal’ but no one can really agree what that means, AI is both saviour and...
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How to get your team to activate their benefits account
So you’ve opted for My Staff Shop as your chosen employee benefits platform…what next? If you want to see high engagement and usage of the perks you’re paying for, then...
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