Emergencies and disasters can strike at any time, often when you least expect them. In most circumstances you will have no warning at all that an emergency situation is about to unfold.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a different impact on different countries around the world. While some economies remain closed and populations are in lockdown, others are beginning to open back up and workers are returning to their offices as they reopen business.

Challenging weather conditions are part of life all over the world - and when there is a major weather event it can be disruptive to your business. Inclement weather can include cyclones, hurricanes, major storms, snowstorms and blizzards, floods, tornadoes and even extreme heat or extreme cold.

Internal branding is important to ensure you have consistency with both your stylistic branding and corporate ethos by encouraging your employees to live and breathe the brand and its values so that translates to the way they represent the brand in the external world.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for employers to prioritize their employees’ health and wellbeing - both in terms of physical and mental health - as the virus takes a toll. One of the ways that employers can address COVID-19, as well as other health issues, is via an employee wellness program..

Developing a brand is hard work, and can take a lot of time and cost a lot of money. When it comes time to launch your brand, it’s important not to overlook a critical category of stakeholders: your employees.

As COVID-19 restrictions are eased in some parts of the world, businesses who have had employees working from home for the past few months now have decisions to make about whether to require their employees to return to the office or whether they should keep working from home.

The Atlantic hurricane season has arrived and will affect many parts of the Gulf and east coasts of the United States of America, the Caribbean and parts of Central America. As always, hurricane season can affect businesses and their employees as wild weather and storm surges can cause damage to buildings and infrastructure, flooding, electricity outages as well as physical harm to people.

The world of work is always rapidly changing and evolving. With remote work on the rise, particularly during the change to home-based work during the pandemic, employees aren’t sitting in offices working in traditional settings all the time.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect people around the world. Several months on, normal life is still a long way off from being able to resume - and this is taking a mental health toll on many.