A survey of UK employers carried out by the University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation shows that 68% of employers offer flexible working hours to their staff, with 77% believing flexible working hours are beneficial to their businesses in terms of productivity.

58% of companies surveyed by recruiter Praxis used an interim manager in 2005, compared to 64% in 2004. It found interim managers received from £300 to £3,000 a day; the average rate was £680 a day.

A study sponsored by Ipsos MORI and The Work Foundation has found that 48% of health service workers believe that senior management have a clear vision of where the organisation is going, compared with 67% of people working in the education sector.

The labour turnover rate in the UK stands at 11.9%, compared with 7.6% last year, according to a survey by the Chartered Management Institute and Remuneration Economics. This is despite 79% of companies giving bonuses to their staff, compared with 70% in 2005.

55% of candidates surveyed by IT sales recruitment specialist Robson Taylor want to leave their current jobs because they have concerns about the future of the company, or because they are not happy in their current position.

48% of UK companies offer flexible working, compared with 94% in Sweden, 92% in Finland and 90% in Germany, according to a report by Cranfield School of Management's Human Resource Research Centre. UK companies fared better in part-time working (97%), homeworking (32%) and job sharing (55%)