‘Attracting and retaining talent’ are four very important words in our business lexicon that describe one of the biggest business investments that a business or organisation can ever make.

According to Brookings Institute, some 85 percent of a company’s assets are related to intangible capital such as knowledge and human talent. With an investment such as this, it is clear how important attracting and then retaining your top talent is crucial to your business success.

Looking at this in monetary terms, if you take an employee on a salary of £25k, the actual cost of employing that person taking into account benefits, training, office environment etc, the actual cost to the business is in the region of £32k. So, if