Month: April 2018

£564,000 funding to encourage walking and cycling across Edinburgh

Events aimed at encouraging more and more people to walk and cycle are to be held in each of the four Edinburgh localities for the first time this year as part of a calendar of active travel events.

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It pays to stay: workers who spend 2 to 3 years in first job earn higher salaries over career

•   Workers should stay in their first role for 2-3 years to hit the salary sweet spot, with pay averaging £37,800 for employees who have done so

•   By comparison, workers who leave their first job within a year earn just £33k,  meaning £4k less a year on average

•   North East employees are the most loyal, staying in their first position for an average of 3.1 years, while Londoners are the flakiest employees, staying just 2.1 years in first job

•   Women stay in first job for shorter stint than men, averaging 3.2 years, as opposed to men at 3.9 years, within a first position

•   University graduates also switch to second job more quickly, moving on after 3.0 years, while those with no degree stay in their first role for an average of 3.9 years

•   Huge decline in average time spent in first job,with millennials entering the workforce since 2010 staying on average just 1.1 years, compared with up to 5.7 years for those starting work in the 1960s

Workers who spend between 2-3 years in their first jobs earn higher average salaries over the course of their careers, suggesting a salary premium for staying put within a first role, according to new research by job search-engine Adzuna. Continue reading It pays to stay: workers who spend 2 to 3 years in first job earn higher salaries over career

Rally on the Mound: Activists urge UK Government to axe two-child cap and rape clause

One year on since its implementation, activists are stepping up the pressure on the Department of Work and Pensions to scrap the now infamous family cap and associated rape clause. A demonstration will be held on Thursday (19 April) at 5.30pm on The Mound. Continue reading Rally on the Mound: Activists urge UK Government to axe two-child cap and rape clause

Keep on runnning!

Passed by Buzz Lightyear and friends … but four years on, Donald’s up for marathon challenge again!

Edinburgh Leisure Board member, Councillor Donald Wilson is running the Virgin Money London Marathon for the fourth time on 22 April 2018.  Continue reading Keep on runnning!

New exhibition to celebrate the historic role played by the women of Edinburgh in the Suffrage movement

Marking the centenary year of the first women receiving the right to vote in the UK, a new exhibition is to open at The Museum of Edinburgh charting the significant role the women of Edinburgh played. Continue reading New exhibition to celebrate the historic role played by the women of Edinburgh in the Suffrage movement