The Sunday scaries: what should business do to help?

If you feel an impending sense of dread as Monday morning approaches, you are not alone. Two-thirds (67%) of Britons report regularly experiencing the ‘Sunday scaries’ - a feeling of anxiety that builds up the day before heading back to work for the week. This number increases to 74% among the younger 18- to 24-year-old demographic.

Lack of sleep and a looming to-do list are cited as the top causes of stress at the week’s end. And the high proportion of people reporting this unique type of work-related stress has led the government’s Office for Health Improvement and Disparities to launch a new push as part of its ‘Every Mind Matters’ campaign that aims to combat this Sunday evening?feeling.

The campaign, which launched on Monday (10 October) to coincide with World Mental Health Day calls on people to do small things that can make a difference to mental wellbeing, while also offering free tips and advice. As chartered psychologist Kimberley Wilson points out, often ‘distraction’ habits that people form when they’re feeling said or anxious, such as binge watching TV or scrolling on social media, can exacerbate issues instead of?helping. So, what can your business do to fight the 'Sunday scaries'? Read more to find out.

How Dungeons & Dragons could benefit your?business

More than 50 million people played?Dungeons & Dragons?(D&D) worldwide last year, representing a 33% year-on-year growth in the popularity of this evergreen fantasy role-playing game.

At first sight, D&D might seem of little relevance to the workplace. But as Emma Perry discovers a growing number of employers are becoming enchanted by the fantasy role-playing game’s power as a team-building tool. Read more.

4 things to consider when deciding your company’s PR?strategy

How well a business promotes its products or services, engages with its customers and, when necessary, how it?responds to a crisis?are often the?difference between failure and success. Effective public relations and communications strategies can translate to greater brand awareness and public or shareholder trust. Poor PR and comms risk slowing an organisation’s growth.

Whether a company chooses to manage its PR and comms in-house or use an agency, then, is one of the most important board-level decisions to be made. Investing in neither is na?ve. But choosing between them is not straightforward and there are several?factors to take into?account. Rohan Banerjee takes a look four things to consider when deciding your company’s PR?strategy. Read more.

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• Build-A-Bear CEO Sharon Price John tells Sam Forsdick how she took the retailer from $48m in losses to the strongest first half of its 25-year history

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