UK SMEs levelling up mental health support for employees

33% increase since start of Covid-19

John Brazier
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Research from GlobalData has found that one-third of UK SMEs have increased mental health support since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Of 2,000 UK SMEs surveyed, GlobalData found that 25.7% had increased the mental health support available for staff, while 8.7% had it increased it significantly. While just over 60% of SMEs had neither increased or decreased the level of mental health support for employees, 4.1% of firms decreased support and 1.1% decreased support significantly. Benjamin Hatton, insurance analyst at GlobalData, commented: ‘‘It is refreshing to see that a healthy percentage of UK businesses are acknowledging the importance of supporting their employees' mental health, especially after such a difficult...

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