SMEs lagging behind on wellbeing: Unum UK

The research, dubbed the Healthy Workforce, Thriving Economy: Backing Britain's SMEs report, showed that, depending on the sector, SMEs offered vastly differing levels of workplace support. On the top end, 85% of IT and telecoms provided comprehensive workplace benefits, followed by 77% of financial services and health providers doing the same. The other end of the scale was made up of retail and hospitality and leisure business, of businesses in these sectors, 55% and 49% respectively provide comprehensive workplace benefits. Mark Till, CEO, Unum UK, said: "SMEs are the backbone o...