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Supporting mental health for your employees during perimenopause: Simple daily habits to thrive 

  • Oct 9, 2024
  • Reading Time: 3 mins

As World Mental Health Day on 10th October approaches, coinciding with World Menopause Awareness Day just a week later on 18th October, it’s crucial to recognise the unique challenges women face during perimenopause. Women are 40% more likely to experience depression in the perimenopause than those who aren’t experiencing any menopausal symptoms, finds a new…

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Market Insights

The Elusive Balance: Restoring Wellbeing in an Unbalanced World

  • Oct 9, 2024
  • Reading Time: 2 mins

In an ideal world, our days would be perfectly balanced: 8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep and 8 hours of play. This equilibrium would allow us to maintain our mental health, nurture our relationships and pursue personal growth. However, the reality for many of us is far from this ideal. The modern work…

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Market Insights

Employee Recognition and its role in motivating employees

  • Oct 9, 2024
  • Reading Time: 5 mins

In a recent Employee Benefits report, 62% of employees say they never or hardly ever receive recognition. 29% say they haven’t received recognition for good work in over a year! Reinforcing this fact was a poll on Spinnaker’s LinkedIn page which found that 61% of respondents never or hardly ever feel recognised for their work….

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Market Insights

Samskip: Leading the Charge Toward a Sustainable Future, Powered by Its People

  • Oct 2, 2024
  • Reading Time: 5 mins

Introduction: Samskip’s Commitment to Sustainability Samskip, a global logistics company renowned for its multimodal transport solutions, and a pioneer in sustainable logistics, has been investing in alternative fuels and technologies for many years. Samskip is also known for its recent innovation, “the Samskip SeaShuttles”, which are currently being built and will be the world’s first…

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Market Insights

The Many Podcasts of the Maritime Industry

  • Sep 24, 2024
  • Reading Time: 4 mins

The maritime and shipping industry has always relied on the swift transmission of information to navigate the unpredictable seas. Long before the digital age, shipping news was shared through radio broadcasts and printed reports, with the Shipping Forecast—a staple of British radio—first airing in 1924 to provide vital weather updates to sailors. This forecast became…

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Recruitment

Hot Jobs – Top 10 maritime vacancies – September 2024

  • Sep 23, 2024
  • Reading Time: 5 mins

For over 25 years, Spinnaker has been assisting shipowners, shipmanagers, oil majors, and P&I clubs in fulfilling their maritime recruitment requirements. Every day, we receive a constant influx of new job openings, all conveniently listed on our website. To simplify your job search, we have handpicked a collection of the ten most sought-after positions available right now. Get…

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Archive

Marathon for Women in Maritime: Summary

  • Sep 23, 2024
  • Reading Time: 2 mins

When: 27th April 2025, between 00:00-23:59 BST.  Sign-ups needed by 31st October What: A virtual marathon.  26.2 miles to be covered anywhere, at any time over the 24h period.  As a guideline, walking the distance is attainable for most people in c.8-9h. How: The marathon can be walked, run, or jogged and is much more…

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Archive

£3.35 million raised for the OSCAR Dragon Boat campaign

  • Sep 19, 2024
  • Reading Time: 4 mins

Thirty shipping teams splashed about in the water in London on Friday 13th September, raising £666,000 for charity. The annual OSCAR Dragon Boat Race is organised by Phil Parry of maritime people experts, Spinnaker. The total now raised by the OSCAR Campaign is around £3.35m.  The Campaign is named after Phil’s 25-year-old son Oscar, whose…

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