David Arden, at The Blogs

Mar 25, 2022, 10:36 AM

Is it time to ask for a pay rise? The five tests you need to pass

All around us prices are increasing. Whether heating and lighting our homes, filling up our cars with petrol, paying the mortgage/rent or simply the price of the weekly shop, the country and our community are in the midst of a cost of living crisis. Even...

Mar 8, 2022, 1:42 PM

Women still face barriers in the workplace – but help and inspiration are at hand

Looking at our own British Jewish community, there is a lot to be proud of. We see highly successful women in senior leadership roles right across the community. Marie van der Zyl is in her second term as President of the Board of Deputies, while...

Feb 1, 2022, 12:53 PM

New year, newly skilled you

There are very few of us who cannot claim to have made a new year resolution at some stage or another during our lives. The determination to lose weight, or exercise more, or perhaps spend more time with the people who really matter to us. ...

Dec 21, 2021, 1:42 PM

Mental wellbeing should be at the centre of our working lives

As we look back over another challenging year for so many in our community, there is one key aspect of our health that should never be ignored – our mental wellbeing. This is especially true when it comes to the workplace. According to the mental...

Nov 29, 2021, 1:44 PM

How communal businesses are adapting to environmental concerns

Whether it is protestors making their voices heard, world leaders meeting in Scotland at COP26 or the changes in our own homes and synagogues, there’s no doubt that the environment has dominated our thinking lately. The Collins Dictionary has just named ‘climate anxiety’ – the...

Oct 28, 2021, 5:54 PM

Furlough has ended… what comes next?

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak holds his ministerial 'Red Box' outside 11 Downing Street, London, before delivering his Budget to the House of Commons. Picture date: Wednesday October 27, 2021.

The furlough scheme was an undoubted success of the Government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, both across the country and within our Jewish community. Introduced back in April 2020, to provide a vital buffer when the nation needed it most, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...

About Me

David Arden is the CEO of Work Avenue. He has a background in project management, business change and delivering strategy and has held roles in the public, private and not for profit sectors.