A recent survey by accounting software provider Sage has found that 17% of all payments to UK SMEs were late, and that over 50% expect a negative impact on their company finances as a result. Payment processor BACs
The UK recruitment industry is experiencing a period of major growth, with a record-high 5,824 new agencies being launched in 2017. According to the Office of National Statistics, vacancy rates are at a record high – a state
When starting your recruitment business we believe there were two main motivations behind you doing so: to have an agency built in your own vision and to grow that agency to become a key player in your sector.
We love this time of year. It is the perfect moment to look at the year gone by and more importantly, to plan for the one that lies ahead. But of all the years of growth we have
The start of the new year is always filled with optimism and a resolve among many people. While the debate between economic forecasters continues to rumble as to whether this will be a year of further growth or
As we start 2018, now is the perfect time for some self-analysis on the year gone by. What has worked well, what hasn’t, and what are the next steps needed to enable an agency to go to the
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It is also perhaps the most irritating word in the English language – who wants to be reminded of the things they could have done after they should have done them? Foresight, however,
Time, they say, is a precious commodity. ‘They’ are right, especially in today’s increasingly competitive recruitment environment. With the number of new recruitment businesses growing apace and the industry itself more buoyant than ever before, the pressure is
The post-recession aftermath enforced stricter lending criteria and controls on traditional finance providers which led to the growth of the Alternative Finance Market for businesses – and it shows no sign of stopping any time soon. Why? The
The term ‘entrepreneur’ can mean many things to many people. The Meriam-Webster describes an entrepreneur as someone ‘who organises, manages and assumes the risk of a business or enterprise.’ Investopedia says an entrepreneur is ‘commonly seen as a