Starting and building a recruitment business is hard work. But gaining and retaining that all-important edge over the competition is very much in the hands of agency owners themselves. It’s simply a matter of getting your agency brand
A charity golf day has raised thousands of pounds for one of Gloucestershire’s well-known children’s charities. A number of local businesses and UK based recruitment agencies gathered at Brickhampton Court Golf Complex for the Simplicity Golf Day in
Despite economic and political uncertainty, companies are still hiring across sectors, with opportunities in both permanent and temporary roles. However, persistent candidate shortages have created a surge in pay rises as employers compete for workers needed for growth.
The number of UK recruitment agencies adopting Simplicity’s GEMS Technology has hit the 1000-user mark within the first year of its launch. GEMS is a unique CRM and workflow solution specifically designed for recruiters. The technology was launched
The Recruitment market has recently reported a significant increase in fraudulent activity involving ‘Ghost Workers’. This fraud typically involves a fraudulent company approaching a legitimate recruitment agency and requesting that the recruitment company put workers through their payroll
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.
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
When is the best time to start a recruitment business? With this question coming from a company that specialises in supporting recruitment entrepreneurs to start and grow their agencies, the answer should be an obvious one. But it
Why do some recruitment agencies struggle financially? Some report a lack of cash flowing into the business, whilst others are constrained by funding caps which restrict their ability to grow at their own pace. It has been said
In 2017, it was reported that late payments were costing the UK economy over £2.5bn a year, with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) finding that the average small business owner spends between 1-2 days chasing invoices each