National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage increase The new rate of pay will come in on 1 April 2020. There will be an increase of 6.2% for workers over 25, from £8.21 to £8.72. Workers aged 21
Following the decisive outcome of the December election, a degree of confidence returns to the UK recruitment market. Some businesses decide ‘that they have waited long enough’ and unfreeze hiring plans. For the first time in a year,
A wonderful night was enjoyed by winners of an exclusive auction prize in aid of the Pied Piper Appeal. Exclusive auction dinner winners, SN Engineering Ltd & Responsive Personnel Ltd won the prize at the Simplicity 2019 Charity
Growing your business will probably require you to make significant investment. This can mean borrowing money or sacrificing dividends, which may not be easy and may not be the right thing to do if you do not have
In Part One, we looked at where you are now and some of the issues that can arise as your recruitment business starts to grow. The business plan that you put together when starting up should be constantly
Congratulations, you’ve decided to step off the boss man’s ladder and start up your own recruitment business. You’ve got a business idea and want to take it to the next level. Whether you are planning to go into
The wait goes on. High employment and declining candidate availability continue to drive demand for recruitment services in the UK. This has created skill shortages in certain sectors with employers competing for new talent. Despite the resilience of
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
Recruitment is big business. The sector is currently one of the fastest growing in the UK economy, having exceeded even the most optimistic of expectations each year since the end of the recession. This, unsurprisingly, has led to
There is an irony that exists within many recruitment businesses. Most of the people you are doing business with will be based in the HR department of your prospects and clients, yet very few recruitment agencies have a