Anyone who has visited the United States will be familiar with home retailer, JC Penney. Founded 115 years ago and with around 1,100 across the country, the company’s founder James Cash Penney once said that “Growth is never
The media is talking a lot about recruitment right now, and with good reason. Over the last few months, the sector has continued to defy even the most ambitious of forecasts. This is despite the Office for National
You’ve given it a lot of thought and are on the verge of making it happen. However, is it the right time to start your own recruitment agency? The answer is the time is now for several reasons.
There was a time, in the not-too-distant past, when any utterance of the word ‘unemployment’ would send a shiver down the spine of a recruiter. Today, it is an altogether different story and when it appears in the
The recruitment press has been dominated with the story surrounding the jailing of the directors of an umbrella company found guilty of payroll fraud. The case has signalled a red flag for all recruitment agencies prompting the need
It is said that ‘people’ are the greatest asset any organisation can have, and it is true. With the right consultant talent on board, your agency can realise its growth ambitions sooner rather than later. But perhaps one
On 1st June 1967, the Beatle’s released what is often described as the finest album of all time, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. We tend to agree. 50 years later and one of the songs featured on
Every year a number of industry awards aim to recognise the best recruitment businesses across various categories, ranging from small and specialist to regional and large-scale agency of the year. Winners or those businesses who have been nominated
One of the most remarkable things about the recruitment sector is its ability to constantly defy the odds. The recession knocked the stuffing out of it yet less than two years after the recovery process began the industry
The UK is a nation of entrepreneurs, and if you think that is too much of a sweeping statement just take a look at the number of businesses that have started up so far this year. Between January