A really scary story for halloween

When I was a kid we didn’t have trick or treat. We didn’t really have Halloween at all – we might watch a scary movie – that finished by 1am when the TV went off at a weekend. Yes – I AM that old. Now here’s a really scary story for Halloween… There is nothing […]

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How recruitment has changed in the last decade

  There’s no denying that recruitment in the UK has changed drastically over the past decade (I mean, hasn’t everything?) But how? Technology   The area of greatest change has been technology. In 1990 the only technical means of communication between a recruitment agency and an employer would have been via post, telephone, fax or […]

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Lord Davies’ boardroom gender targets ignored by most UK firms

All but a handful of the UK’s biggest companies missed last week’s deadline to set out their plans to put more women on their boards. Only eight companies in the FTSE 100 have announced how they aim to meet the target of 25% women directors set down by the government. Proportion of women on boards […]

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New Year – more New Rules. Come on Vince – give us a break!

And here we are again – it has been tough enough during the “growth” years to deal with the ever increasing amount of red tape and business regulations the Labour Government thought fit to introduce . Anyone would think they didn’t want business to make a profit – or thought that all profits made should […]

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Planning to retire abroad – you’ll be lucky!!

Dreaming of retiring to sunnier climes?? You’re more likely to be still putting in the 9 – 5 according to figures which show the number of over 65’s still in work has doubled in the last 10 years. People of retirement age have been hot by falling annuity rates, falling interest rates on savings, stagnant […]

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