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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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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Red Tape hampering the economic recovery? You bet ya!

Our personal experience of the constant challenge of running a small business is enough to convince us that there is no real help from government. Not yet anyway. The banks can fluff all they want about people not asking for finance – well let me enlighten them as to why. I spoke to my Bank […]

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Top Lawyer Slams Tax Man for More Unfair Taxes

Posted on February 10, 2011 by recruitmentadvice James Quarmby, a leading tax lawyer has slammed the tax mans plans to tax employees on income and benefits that have never been received. James is tax Partner at Thomas Eggar LLP, said plans introduced in the draft Finance Bill in December 2010, were an “affront to the […]

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