- Vacancies for permanent professionals dip 3% - Demand for contractors decreases 6% - Contractors out on assignment down 8% - Permanent placements up 4% - Average salaries increase 1.5%
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The global economy is extremely fast-paced, and shifting at an alarming rate. This is happening at a time when the future of work is changing. Organisations need to realise that ‘talent’ no longer means what it did a decade ago, and that gifted employees are not cheap to find.
With very few aspects of life left untouched by the growing impact of climate change, combatting global warming is now everybody’s business. The fundamental risks to industry and trade posed by rising temperatures are causing companies to completely re-think their operations and make combatting global warming an integral aspect of business strategy.
More than a third of Brits plan to spend less on Christmas compared to last year, according to the results of a new global survey of 23,000 families. The research carried out by Ferratum, the international financial services company, analysed the Christmas plans of more than 23,000 families in 19 different countries.
Over half of UK businesses believe Brexit will trigger a drop in revenue in 2019 according to new research by MHR Analytics, the specialist provider of business intelligence and analytics solutions.
- Vacancies for permanent professionals dips 4% - Demand for contractors decreases 6% - Contractors out on assignment down 10% - Permanent placements up 5% - Average salaries increase 1.5%
• University degree courses are not efficiently preparing graduates for work in their chosen field of study • Survey of UK graduates** highlights the need for additional skills training after university
Outsourced customer contact centre Ventrica is celebrating after securing a Silver award in the ‘Best Outsourced Partnership - large’ category at the prestigious European Contact Centre & Customer Service Awards 2018 (ECCCSAs). The ceremony was held last Tuesday night at Battersea Evolution in London and hosted by TV personality, Fiona Bruce.
In the run up to the UK’s departure from the European Union, the term resilience has become synonymous in describing the traits that entrepreneurs and small and medium business leaders require to weather Brexit. As all industries within the UK are trying to assess the impact that leaving the EU will have on businesses and the economy, it is undeniable that the political unrest is proving somewhat problematic for all businesses. While we may be able to gauge the immediate aftermath of Brexit negotiations on larger businesses due to falling share prices, it is simply not as easy to evaluate star
Just a few short years ago, most of the UK were casual internet users at best. Hidden behind dial-up connections and clunky PCs, the World Wide Web was a promising but cluttered spacethat had a high cost of entry. Nowadays, superfast Wi-Fi and 4G combined with our smartphones, tablets and sub-£200 laptops allow everyone quick and speedy internet access. 78% of adults (39.3million) accessed the internet every day in 2015, a 43% increase from the 35% (16.2 million) who used it daily in 2006.
The Drop (www.thedrop.co), a London-based startup which allows men to purchase custom-made clothing on demand has raised £500,000 in seed funding in a round led by Sir John Hegarty’s The Garage Soho.
