Faces recruitment & consultancy opened its doors this week, led by Steve Walters, who previously operated a retail recruitment franchise under the multi-sector Blue Monday banner.
The firm will recruit retail professionals at all levels, from the shop floor up to senior management.
The Association of Labour Providers (ALP) has urged government to rethink its last-minute decision to preserve the Worker Registration Scheme, under which workers from eight EU members have to pay a £90 fee when they start work in the UK.
Employee retention promises to be one of the key challenges this year for the UK arms of global technology companies Bosch and LG Electronics, according to the companies’ human resources directors.
The Chancellor’s cut in VAT has had no long term effect on the retail sector, recruiters say.
The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has claimed that Alistair Darling’s temporary cut in VAT has succeeded, according to a report by the economics consultancy.
Charity and public sector executive recruiter Rockpools has appointed Anna Bishell as head of its interim management practice.
Bishell previously provided interim managers across the public sector for Rockpools and is a former head of marketing and business development for Russam GMS.
Bill Boorman’s search for the country’s national sales champion begins again next Wednesday (5 August).
Prizes will be awarded to the individual and company with the highest scores, while points will be won throughout the day for both activities completed and results achieved and scores will be reported back every two hours.
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has made ‘good progress’ in implementing better regulation principles, claims a new report from the Better Regulation Executive.
The report, part of a series of reviews of national regulators, measures the GLA against principles of effective regulation set out by Philip Hampton in 2005.
The report found that the GLA:
Pareto Law’s sales insourcing service, which allows managers to bring in additional sales effort without impacting on headcount, is already proving successful for the graduate recruitment and sales training company.
Britain’s changing eating habits have not adversely affected hospitality recruiters. A recent survey from caterersearch.com showed that the UK’s eating-out market value fell by 13% with people swapping the pub for takeaways at home.
