Anticipated employment regulations and taxes will hit the UK with a bill of £25.6bn, hampering job creation and recovery, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
Changes directly related to employment planned between April 2010 to April 2014 include:
Job search engine Simply Hired has expanded its integration with LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Business web news service Business Wire reports that social connections will be brought into job searches.
A commercial manager of a bank that was the victim of a £175,000 invoice factoring fraud told a court that he was duped by two men who he met to discuss investing in a recruitment business.
The National Skills Academy for Financial Services (NSAFS) has called upon financial services employers to recruit school leavers who are finishing their ‘A’ level or equivalent courses, due to increased funding for younger apprenticeships.
Talent management and executive search firm Grosvenor Wright has appointed former senior partner of Deloitte and member of the Deloitte consulting executive team in the UK, Steve Brandon, to its advisory board.
Distance learning provider ICS and international recruiter Hays have joined forces to launch an online portal offering access to flexible learning courses.
I am responding to your High Fliers graduate recruitment survey article on recruiter.co.uk (’Graduate vacancies up but competition for places intensifies’, 13 January).
Most small business owners (68%) find the tax return process confusing, according to a study by accountancy software company Accountz.
The survey of 100 small business owners found 22% occasionally miss deadlines due to the complexity of the process.
Insurance firm AXA-Minmetals Assurance has agreed a deal with StepStone Solutions to use its new e-recruitment management platform.
The firm is introducing the new system to support rapid business development and help win financial services talent in China’s expanding economy.
A complaint against a job advert placed by GRI Team International has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).