Recruitment giant Michael Page is to recoup £26m in overpaid VAT.
A prior claim for overpaid VAT between 1980 and 2004 had been thrown out by HM Revenue & Customs in 2003, but Michael Page submitted an amended £80m claim for the same period in March.
Onsite recruitment solutions firm, CPH Consulting, has announced it is to extend its ‘On Demand’ service to companies that are looking to hire as few as five new employees per year.
The Digital Britain report published last week will give a boost to media and creative industry recruiters.
Among the key points of the report developed by Stephen Carter, first minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, are:
• a three-year plan to boost broadband use
• universal access to broadband by 2012
Recruitment firm S&H has appointed Graham Nyman as business development director.
Nyman has worked in the financial services consultancy sector for such firms as Catalyst, Quic and Algorithmics.
Empresaria Group has acquired the remaining 25% of Lumley Employment Company.
The acquisition of the original 75% stake in Lumley was announced on 8 April.
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has launched a website to offer free advice on employment law.
The site, www.smallbusinesschannel.co.uk, contains video-based information on business-related issues including employment law.
New research from the FPB shows that employment law costs small business £2.4bn.
I agree with Roger Philby on the power of Twitter and LinkedIn when it comes to distributing a message (Social networking calls for ‘blind faith’, 16 June). Using primarily these two tools, I got 600 unique visitors to my recruitment blog, The Savage Truth, in its first five days.
In his daily newsletter for Singer Capital markets, Kean Marden, an analyst at the firm, writes: “According to recent surveys by Hudson and the Singapore National Employers’ Federation (SNEF), more employers here plan to add to their headcount in the next three months in anticipation of business picking up next year.
There are signs of improvement in the London financial services industry with new job numbers in June the highest this year, according to Morgan McKinley’s employment monitor.
The main findings of the monitor were:
Two thirds (66%) of young people are seeking internships due to the recession, according to a poll by the National Council for Work Experience (NCWE).
The poll reveals that that two thirds (67%) feel exploited or undervalued by working unpaid, while 49% of respondents have worked unpaid for four weeks or more.