More than 15,000 young people will be given the opportunity to develop their skills and gain an insight into the food and grocery industry, currently the UK’s biggest employer.
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The general secretary of the trade union, whose members are on strike in a dispute with Premier Foods over the use of agency workers, has challenged the company to show that its permanent workforce cannot meet the company’s requirements for flexibility.
Global energy recruiter Spencer Ogden is to open offices in Brazil and Germany “towards the end of the year”, recruiter.co.uk hears.
Britain’s manufacturers are experiencing a three-year peak in activity as the recovery takes hold, and are due to increase hiring levels, according to a survey from manufacturers trade body EEF, and accountancy and business advisory firm BDO.
Blue collar personnel supplier Encore Personnel has opened an office in Leeds, which is what the company calls its 18th “profit centre”.
Industrial, distribution, driving and warehouse recruiter The Best Connection saw turnover grow 17% and gross profit (GP) by a similar amount in the year to 30 November 2012 over the previous 12-month period.
The new employee shareholder status, under which a worker sacrifices select employment rights to take up shares in the business, which came into law yesterday (1 September), is unlikely to be of much interest or relevance to recruiters.
Today sees the age at which young people in England must continue in education or training rise from 16 to 17 – but despite being referred to in common parlance as a rise in the ‘school leaving age’, this does not stop young people entering the labour market at 16.
Controversy over the Agency Workers Regulations reignited this morning, after the news that the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has lodged a complaint with the European Commission against the government.
Losses were seen at recruitment group Kellan and Work Group in the first half of 2013, as well as in the full-year 2012 at rec-to-rec firm McCall.