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).
A cold British winter and a troubled UK economy could have led to an upsurge in the UK’s skilled workers seeking to move to Australia, according to Caroline Rafferty, general manager of recruitment website TrackMeBack.com.
One in three recruiters are unaware of their monthly IT expenditure per consultant, according to new research by IT services provider Kamanchi.
The poll of 568 recruiters found that 33% were unsure of their technology spend, while 23% spend between £250 and £500 per consultant each month while a similar percentage spent between £100 and £150.
Engineering recruiter Entech Technical Solutions has agreed a two-year contract extension with engineering group Meggitt UK to continue as its managed recruitment provider.
Executive search firm VMA Group has appointed Jennifer Bargrove to its financial services practice.
Bargrove was previously at marketing recruiter EMR where she had responsibility for its City practice, specialising in marketing, PR, internal communications, investment communications and events management.
International recruiter SThree has recorded reduced profits but has seen ‘meaningful signs of improvement’ in an interim management statement for the quarter ended 28 February 2010.
SThree’s results reveal:
Interim management and executive recruitment company Executives Online has been awarded a master franchise in Germany.
The opening of the German office follows the organisation’s award of its first master franchise agreement in South Africa in December.
Stephan H Aschenbrenner will head up the new operation in Cologne.
Thousands of jobseekers in some of the UK’s most deprived housing estates will now be able to access careers advice in community centres and GP surgeries, the work and pensions minister Helen Goodman has announced.