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Supply chain recruiter Top Gear has agreed a contract to be the sole supplier of labour to fashion retailer New Look’s central distribution centre in Newcastle-Under-Lyme.

 

Almost one in five firms says late payment problems have worsened, according the Forum of Private Business’ latest Economy Watch survey.

Ed Percival, business coach

Old thinking suggests that you’ll be successful if you have goals. Apparently you’ll be even more successful if they are written down.

I now don’t believe that to be true.

Global usage of Twitter.com has doubled in the past year, according to new research from digital marketing intelligence specialist comScore.

Hydrogen Group is looking to open one or two international offices a year, as it continues to focus on international expansion, according to its executive chairman.

Revenues and profits have fallen at Healthcare Locums (HCL) but the group expects improved H2 trading, according to interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2010.

The group’s results reveal:

Matt Burney, resourcing & community executive, G4S “It was very interesting to see what corporates are doing with social media, and the moves that are being made to make it more effective than it was probably 18 months ago.

With the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) coming into force in a year’s time, almost two in three HR professionals are unaware of the new regulations, according to research from Adecco. The research showed that 61% don’t realise that the AWR will come into force in just 12 months’ time and 80% said they have ’no idea’ what the consequences of non-compliance are.

September saw a further slowdown in the UK jobs market with permanent staff placements rising at their weakest rate for a year, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG. Temp billings growth came in at an 11-month low, while there was a slower decline in permanent staff availability and an increase in temp availability.

Specialist in-sourced recruitment solutions provider CPH has opened an office in Sydney, Australia.

Scott Russell, CPH joint managing director, says: “This is a significant and exciting new venture for us – enabling us to take our direct recruiting solutions to the Australian market and, subsequently, to the rapidly expanding APAC region.”

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