The Impellam Group has continued to see improved operating performance resulting in a fall in net debt, according to a trading update.
On 6 August the group announced net debt had decreased by £30.4m to £39.2m as at 2 July 2010 due to “significant” cash generation for the period.
Just one in nine small firms (11%) are embarking on post-recession recovery plans, according to research from The Open University Business School.
The research also shows that 24% of firms with a turnover below £250,000 feel unable to plan because of doubts about the future, compared with only 14% of those with a turnover greater than £250,000.
We applaud the decision by a number of Britain’s most senior business leaders (Daily Telegraph, 1 April) to take a public stand against the planned rise in National Insurance - which is a clear and unequivocal tax on jobs.
Fines for employing illegal workers doubled from £11.2m to £22.1m last year, compared with 2008.
According to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by web-based back office solutions provider giant precision, in 2009 the UK Border Agency imposed 2,210 civil penalties, up from 1,164 civil penalties in 2008.
Global interactive CV platform Innovate CV has launched its Career & Training Centre to give online training for candidates.
Cranfield School of Management is holding its annual one-day conference and networking event for entrepreneurs on Thursday 13 May.
HR recruiter Frazer Jones has strengthened its team with a number of appointments.
Darren Wentworth joins from Robert Walters to head up and further develop the commerce & industry team across the UK.
Six in 10 firms’ internal communications departments have grown or have maintained their size in the past year, according to new research from PR staffing specialist VMA Group.
The poll of 250 heads of internal communications and heads of corporate communications also shows 68% say their senior executive teams are either supportive or key advocates of internal communications.
Six in 10 UK workers think they are working too many hours, according to a poll by Monster.co.uk.
The poll also shows nearly two-thirds of UK workers work over 40 hour weeks, with 34% working more than 50 hours each week. Almost a quarter (22%) of workers stated that they were happy to work overtime to further their careers, but only 18% works a 35 hour week or less.
Scotland saw the sharpest rise in demand for permanent staff in two and a half years in April as the recovery in Scotland’s labour market continued, according to the latest Bank of Scotland ‘Report on Jobs’.