A Dungannon-based gangmaster was convicted on a charge of section 12(1) of the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 of operating without a licence.
Last Tuesday (23 November) Tracy Gallagher of Gallagher Meat Contractors based in Dungannon but whose business address is Gortin Road, Omagh, pleaded guilty to the charge and was consequently fined £750 and ordered to pay costs.
Social careers guidance, development and e-mentoring platform WYGU (When You Grow Up) www.wygu.com has launched.
The site offers e-mentoring, peer guidance and personal career-matching, as user-generated content in information resource – WYGUpedia.
IR35 is to be retained with the government committing to improving the way it is administered, according to Budget documents.
The documents say that following the publication of the OTS review of small business tax, the government will commit to setting up a dedicated helpline staffed by specialists.
JSA has announced that it has exited a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) and completed required payments.
The umbrella firm entered the CVA 18 months ago.
JSA has also appointed a finance director Louise Rayner, who joined the company at the beginning of May.
Sales and marketing are set to be the recruitment bright spots within the UK’s financial services industry in the first quarter of 2011. According to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey, firms are planning to invest more in marketing.
City job vacancies rose 11% in January on last year, according to data from financial services recruiter Astbury Marsden.
The data shows vacancies rose from 4,920 in January 2010 to 5,440 last month.
Four in 10 employees plan to work past the default retirement age, set to be phased out in October next year, according to a survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The survey also reveals that 29% do not plan on working past the state retirement age and 25% don’t know either way.
The director of a rail staffing specialist recruitment firm has been banned from running an employment agency for seven years, following an investigation by the Employment Agency Standards inspectorate (EAS), part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. A
Ed Percival, business coach
Jaguar Land Rover has doubled the number of graduates it plans to recruit this year. The company plans to hire 280 graduates in 2011 compared to 135 last year. The 280 graduates will be hired for a variety of roles, including product development, engineering, manufacturing, finance, HR, IT, marketing and purchasing. The company’s graduate scheme runs for two years.