The number of UK business insolvencies fell by 17% in October on the same period last year, according to the latest Experian insolvency index.
The index reveals 1,635 UK businesses failed last month, down from 1,976 insolvencies recorded in October last year, an insolvency rateof 0.08, compared to 0.10% in October 2009.
Spending on agency staff rose by 42% at just one central government agency despite a public sector recruitment freeze, Recruiter can reveal.
According to figures on its own website, agency spending at the UK Trade and Investment Agency rose from £52,111.85 in May to £73,822.40 in September.
Robbie Steinhouse, head of training, NLP School
Randstad Education’s John Dunn has attacked schools for making too much use of teaching assistants, particularly when covering for absent teachers.
Don’t ask why you should be on social media for recruitment, ask why you shouldn’t be. Although these words were said by one speaker, this seemed to sum up the essence of the Social Recruiting Conference 2010, held in London last week.
Mark Whitby on Recruiting via ’portals’ is a waste of time
Reported fraud in the UK has broken the £7bn barrier over the last five years, according to figures from accountancy firm BDO’s annual FraudTrack report.
BDO’s team of specialist fraud investigators anticipate annual reported corporate fraud will continue to rise significantly over coming years in areas such as commercial lending and mortgage markets.
Job creations across the country rose sharply in January, up nine index points on December, according to the Reed Job Index.
The index posted a reading of 113 with increases in the private sector growth, while public sector jobs remain less than half their level of a year ago.
Recruiters have been warned to take extra care in taking on international assignments by The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). The warning follows an incident in which an APSCo member was contacted by fraudsters with suspect contact details.
