The Chancellor’s cut in VAT has had no long term effect on the retail sector, recruiters say.
The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has claimed that Alistair Darling’s temporary cut in VAT has succeeded, according to a report by the economics consultancy.
Charity and public sector executive recruiter Rockpools has appointed Anna Bishell as head of its interim management practice.
Bishell previously provided interim managers across the public sector for Rockpools and is a former head of marketing and business development for Russam GMS.
Bill Boorman’s search for the country’s national sales champion begins again next Wednesday (5 August).
Prizes will be awarded to the individual and company with the highest scores, while points will be won throughout the day for both activities completed and results achieved and scores will be reported back every two hours.
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has made ‘good progress’ in implementing better regulation principles, claims a new report from the Better Regulation Executive.
The report, part of a series of reviews of national regulators, measures the GLA against principles of effective regulation set out by Philip Hampton in 2005.
The report found that the GLA:
Pareto Law’s sales insourcing service, which allows managers to bring in additional sales effort without impacting on headcount, is already proving successful for the graduate recruitment and sales training company.
Britain’s changing eating habits have not adversely affected hospitality recruiters. A recent survey from caterersearch.com showed that the UK’s eating-out market value fell by 13% with people swapping the pub for takeaways at home.
As the number of people admitting to shoplifting rises, retailers’ profit margins will be hit which could lead to further redundancies on the high street, according to recruiters.
New research published by G4S Security Services shows that 2.6m British adults aged 16-64 admit to shoplifting in the last year, up 30% on the previous 12 months.
A new trade agreement on air services between Europe and Canada will benefit both sides of the Atlantic, according to recruiters.
The deal, announced last week by the European Commission, will mean that airlines based in the EU will be able to operate flights directly to Canada from any airport in Europe and carriers will be able to establish new code-sharing agreements.
Recruitment website reed.co.uk has reported an increase of 10% in key activity in December.
By streamlining major functional areas of the site, redesigning design elements and navigation, job viewings and completion of candidate registrations and applications have all increased by 10%.
