The key to effective franchising centres around a common message and driving that message home, said Doug Bugie, chief executive of Antal International Network and iWorklife, addressing delegates at Recruiter's second Annual Forum.Driver agencies are calling for the sector to be closely governed after a shortage of consultants revealed a worrying lack of understanding of legislation, which includes driving time and licence controls. Agencies believe this could have fatal consequences.
Mass market adoption of the mobile internet may be further away than predicted.
According to the 2007 Mobile Phone Report by Continental Research, the percentage of those using features, such as accessing the internet and downloading video, decreased in eight out of 11 activities tracked.
Recruiters are changing their employment contracts and modifying the amount of rolled-up holiday pay they pay out, according to one employment lawyer.
With a rise in statutory holiday entitlement from 20 days to 24 to take effect from 1 October, Rob Eldridge, employment partner at law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner, said two of his clients had raised the hourly rate for rolled-up holiday p
Network Group Holdings, which launched on the Alternative Investment Market on 17 September, is looking to defy the uncertainty in the financial markets and acquire a recruiter in the sector.
Chief executive Jon Smith told Recruiter: "Uncertainty brings opportunity.