Salaries for permanent and temporary general staff roles in the UK last month showed marginal improvement on May 2011 at 0.16% and 0.05%, reveals recruiter Office Angels’ Salary Watch, compiled using mysalarychecker.com.
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Over half (59%) of all accountants would consider moving abroad for their next job, shows a report from specialist jobsite CareersinAudit.com.
Pharmaceutical recruiter CK Clinical has opened a new office in Hammersmith, London.
Professional, engineering and technical recruiter Ceema Recruitment has appointed Danbro as its preferred supplier of accounting and payroll services for contractors it places.
Recruitment services provider Lime Business Resources has chosen to use Safe Screening’s cloud computing technology to power their new pre-employment candidate checking service.
HR firm Towers Watson has been selected by the National Grid to implement both talent management and workforce planning solutions at the company.
Resourcing and talent management firm Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) has appointed John Collington as chief operating office, joining the firm’s executive board.
Finance and HR recruiter Chase and Holland has made Bev Findlay and Paul Macildowie minority shareholders.
Since April 2011, the Government has made various changes to the Points Based System (“PBS”) with a view to reducing immigration. The Tier 1 (General) Visa which entitled highly skilled migrants to live and work in the UK was abolished in its entirety in April 2011. This means the only way for companies to employ new migrant workers is under Tier 2. However, the Government also imposed a cap in April 2011 on the number of Tier 2 certificates which could be issued annually and increased the salary and qua
Employment businesses providing staff to clients in the health and welfare sectors will be well aware of the complexity of VAT law in this area. The complexity is being tested further as many businesses come under increased pressure from clients to apply VAT exemption to their supplies. The pressure from clients in these sectors arises as they are hit hard by budget cuts and, in addition, can often only recover only a small percentage of the VAT charged to them.