It had to happen at some point. The motor components industry is suffering a sea change in structure, culture and strategy. The pressure of ... of far fewer companies is predicted in a few years’ time, supplier numbers may actually increase in the shorter term, since the ...

Fri, 23 March 2012 BBC’s The Apprentice is back on our screens and this series Recruiter has asked two of last ... the losing team, who is deemed to have made a worse hash of it than the rest of the team, is fired by Loveable Lord Alan Sugar. Waving ...

... vary, but the continuing number of start-up businesses is surely revealing. With this in mind, the time may be right for companies set ... Bank, says there are a number of indicators to suggest it is a good time for recruitment companies to act. He points to forecasts by ...

... MoD has admitted the operation exposed deficiencies and that it is now addressing them. However, the ministry is sure the operation was not as ...

... a mean three-egg omelette, doesn’t mean they can sell! It’s staggering the number of companies who make a degree a prerequisite, and ... Using the words ’graduate-calibre candidate’ on your ads is fatal. With a grad, you’ve got nothing; you have no idea if you knock them ...

... for the annual CIPS conference in two weeks’ time, there is one burning issue on their minds. And the continuing e-revolution will be ... the early adopters have done and what they have got out of it. E-procurement will catch on, but it’s a question of confidence. “It ...

... engagements’ that are then subject to tax and NIC – yes, it’s IR35. The Budget 2000 Red Book claimed that IR35 would raise around ... has failed to raise anything like the predicted sums. It is also obvious that the government wants to do more to stem any perceived ...

The demand for skilled support staff is still strong, with companies making more counter offers than before to keep ... to cut back. There is a big skills shortage in the sector. It is getting harder to recruit good admin and secretarial staff, and support ...

... Accounting Technicians Like all organisations, the AAT is concerned about the widely-predicted downturn in the UK economy. So far, we ... how well our people have survived hard times, simply because it is not possible to dispense with the accounting function. VAT still has to ...

... and the growing technical skills gaps brought on by it.  “To overcome this challenge, many are looking at widening the talent ... are far from a perfect jobs report: “Employer caution is limiting the supply of new vacancies, yet stiff competition for recruits is ...