... to better define what ‘low skills’ mean, adding the UK’s migration system post-Brexit needs to focus on skills required rather than ... people to join the logistics industry.” Roberts added it is difficult to predict how long the transport sector would need to properly ...

With the safety of London’s streets at stake, making sure the Metropolitan Police Service gets maximum ... in recent years, procurement chiefs at the Met decided it was time to make sure they were making the most of its third-party spend of ... it was run. Sarah Lim, director of Purcon, who handled the recruitment operation, says it has “demonstrated that true two-way partner ...

... for the final notes I want to leave ringing in the client’s ears: what I call the “compelling sales message”. For example, I ... of agencies out there trying to sing for their suppers and it’s hard to stand out amid the cacophony of voices. Nevertheless, buyers ...

... survey, published earlier this year (see News, 27 May). It found that the equal pay gap between male and female purchasers had all but ... case of Stephanie Villalba, a former head of Merrill Lynch’s private client business in Europe, who is seeking millions of pounds in ...

... many of whom are responsible for some of the world’s best-selling drugs, such as anti-cancer treatments Zoladex and Casodex. ... to get the best value for them. We spend their money. It’s a bottom-up, not a top-down, process.” Although they cannot direct ...

... computer system must be protected by a security policy - but it is worth remembering that the greatest threat to security comes from inside ... should include screening to ensure that the candidate’s history and knowledge reflect the privileges of their role. This should ...

... authority ContractorCalculator released a statement in which it revealing that 98% of IR35 status assessments carried out by High Speed 2 ... involves assessing the status of generic roles using HMRC’s CEST tool, before applying that determination to contractors undertaking the ...

... all aim to take over the company or move into our boss’s office, but good interpersonal skills are becoming as necessary to promotion as technical prowess and it know-how. So what exactly are they, are yours up to scratch and, if not, ...

... Few delegates at the opening address at this year’s CIPS Premier Conference, given by business iconoclast René Carayol, went ... purchasers will not be leading their teams. The former IT director made no bones about his admiration of another speaker at the ...

... handed over the baton to Manchester 2002 - Manchester’s organisers - at the closing ceremony in the Bukit Jalil Stadium on 21 ... money was slow in coming and sponsors were sparse. It appeared that Manchester 2002 faced a stark reality: no money and no ... on the side of an office block in the city centre. • Recruitment and training of the 15,000 volunteers was carried out by ...