Sector Analysis Risk

As risk develops as a profession, recruiters face both challenges and opportunities

Certainty returns to market but questions mark Bracey exit - City Comment

I’ve just returned to London after half-term week in Bath and Exeter. With no access to share price data, it’s difficult to precisely assess how recruiter shares have performed this month but, in general, the mood seems to have remained positive and a series of small daily increases have edged the FTSE100 index of leading London companies to a five-month high.

Sector Analysis Engineering

Recruiters and resourcers must look for increasingly ingenious solutions to solve the industry talent puzzle

US uncertainty casts shadow over recruitment sector - City Comment

Debt ceiling negotiations and the related shutdown of public sector services in the US have created understandable headwinds for share prices this autumn.

You can’t always rely on stock market adages – City Comment

The old stock market adage recommends that investors “Sell in May and go away, don’t come back til St Leger’s Day” (this year late October). As with many sayings there is a high degree of science backing the recommendation.

Keeping control at a safe distance

Outsourcing of back office functions can seem scary but it need not mean losing control, as Sue Weekes explains

BSI to define HR standards for people valuation

Setting international standards in human resources will lead to improvements in people management