All major companies need an effective recruitment strategy. New starters who join the company will play a vital role in the short term drive for performance and will hopefully develop long-term growth and progress their careers. In a very real way, recruitment at the present moment determines much of a company's future business direction. … [Read more...]

In the services sector it can seem very difficult to increase your company’s productivity. It is not like in the manufacturing industry, where you could try to tweak your assembly line to improve efficiency. In the services sector, it is all about your employees and trying to get your staff to improve their productivity, which is no easy task when your staff will no doubt already feel that they are working at maximum capacity in today’s tough economic climate. … [Read more...]

Despite governmental pledges to address the overriding problem of unfeasible amounts of red tape, costing British businesses £112 billion to administer, 2011 did not prove to be the year in which the promised positive changes became a reality. On the contrary, newly introduced sets of rules and regulations collectively phased in by the Department for the Environment, the Government Equalities Office and the Home Office resulted in an additional £100 million worth of red tape. … [Read more...]