Stuart Conroy, Commercial Director of Peartree Cleaning Services on how the rise in Employers National Insurance Contributions in April will impact the commercial cleaning industry The increase in Employers National Insurance Contributions (ENICs), which are due to come into force ...
Read More »Three in five UK businesses say NIC rise will impact hiring
Three in five (60 per cent) of UK businesses say the upcoming rise in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) will reduce their ability to make new hires this year, according to new research. A survey carried out by Indeed Flex, the ...
Read More »Sodexo achieves recognition for commitment to social impact
Sodexo UK & Ireland has received the Ambassador Charter Mark Award by the Social Recruitment Advocacy Group, becoming the first organisation to achieve this highest level of recognition. This milestone reflects Sodexo’s long-standing commitment to creating social impact in the ...
Read More »First People Recruitment joins The Kingdom Group
The Kingdom Group has completed its acquisition of Brighton-based FPR Group, a company specialising in the provision of temporary and permanent recruitment solutions across the industrial and manufacturing, food and horticultural, technical and engineering, and health and social care sectors. ...
Read More »Reaping the benefits
Jobs benefits not only enhance employee satisfaction but also drive the overall success and growth of an organisation, says Coleen Cloherty, Director of CPC Consulting It’s been a few years since I spent any significant amount of time discussing the ...
Read More »SBFM signs the Social Recruitment Covenant
The soft services provider has reinforced its commitment to creating inclusive and equitable employment pathways for disadvantaged groups by signing the 2024 Social Recruitment Covenant. Created by recruitment and training provider PeoplePlus, the Social Recruitment Covenant is a collaborative national programme, ...
Read More »Serco to deliver UK Armed Forces Recruitment Service programme
Serco has been appointed to deliver the Ministry of Defence’s next-generation recruiting solution for the Royal Navy, the British Army, the Royal Air Force and Strategic Command. The Armed Forces Recruitment Service (AFRS) contract sees recruitment for these branches of ...
Read More »Better together
Matt Bailey, workplace analytics specialist at Matrix Booking explains why flexible working means FM can’t go it alone. Collaboration across multiple departments is key to delivering a successful workplace The rise of flexible working has reshaped the way businesses operate, ...
Read More »Sodexo offers guaranteed interviews to ex-offenders
Sodexo has announced a significant milestone in its commitment to social mobility by introducing guaranteed job interviews for people with criminal convictions as part of its Starting Fresh programme. Applicants with a disclosed criminal conviction who meet the job criteria ...
Read More »Over half of employers don’t think that young people are generally well-prepared for the world of work
Many UK employers believe young people aren’t ‘job-ready’ and lack important workplace skills, with a fall in earning and learning opportunities cited as a key reason, according to the CIPD’s latest report ‘Changing face of the youth labour market‘. The ...
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