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With sunshine, BBQs, beach trips and picnics, it’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year - but let’s face it, the summer holidays are tough to negotiate when you’re a small business owner. Either your business gets eerily silent, or you’re overwhelmed with the holiday sales rush.

Nine out of 10 (86%) employers believe strong work relationships make it easier to retain staff, with employers overwhelmingly agreeing (70%) that it’s healthy for employees to have a ‘work spouse’, according to new research released from totaljobs.

With the spotlight often shining on the generation of ‘millennials’, the workplace trends of Generation X are often overlooked. New research released from Management Today, together with Vauxhall Motors, reveals the career ambitions, the opportunities and challenges, of the 40 something generation

Capita has been chosen by Crown Commercial Service (CCS) to manage a framework which will provide bespoke training services to public sector organisations and the Civil Service.

CV-Library is delighted to announce that its Managing Director, Lee Biggins, has been awarded the ‘CEO of the Year’ (under £25m) accolade at the TV250 Awards which took place last night.

A Midlands jobs provider has expanded for the first time into Birmingham - bringing new roles to the city centre and promising to help local businesses find the talent they need.

By Andrew Akesson, Venn

Commenting on today’s publication of labour market statistics by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which shows that the employment rate reached 74.9 per cent in the three months to May, the highest level since records began in 1971, Recruitment & Employment Confederation director of policy Tom Hadley says:

Reacting to the latest ONS Labour Market Statistics, released today, Lee Biggins, founder and managing director of CV-Library, comments:

Commenting on the ONS Labour Market Statistics, Ian Brinkley, Acting Chief Economist at the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, comments:

Comment from Phil Sheriden, Senior Managing Director at Robert Half:

Leading contractor tax adviser, Qdos Contractor, has reacted to The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices, which among other suggestions, outlines the need for simplification when establishing the employment status of freelancers and contractors.

Chris Moore, President of Group Operations at The Adecco Group UK & Ireland, commented:

“Today’s fall in the unemployment rate shows us just how strong the UK job market is at the moment. The figures are particularly impressive given that the ONS data covers March-May, a time when General Election campaigning and the sense of instability it caused was nearing its peak.

Commenting on the publication of Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices, Recruitment & Employment Confederation chief executive Kevin Green says: