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With as much as 25% of a recruitment business owner’s working week spent attending unnecessary meetings and as much again spent performing non-fee generating activities to keep their agency running smoothly, recruitment agency owners need to understand the art of delegation or else lose ground to their competition.

I-COM has appointed Anna Gibbons as Head of Recruitment Client Marketing, as the Manchester full service digital marketing agency looks to develop its national portfolio of recruitment clients

Tom Castley, VP EMEA, Xactly

Capita has appointed Nicola McQueen as executive director of its Workplace Services division, which includes all of Capita’s HR and recruitment businesses.

Executive search firm GatenbySanderson has appointed Jody Goldsworthy to drive its assessment and leadership development practice. Goldsworthy, specialises in psychometric assessment and leadership development and will be responsible for growing the firm’s assessment and post-hire consulting services.

The state of our business reflects the state of our mind. When we feel positive and our head and heart are aligned, we attract positive results. Every time we pursue negative thoughts, they get reflected back, usually in the form of problems.

In a recent case of salary sacrifice HMRC’s guidance was held to be incorrect.

Employers are being left exposed to the fallout from cancer cases by a lack of specific planning, support and management according to the results of a new survey issued to 500 HR professionals.

Agencies may be forced to source from smaller candidate pools

Researchers in Australia have found that workers aged over 40 perform to the best of their abilities if they drop to a three-day working week.

Take-up of shared parental leave has been low since its introduction a year ago, with affordability concerns proving a barrier to many eligible employees, new XpertHR research finds.

New report finds that 68% of UK workers believe technology improves work-life balance

Whether you are a spiritual healer, an energy healer, a therapist, a coach, a carer or have any role where you help people to make the best of their lives you will probably find yourself in the lower range of earners.

How technology and good marketing practice are key to future success

As we are approaching the two month mark after the 6th April 2016 agencies are reporting that they are still unsure as to what actions they need to take to avoid getting caught by the new tax rules relating to travel and subsistence expenses.