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Staffordshire business, Busy Bees Benefits says public sector workers may not have to lose their jobs in the wake of a new language policy to be introduced in September. The company, which specialises in employee benefit schemes, says that members of staff could be given more time to improve their skills can use an Earn and Learn scheme to help retain their jobs

MedicsPro, part of Urban Recruitment Group, have continued to expand on their Midlands stronghold by opening another office in Birmingham City Centre

Seb O'Connell, Executive Vice President and Managing Director for Europe, comments

The Tech Partnership, the network of employers collaborating to create the skills for the digital economy, is using ONS and survey data to highlight the need for businesses in all sectors to embrace tech apprenticeships as a key weapon in the battle for faster business growth. Apprenticeships are rapidly growing in popularity and sophistication. They provide a way to attract new talent into digital careers and address a widening gap in the supply of skilled recruits

Employment rate for 16-24 year olds not in full-time education remains near 10-year high

Andrew Hunter, co-founder of Adzuna, comments

The numbers of people in employment has fallen and the numbers unemployed has risen on a quarterly basis for the second month running, according to the labour market statistics released today, perhaps suggesting that the four-year long UK jobs boom is coming to an end

IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed, has warned that the Government must provide better support to the self-employed if it wants to continue growing a flexible and healthy economy

More than 30 leading businesses and 12,000 young people will be at the forefront of boosting Work Experience for young people in the UK, under a new government campaign launched today

Steve Brand, Recruitment Marketing & Employer Brand Manager, Deloitte to speak at the upcoming Onrec Online Recruitment Conference and Exhibition - 20th October 2015, London

Talent Q, the assessment specialist, is providing ability and personality assessments, and one-to-one facilitated feedback sessions for candidates, to help ICL recruit the right people for specialist senior roles. ICL is a global manufacturer of products based on specialty minerals that fulfil essential needs of the world’s growing population in the agriculture, food and engineered materials markets

ADP®, a leading global provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, has been selected by Raw Talent Academy, an award-winning Sales Recruitment and Training business, to provide a complete HCM solution to support its continued employee expansion

A new Scottish business has invented a cost-effective way of bringing recruitment advertisements to life and thus opening the door for employers to a much wider pool of media-savvy candidates

Direct employer job board EmptyLemon have helped international donkey welfare charity The Donkey Sanctuary to recruit for niche roles by using employer branding and social media recruitment

Media attention recently has focused on equal pay for women and the Government is currently in consultation about forcing companies to report the gender pay gap