ONLINE RECRUITMENT NEWS

Staffordshire employee benefits firm, Busy Bees Benefits has launched an Employee Assistance Programme to help businesses obtain a happier, healthier and more productive workforce. The brand new health and wellbeing benefit sits alongside the company’s current offerings, which include Childcare Vouchers, a mobile phone salary sacrifice service and a retail discounts portal

ONS figures published today report the number of self-employed has fallen by 51,000 in the three months leading to July compared to the same period in 2014. IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed, has urged the Government to provide more support to the self-employed if it wants to continue growing a flexible and healthy economy

Following a 29 per cent upturn in professional services recruitment over the past 12 months (figure from APSCo), leading recruitment firm The Staffing Group has launched a new subsidiary to join existing arms of the business, Extra Personnel and Single Resource

The majority are not motivated to work harder by a bonus worth 10% of annual salary

Commenting on the latest UK Labour Market Statistics, Mark Beatson, Chief Economist at the CIPD, said: “While today’s numbers show a drop in unemployment back towards the low point seen three months ago, the main point to draw from this set of figures is how little the overall levels of employment and unemployment have changed in the last six months

Success can be measured in many different ways but in terms of how a professional can reach the top, strong leadership skills have been identified as the most important attribute. According to new research1 by leading specialist recruitment consultancy, Robert Half UK, 60% of CFOs and FDs surveyed said leadership was the top attribute that contributes to the success of finance and accounting professionals

Figures released today by the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA), the representative body for the employment support sector, show that the Work Programme has now supported over 731,000 previously long term unemployed jobseekers into the workplace

Lancashire based Danbro, the specialist accountancy firm for contract, freelance and temporary workers, beat off stiff competition to shine at this year’s BIBAs (Be Inspired Business Awards) to scoop the coveted title of Business of the Year - for the second time

20th October 2015 | The Grange City Hotel, London

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and the Elite Recruitment Network will today announce a new “strategic alliance” which will expand the range of services these organisations offer to the UK recruitment industry

eSift is pleased to announce the appointment of Laura Barker as Commercial Director from 1st September, 2015

Online jobs board LoveLocalJobs.com is celebrating its five year anniversary with the launch of a new website which will allow the Sussex based company to compete alongside leading national and international recruiters

Elizabeth Marshall at technology and digital media law firm Kemp Little comments

Recruitment advertising company JobVacancyPortal.co.uk (JVP), are honoured to have been chosen as a finalist for both the Service Industries and Micro Business Entrepreneur of the Year categories, in the Entrepreneur Wales Awards 2015, sponsored by Business Wales

Stress management support for UK workers is on the rise, new research has revealed