Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Fri, 27/03/2020 - 09:52
Without a doubt, the Coronavirus has hit UK businesses hard and in less than two weeks the recruitment industry has effectively been brought to its knees with online revenues being reduced by around 70% - almost literally, overnight.
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Fri, 27/03/2020 - 09:50
Recent figures from the Office of National Statistics show that since auto-enrolment came into play in October 2012, the proportion of employees in the UK with a workplace pension has increased from 47% to 77%. While this is a huge step in the right direction, the pensions industry still has a long way to go and now faces fresh challenges.
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Fri, 27/03/2020 - 09:32
While the online gambling market in the UK may currently find itself in the eye of a regulatory and legislative storm, for now this remains one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors around. But for how long?
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Thu, 26/03/2020 - 10:59
On 20 March 2020 the government announced the launch of its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which is intended to pay employees who would otherwise be redundant or subject to a requirement to remain away from work without pay and are instead designated as "furloughed"
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Wed, 25/03/2020 - 10:14
Lack of clarity on essential work, and the delay in support for self-employed and contract workers is creating too much ambiguity and putting people at risk
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Tue, 24/03/2020 - 11:56
In these unprecedented times, recruitment businesses are swiftly reviewing their strategies, adapting day-to-day processes, reworking client and candidate communications and trying to form some stability and new modus operandi.