Highly skilled freelancers driving self-employed sector, not gig economy – IPSE
Growth in the UK’s self-employed sector has been fuelled by a rise in the number of highly skilled freelancers – up 46% since 2008 to two million. That’s according to a new report by IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed) and Kingston University has shown. The report found that the growth […]
Read More →GMB blames former mayor for lack of taxi app regulation
Boris Johnson’s hands-off policy around app regulation has led to lax control of apps and the companies providing them, and has had a serious impact on street hail and taxis, according to GMB London. GMB, the union for private hire drivers, have blamed former London Mayor Boris Johnson’s and Transport for London’s ‘hands-off’ approach to […]
Read More →Manchester entrepreneurs diversify into healthcare recruitment
Two entrepreneurs have set up their second recruitment business, Leaders in Care Recruitment, after establishing leading Manchester-based recruitment consultancy, J2 Recruitment, nearly three years ago. James Fowler and James Warburton, who met seven years ago as senior consultants at the same firm, founded J2 Recruitment – a firm specialising in Financial Services, Commercial and Energy […]
Read More →Best practice initiative launched for the umbrella market
Following the Taylor review into modern employment and recommendations to bring more transparency to the UK labour market, APSCo and Professional Passport are launching a series of documents for APSCo members to further this objective. The first in the series, entitled ’10 Steps for Umbrella Compliance’, provides an overview of the key points recruiters should […]
Read More →The gender pay gap reporting deadline – best practice for recruiters
Since the publication of the BBC’s top earners last year highlighted the organisation’s staggering pay gap between the wages of its highest earning men and women, the gender pay gap across all industries has continued to dominate headlines. Recently, it was reported that supermarket giant, Tesco, was facing a record £4bn equal pay claim. Despite […]
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Read More →Psychometric tests remove unconscious bias from recruitment, study finds
Recent research into the use of psychometric assessments has found that it can remove unconscious bias from the recruitment process. With diversity, equality and inclusion increasingly becoming key tools for business success, global recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash invited psychometric assessments expert Thomas International to devise an independent audit to verify that none of its candidates […]
Read More →Gender pay gap reporting deadline looms
There is now less than a month to go until the deadline when all private and public sector companies employing over 250 people must publish their gender pay gap data. And with today (Thursday 8 March) being International Women’s Day, it also marks the date from when the average woman starts getting paid, compared to […]
Read More →Forward Role celebrates 10th birthday with record year of growth
Specialist Marketing, Digital and IT recruiter Forward Role has marked its 10th birthday by celebrating record growth figures for 2017. The Manchester-based business, which counts Iceland, boohoo.com and missguided.com among its clients, saw turnover rise by 56% in the last 12 months. And the firm also welcomed 14 new members of staff during 2017, taking […]
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