February 21, 2012
AT LAST!! After my recent gloomy blogging, there is finally some good news to report on!!
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February 21, 2012
With rising unemployment figures, employers are now in a seemingly powerful position when it comes to recruitment. The perception is that regardless of the role, as an employer you can generally pick and choose the ideal candidate from the ideal back...
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February 20, 2012
Recruitment fees are always a hot topic! No matter how much you charge, it’s always too much - no matter whether you are a search business working at 33 1/3 or at less than 10% working in the high street.
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February 20, 2012
Greece is still in trouble. It currently needs 130bn Euro (£110bn) of bailout funds to be awarded by the middle of March to avoid defaulting on its debts. The situation isn’t helped by the stock markets, which have been fluctuating recently too. In ...
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February 17, 2012
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures for retail sales rose 0.9% between December 2011 and January 2012, a much stronger figure than forecasted by economists, who expected to see sales fall.
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February 16, 2012
Can pick-up trucks really be an indication of economic growth? The vice president of Nissan, Jerry Hardcastle certainly agrees that people such as farmers and builders who often have their own business, will invest in business vehicles when they are ...
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February 16, 2012
The automotive manufacturer, General Motors, have reported huge losses in Europe in 2011. The US based carmaker, which was faced with bankruptcy only two years ago saw sales rise 7.6% over 2011 in North America, up 62% from 2010.
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February 16, 2012
Today I have been reading a news article about Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge toll, which is set to rise to £1 in late 2012. I personally think that this will have a huge impact on the local economy, especially as it is a popular shortcut betwee...
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February 15, 2012
I have recently been recruiting a number of senior management roles in Liverpool & across the Pennines in Hull and the Yorkshire regions. These have been Manufacturing Operations Management positions and Operations Director roles which are basically...
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February 14, 2012
I read an article on the Express website yesterday with interest, which was detailing how UK-based fashion companies are now beginning to bring back manufacturing operations to these shores from the traditional “low-cost” countries, such as China, du...
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February 14, 2012
A warning issued to the UK has told how its credit rating may be cut, and could potentially harm borrowing costs in the future. Moody's ratings agency issued a statement after concerns about the possible impact the eurozone crisis could have on the ...
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February 13, 2012
If you read or watch the news about the UK’s economic outlook at the moment you could be forgiven for not understanding whether we are going into a double-dip recession or not. Today in a report on the BBC website the CBI stated that the UK will not ...
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February 10, 2012
I have recently read an astonishing news article written by Michael Buchanan reporting that the number of petrol thieves has hit a record high in 2012! Unbelievable...there have even been guidelines devised by the West Midlands police to try and spo...
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February 10, 2012
1. Can you do the job? 2. Will you love the job? 3. Can we tolerate working with you?
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February 9, 2012
Whether you’re a football fan or not, you have to admit everyone’s talking about Fabio Capello’s resignation. The biggest question on most people’s minds is who’s going to take over from the Italian Manager?
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February 9, 2012
Yesterday evening saw the breaking news of Fabio Capello, the (now former) English Football team Manager, ‘resign’ from his post. The official party line, until we hear otherwise, is that Capello resigned as he felt his position as manager was no lon...
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February 9, 2012
I wish I had a pound coin for every time I have heard someone say that it is illegal to provide a bad reference! Let’s just think about that for a minute – “What is the point in taking a reference at all, if you can only write nice ones?”
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February 7, 2012
I don’t think anyone within Toyota could have forecast what a torrid year they would have, but the Tsunami and the floods in Thailand severely restricted their production capability. So it is undoubtedly good news to see an increase in their sales fo...
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February 7, 2012
ONGOING concerns about the Eurozone debt crisis has dented confidence among Britain’s small manufacturing companies, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) warned today. Manufacturing output has flatlined over the past quarter and is expected t...
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February 6, 2012
Buyers who purchase from aChina are set to benefit from lower prices and larger supplies of raw materials, after the country has been told to lift its export restrictions.
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