The Budget report outlined the government’s intentions on IR35, which aims to deal with the issue of disguised employment.
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Several initiatives were introduced in the Budget to improve the UK as a place to develop IT and technological specialities.
Derek Kelly, managing director of Parasol Group, which includes Parasol, ClearSky Accounting and Silverline, says there are “plenty of positives” to take for contractors, freelancers and temps, as well as the staffing businesses that place them.
Scott Liversidge, managing partner of specialist healthcare and pharma recruiter Flame Health, says: “I was hoping we’d see plans for the electrification of the Midland mainline to shave one hour from a return journey to London.
Executive and interim management firm Alpine Interim has joined the Interim Management Association (IMA), the industry body representing UK companies that recruit interim managers.
Experis, ManpowerGroup’s new brand launched this week, is an amalgam of the best practice of Manpower’s existing professional resourcing businesses, according to Mark Cahill, managing director of ManpowerGroup UK.
Intuit, the makers of small business accounting software QuickBooks, is offering a solution to make it easier for new employers to get to grips with the legal obligations when hiring new staff.
Before it was sold last August, pre-tax profits at teacher and support staff recruiter Protocol Education in the year ending 30 June 2011 remained virtually the same as in the previous year, according to the company’s accounts filed at Companies House.
Technical recruitment services provider Fircroft Engineering Services has positioned itself for further global growth by moving all its banking to HSBC’s Corporate Banking team in the North-West.
Global biopharma company UCB has selected software talent management solutions firm’s Taleo Recruiting and Reporting products.