Earlier this week, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) in partnership with KPMG, published their latest report on jobs in the UK.
The results were mixed; good news is that both permanent and temporary roles have increased in June but the rate of growth has slowed down. Demand for highly skilled contractors continued to increase with [...]
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The Recruitment and Employment Confederation have launched their own toolkit to assist recruiters ensure they understand the Agency Workers Directive.
The toolkit may also be useful for freelancers and contractors using an umbrella company. Umbrella company workers are thought to be captured by the regulations whereas those who are genuinely “in business on their own account” [...]
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Contractors with accountancy skills are expecting demand for their skills to increase over the next few months. Confidence amongst these contractors is high and they believe there will be a rise in demand from numerous financial institutions.
18% of contractors expect investment banks and fund managers to provide the most job opportunities over the next year [...]
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The latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG revealed that the rate of growth in the temporary labour market increased during March 2010.
Appointments increased at their fastest rate in 34 months, which offers further encouragement to many contractors. Kevin Green, chief executive of the REC, said the figures were [...]
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On 11th February 2010, it was announced that the PAYE umbrella company, Albany had gone into administration. For contractors that used Albany’s umbrella services it has meant they have been left unpaid. Carter Backer Winter (CBW), which has been placed in charge of the company’s assets, said cash flow problems had led to the firm [...]
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There is a lot of talk within the contractor marketplace about the Agency Workers Directive. Whilst it was good news that the implementation of the AWD has been delayed until 2011, there is still concern about how the regulations will impact contractors and their marketplace. The AWD was designed to give temporary and contract workers equal [...]
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The Business Sales Report today released figures which hinted that recruitment agencies were suffering from the downturn in the economy. The number of recruitment agencies going into administration increased for the third consecutive six-month period at the end of 2009. 57 recruitment companies in the second half of the year went into administration, compared with [...]
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The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) have claimed the recruitment sector is recovering, albeit at a slow rate. In a statement released earlier this week, they believe it will take at least three years for employment figures to reach 2007/8 levels.
They also commented that REC figures from the last three months show that the sector [...]
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