A study of 300,000 small businesses across the UK has shown a rise in the number of people setting up micro businesses and hiring people for part-time work. The study undertaken by Freelancer.co.uk, the world’s largest small business marketplace, assessed 300,000 businesses over the past 12 months and found...

The TUC’s latest move in complaining to the EU Commission that the UK implementation of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) has not adequately protected agency workers rights is ‘cynical’ says the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC). Adrian Marlowe, chairman of the ARC, said “The AWR came into being after...

The latest joint report from OilCareers.com, the international jobs board for the oil and gas industry, and partner Air Energi, a global provider of manpower solutions to the energy sector, reveals the drive towards extracting oil and gas reserves from unconventional sources such as shale, is putting more pressure...

Seven out of ten members of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) say “the jury’s still out” on whether government plans to re-organise the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate will have a positive or negative impact on the recruitment industry. Most recruiters (70%) taking part in an REC webinar...

The Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU) has welcomed two new members to its Board of Trustees as well as three new additions to the Board of its commercial enterprise, Graduate Prospects. Dr Tim Westlake, Director for the Student Experience at the University of Manchester, joins the HECSU Board...