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I ate a tin of biscuits

So, a few weeks ago I decided to sign up to an Ironman which is the end of next year. The aim was to give myself some focus on my fitness and food consumption which I had been finding increasingly difficult during the madness of 2020.

Essential Recruitment?

With the recent news around what are considered essential items that can be purchased in the current Wales lock down it got me thinking. What has been essential recruitment for our clients?

Working from home is here to stay

For most of us working from home started at the kitchen table and making do with what we had grabbed from the office. Some of us where lucky enough to already have a desk but in the average household there still wasn’t enough desks to go around. As lockdown continued and the national shortage of desks in places like IKEA continued, we tried to find better workspaces in our homes.

IR35: The Second Coming

It seems like a distant memory IR35 which was due to go live in April 2020 but thankfully with the at the time pending crisis it was delayed. It was always only on ice rather than scrapped and it would appear from recent news that IR35 is very much set to go live in 2021 and probably based on the noises and news coming from HMRC April 2021.

What your future employees/colleagues want to know about you

Although as we have previously talked about what motivates a candidate to move the subject of what is important for them to consider your company are now slightly different. The first hurdle for all candidates who do not need to move, or we are approaching on behalf of our clients is the question of ‘stability and flexibility’.

Shoots of Growth & Green

The latest numbers have been released for August and in the world of recruitment we are seeing more good news as permanent recruitment has grown for the first time in the last 6 months. I am still cautious despite Chase & Holland having a great August however, as we appear to be heading towards a new form of lockdown.

Dazed and Confused

I feel like 2020 will be a year that for many of us will be hard to describe without talking about pain and change that we have all felt or seen.

More good news with PMI showing strengthened global growth

The PMI is based on a monthly survey of supply chain managers across 19 industries, covering both upstream and downstream activity. The index is represented as a score of 50 being no change, a score below 50 is shrinkage and above 50 is growth.

Who would have thought this is just what the doctor ordered?

This week has been so exciting as it has been the first time we have had the whole business in our head office for a theme day since the beginning of March. I have said a number of times over the last few weeks. “I think we will never return to the office on a full-time basis but a couple of days a week is right.”