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Employer Funded Childcare

by Richard Hayden

/ Candidates, Employers

Guest Blogger, Gavin McBride of Smith McBride Chartered Accountants gives expert advice on how employer funded childcare can have tax and NIC benefits for both the employee and employer.

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Top Tips for Writing an Online Advertisement

by Richard Hayden

/ Employers

Online Recruitment can be an extremely effective both in terms of cost and time in comparison to Press Advertising.

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The Childcare dilema, how it could affect your business

by Richard Hayden

/ Candidates, Employers

Parents and businesses in the UK are facing a difficult dilemma.

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Unemployment figures have fallen

by Richard Hayden

/ Candidates, Employers

Figures released last week by the Office For National Statistics have confirmed that UK unemployment figures have fallen by 51,000 to 2.

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Banks to lend to Business

by Richard Hayden

/ Employers

The Bank of England and Treasury announced yesterday the launch of a new stimulus package called ‘funding for liquidity’ which is aimed at promoting high street banks to lend to small and medium businesses in order to expand and alleviate financial pressure.

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British Manufacturing; the future?

by Richard Hayden

/ Employers

Over the past five years we have seen an increase in promoting British farm produce, Fair Trade Goods and Eco-friendly items.

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Encouraging growth - 'we need action to match that rhetoric'

by Richard Hayden

/ Employers

Sir Richard Branson has recently urged the government to consider reducing business rates and easing regulations, which many cite as hampering growth of the UK economy.

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British workers: 'more flexible, competitive and efficent'...

by Richard Hayden

/ Candidates, Employers

Vauxhall owned General Motors (GM) has announced that it will be bringing the production of the next generation Astra to Elsmere Port in a controversial move away from German manufacturing.

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Hacked by el pigre

by Richard Hayden

/ Employers

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Bank Holidays: Should they stay or should they go?

by Richard Hayden

/ Candidates, Employers

We all take advantage of those extra couple of days per year, whether we use them to get on top of the gardening or visit family and friends, we try to make the best of our bank holidays.

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