Take it to the board – quality strategy only comes with stronger reporting
This is a copy of the article first published in The Recruiter Magazine (July 2017) Page 16 “In my opinion Recruitment Businesses need better reporting to help with strategic business decisions” [...]
Is blind loyalty to finance employees hindering your business?
Much is written about employee loyalty and how your behaviour as a boss can encourage or prevent staff turnover. Yet I am beginning to notice a pattern within finance departments across the [...]
How do we deal with a problem like a runway?
How do you describe a series of national governments who couldn’t make a decision to build an essential piece of travel infrastructure which would transform the effectiveness of their country’s [...]
The Great Boxing Day Opening Debate!
It all began with an innocent – in fact many would say, charming – little animated cartoon by Sainsburys extolling the joy of spending time with family at Christmas as being the best [...]
The Impact of the Living Wage
The Living Wage (or national minimum living wage – NMLW) has been with us since April 2016 and now workers aged 25 years and over are legally entitled to at least £7.20 per hour which will [...]
Back Office vs Front Office – Does it have to be like this?
A culture still prevails in many organisations of ‘them’ and ‘us’ between those working away largely unseen in the dark world of administration – in fields such as human resources, data entry, [...]
Uber Ruling; Death Knell for the Gig Economy?
When you are a driver and you use an app to gain customers, does that make you an employee or a freelance worker? This was the question posed to the courts and, according to the employment [...]
What is Honey G’s recruitment business really worth?
Earlier in the week the Daily Mail suggested that ARG Search Ltd, X Factor contestant Honey G’s business was worth £1. Information in the public domain is limited but the one thing you can [...]
ORGANIC VS ACQUISITIONS GROWTH
Rarely a day goes by without hearing of the merger of one firm with another. What better way to grow your business you might say, and it can definitely make sense for certain businesses under [...]

