There goes your pay rise in 2010
No pay rise for ‘16 million workers‘ Sixteen million workers, or more than half the UK’s workforce, do not expect to get a pay increase this year, a survey suggests. A further nine million expect to receive a pay rise below the level of inflation, the YouGov survey found. Among those who [...]
An examination of the golden years may be called for.
As governments try to tackle huge structural budget deficits, one means of attack is to delay paying state pensions by gently raising the official state-retirement age. Protests are expected in Spain on Tuesday February 23rd against an official plan to lift the retirement age by two years to 67. Official retirement ages have failed to [...]
Out with the old and in with the new
Recruitment – don’t be in the dark
Recruitment is an interesting business and across the many investments I have enjoyed in my business life definitely one of the most profitable. Reflecting on the industry I have to report there are changes afoot and the lack basic understanding of the contraction of parts of the industry and new methodologies needs [...]
Keep your fingers crossed in the downturn – credit control wins
An Office of Fair Trading (OFT) probe into corporate insolvencies must address the problem of ‘phoenix’ companies leaving small businesses unpaid after becoming insolvent, according to the Forum of Private Business (FPB).
A phoenix company exists where the assets of one limited company facing liquidation are transferred to another business. Often, some or all of the [...]