Recruitment rises for sixth month in a row
Posted on 08-02-2010 at 02:00
Graduate job hunters will be interested to hear that the number of permanent staff placements grew for the sixth consecutive month in January 2010, while the figure for job vacancies was at its highest since July 2007. The statistics from the Report on Jobs from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG showed the outlook for graduat...
Customer Service
Posted on 08-02-2010 at 01:00
Working in customer service is never easy. People can be difficult, nay, impossible at times. But if there is one small rule, especially in this day of rampant networks with nothing better to do than be social, it's the one that says "don't insult the customer." This rule seems not to have been followed by one customer service represen...
Rise in Management Recruitment
Posted on 03-02-2010 at 01:00
Rise in management recruitment A survey has found that recruitment for managerial positions is on the rise across the world. International firm Antal found that in a poll of 6,151 companies in major employment markets, over half (53 per cent) were actively recruiting. In addition, the percentage of organisations planning to hire in t...
Vital Role played by recruitment agencies
Posted on 01-02-2010 at 06:00
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is highlighting how effective it can be to use a recruitment agency to hire new skilled workers. In an event taking place at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff today, the REC will aim to persuade companies to use recruitment agencies to find the most effective and suitable candidates for their or...
North East to have better rail service
Posted on 27-01-2010 at 10:00
Passengers using the busy East Coast Main Line (ECML) are set to benefit from faster and more frequent journeys as well as better stations and catering, Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis announced today after he set out what the Government will expect of future bidders to run the line, alongside an improved new proposed timetable for the route T...
North East Green Jobs
Posted on 25-01-2010 at 02:00
A GOVERNMENT minister yesterday heard for herself plans for the North- East’s green industrial revolution. At Nissan’s Sunderland plant, Local Government Minister Rosie Winterton was told about plans to transform the region into a low carbon economy. The Tyne and Wear City Region executive board was holding its meeting at the plan...
North East jobs hope as new scheme launched
Posted on 24-01-2010 at 01:00
MORE than 5,000 jobs have been predicted as spending bosses open up a £125m jobs pot. Ministers last night warned the Conservative party not to interfere in the region’s success after praising regional efforts to set up the multi-million pound Finance for Business North East scheme. The loan fund will allow small and medium sized ...
Plans to reduce London to North East train times
Posted on 22-01-2010 at 19:17
Government plans to nip mere minutes off rail journey times between the north and north-east and London were dismissed as “a joke” last night. Transport Secretary Lord Adonis announced new state-owned East Coast will cut 11 minutes off the timetable between Edinburgh and London on the east coast mainline. But difficulties with Sco...
North East Business Recovery Could Take Longer Than Expected
Posted on 20-01-2010 at 06:00
Economic growth in the North could be hindered by a lack of funding from both public and private sectors. That’s the warning from the latest report published by The Northern Way, the collaborative effort between the three Northern RDAs – Yorkshire Forwad, the North West Regional Development Agency, and One North East. The report -...
North East to go Green
Posted on 20-01-2010 at 07:45
Rallying call for North East firms to join the switch to green transport One North East has today issued a rallying call to regional businesses and organisations interested in installing electric vehicle charging points at their premises. The Regional Development Agency is currently preparing its bid to the Government’s £30m &lsqu...
