Advice - Hiring

Flexibility is more important than a 4-day week

A nationwide UK trial of a four-day working week begins on Monday. The pilot scheme will see arou...

Why I recruit character over competence every time

Like many growing tech businesses Manchester-based software development and data analytics expert ...

Wheelchair made me resilient to vicious circle of business

Striving for success, at any stage in life, inevitably brings challenges which we must learn to over...

The true reason companies aren’t attracting quality candidates

The UK has hit a hiring crisis. For the first time, there are more vacant roles than jobseekers.  ...

Does your company really understand the term ‘diversity’?

As a recruitment specialist and black man a lot has changed during my 25 years in the sector. At ...

How tech startups can pave the way for social mobility

Our society is constantly evolving and thankfully in recent years we’ve seen an increased awarenes...

‘Diversity & inclusion is about progress, not perfection’

How many businesses are paying lip service to diversity & inclusion? Simply saying that D&...

Should employees have full control over their learning?

‘Training days’ are losing ground to ongoing learning and development where employees ‘level u...

‘Time for government to support co-working hubs’

Tech firm Zoom has called on the UK government to support co-working hubs across the regions. The...

Trinny Woodall: The pain of closing down my tech business

Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine - ‘Trinny & Susannah’ - are one of TV’s most recog...

How ‘kaizen’ is driving forward mortgage disrupter

Are you constantly looking for ways to improve? While this is in essence a good thing - vital, ev...

Xerox UK MD: Why businesses must scrap the CV

It’s time for businesses to scrap the CV and adopt modern hiring practices, according to the MD of...