Recruitment has finally got its British Institute
February 21, 2012 4:54 PM written by Geniusteam · 2 Comments
Less than a year since the Institute of Recruiters (IOR) launched, it has gained the backing of the Government in taking on the role of standards champion for the UK recruitment industry. It now has two key goals – making British recruitment the gold standard globally and becoming the biggest UK recruitment body by the Read more
Proceed with caution – beware contracts with teeth that can bite you!
February 21, 2012 4:38 PM written by David Thornhill · 3 Comments
Contracts can be complicated documents. Simply misreading just one section could land your business in hot-water and potentially make you pay more in the long term, or worse still, run the risk of not being paid at all. Having worked in recruitment for more than 25 years, both as a user and provider of invoice Read more
How to cut the red tape and focus on liberating your business to become more profitable
January 3, 2012 2:22 PM written by David Thornhill · 6 Comments
Where there’s a will there’s a way….here Simplicity MD David Thornhill explores the opportunities available to new start up recruitment agencies who don’t want to be strangled by the ever growing amount of red tape facing businesses in the UK. Tune in your TV or radio and you will be presented with a tale of Read more
What the Dickens is going on?
December 1, 2011 4:11 PM written by David Thornhill · Leave a Comment
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it Read more
How often do you use the ‘F’ word?
November 2, 2011 9:38 AM written by David Thornhill · 4 Comments
Clearing up confusion and cleaning up your act in cash flow services. Some may find it surprising that invoice debt funding services have been in the UK in earnest for 40 years. Up to the 1960s what I now define below as Factoring was about the only game in town. The market has developed out Read more
What lurks beneath – the hidden dangers of invoice finance
October 13, 2011 11:11 AM written by David Thornhill · Leave a Comment
In my many years of experience in this industry, and having done many such deals, I have become quite blasé about invoice finance deals. I have learned from mistakes about how careful you should be to ensure that the total costs are understood, and what value for money you should expect. Throughout my career, I Read more
