Despite the recent recession, it appears that short term assignments have remained popular with end clients needing to fulfil a requirement, but not wanting to increase permanent staffing costs. This is great news for our umbrella employees who seem to have weathered the economic storm reasonably well. We are also pleased that the impact of […]
Eight years ago myself and Steve Jones, started Focused Consulting with little more than a phone, a very accommodating accountant and a ‘never say never’ attitude. Until then we had both worked in recruitment for many years and experienced umbrella companies of all shapes and sizes but we overwhelmingly felt that we could do better. […]
Being in recruitment over the past few years has felt a little like being on a funfair ride. The seemingly endless changes in legislation (MSCs, NMW & AWR) have had us all spinning in circles and looking forward to a time when things get back to normal. Sadly as we approach 2013 with RTI and […]
