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Mixed response to the Governments Spending Review from the REC

The Chair of the Recruitment and Employment Confederations Engineering and Technical sector group, Philip Higgins, said that “In what is a difficult economic climate, the investment in the transport infrastructure, in science and engineering research is welcome news for the manufacturing and engineering sector. Hopefully, this will in turn kick start the nuclear new build […]

Professional & Business Services Group critical of Immigration Cap

Tier 2 licensed sponsors working in business sectors across the board have been voicing their disapproval for the last few months at the Governments decision to introduce an Interim Immigration Cap. A spokesperson for a major London Based Consultancy recently said “We believe that our quota, which is very small, was based on 15pc of […]

Coalition Government will not make changes to AWR due to legal situation

The head of employment policy at EEF, David Yeandle, said \”It is disappointing that the Government has not felt able to make some changes which would have made it easier for manufacturers to implement these Regulations. However, industry recognises that, if changes had been made, this could have put at risk the vitally important 12 […]

REC Response to Government AWR Announcement

In response to Todays announcement Kevin Green, the RECs Chief Executive, said that “This was a first big test of the Government’s stated commitment to lightening the load on business; we are disappointed with the outcome.  We made a strong case for a review in our discussions with the Minister. However, re-opening the regulations was […]

Business Leaders say Public Sector Strikes with have highly detrimental affects on UK Business

Key Points from the DLA Piper Survey: 88% of respondents anticipate industrial action in the coming months 50% believe that the Government should step in to prevent strikes 66% believe that public sector ‘coordinated action’ will damage their businesses David Bradley, a senior partner at DLA Piper said that \”As the threat of a double […]

Agency Workers first casualties of Cuts

The Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), Kevin Green, said that “There has been much speculation about what the spending review will mean for jobs. The impact on temporary staff has not been factored in; our survey confirms that they have been the first casualties of the public sector squeeze. This is […]

International IT Service Firms encouraged to bid for Public Sector Contracts

In an interview with Computer Weekly he said that \”As far as we are concerned, the more suppliers bidding for government work, creates a positive, vibrant, innovative IT community and that is what we ought to promote. I spend a lot of time with our Indian colleagues, they are hugely talented and I encourage them […]

Department of Health Plans set to revolutionise Healthcare System

A senior European Healthcare IT analyst at Ovum said that “The most significant health push coming from the UK government comes under the ‘E-health’ umbrella,” said Wels-Maug. E-health describes interactions between a patient and the care-giver when they are not in the same location.” Remote monitoring of patients, e-prescriptions and telehealth systems have enormous potential […]

IT staff cuts at Lloyds Inevitable following merger says Ovum

The principle analyst at Ovum, Alex Kwiatkowski, said that \”Whenever you combine businesses there will be rationalisation across all areas. There has been a lot of technology transformation going on in Lloyds over the last five years. They’ve obviously taken a long hard look at how they’re going to run their business. It’s about what […]

NHS has already shed 15,000 jobs due to Public Sector cuts says Royal College of Nursing

The Royal College of Nursing said that: The Southend University Foundation Trust has already closed one general medical ward and plans to close another later this year The University of Leicester NHS Trust has cut 325 jobs with a further 100 set for the chop The Accident and Emergency Department at Queen Mary’s Sidcup  is […]