Latest Employment News

Bonus Rather Than a Party?
30/12/2008
As office workers tighten their belt for a credit crunch Christmas looks like the majority would rather have a cash bonus than a Christmas party.

Working Long Hours
22/12/2008
Working long hours is no indication of how hard someone works, according to a new survey.

Job Cuts In Oldham
17/12/2008
Oldham Council are planning to axe 850 jobs in the next two years as the authority try to juggle a budget deficit of 17million.

Christmas Festivities
17/12/2008
According to new research by the travel company Holiday Inn, those working in IT Recruitment can be expected to have the best Christmas parties.

Recruiters are Cautious over the Downturn
17/12/2008
A survey of recruitment consultants has found a level of cautiousness over the downturn.

Don't Let Redundancies Affect Your Work
16/12/2008
People are too concerned about redundancies and should concentrate on doing their jobs to the best of their ability, it has been claimed.

Social Networking Sites
16/12/2008
Women are the most likely to use social networking to find work or hire a colleague, while a third of women (32%) and 23% of men use these sites to find voluntary work opportunities.

Gender Pay Gap
16/12/2008
A recent survey by Experteer found that men earn on average 20 per cent more than their female counterparts.

Government Benefit Reforms Expected
10/12/2008
Today, The Government launched radical new plans to remove a million people off benefits and into work.

Employees Would Take a Pay Cut to Keep Their Jobs
10/12/2008
A survey from HR services provider Ceridian shows that one in ten employees would accept a pay cut to keep their jobs.

IT Recruiters Optimistic Despite Downturn
08/12/2008
The findings from a recent poll conducted by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation were revealed at the recent IT & Communications Sector Group meeting, which was attended by leading recruitment figures from the sector.

Permanent Placements Falling
04/12/2008
It seems that only Nursing, Medical and Care sector employees are escaping the economic downturn as demand for both permanent and temporary staff fell at the fastest rates recorded by the survey conducted by the REC and KPMG.

TUC Calls for Wage Rise
04/12/2008
The TUC has called for further increase in the national minimum wage.

Business Failures
02/12/2008
According to the latest report by accountants and business advisors, BDO Stoy Hayward LLP the number of UK business failures is predicted to increase by almost 50 per cent in 2009 from 2008.

Mature Workers Encouraged
02/12/2008
A £2 million three-year partnership between the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and the Prince of Wales' charity Prime (The Prince's Initiative for Mature Enterprise) will help get the older unemployed back into commerce.

Marketing Recruitment
02/12/2008
Marketing professional throughout the telecoms and technical sectors are expected to be amongst the hardest hit in 2009.

New Fund Available to Technical SME's
02/12/2008
The Government has put aside £30 million to strengthen small technical companies across the UK.

Temporary Workers Legislation
01/12/2008
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is currently urging UK recruitment agencies to lobby MPs and voice concerns over the Temporary (Agency) Workers’ Directive.

Age Discrimination Concerns for Employers
27/11/2008
EMW Picton Howell, the commercial law firm are warning recruiters and employers of the growing number of job applicants exploiting age discrimination legislation in order to file claims.

Recruitment Survey 2007/ 2008
10/11/2008
Employers are hiring less but are paying more to find the right people, according to a new report.

48 Working Hours a week
06/11/2008
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has urged MEPs to reject proposals to ban British workers from being allowed to work more than 48 hours per week.

Bank Funding for Small Businesses
03/11/2008
The FPB (The Forum of Private Businesses) is petitioning the Government to ensure that the banks deliver on their bail-out obligations and remain open for business.

Christmas is Cancelled
30/10/2008
New research by a company called Peninsula has revealed that the majority of employers are planning to cancel Christmas.

Working from Home
30/10/2008
According to new research conducted by TipTopJobs.

Marketing Recruitment
09/10/2008
  The Marketing Society has today claimed that Marketing graduates will struggle to find relevant jobs in the coming few months, as recruitment freezes are implemented.

National Minimum Wage Increase
30/09/2008
From Wednesday 8th October, the national minimum wage increases from £5.

Salary Gap Rise
29/09/2008
The average advertised salary in London is now £10,000 more than the rest of the UK, according to new figures.

One Man's Loss is Another Man's Gain
22/09/2008
Adding to the depressed stated of the economy, the TUC is confident that the number of individuals out of work for a year or more will double by the end of next year.

Businesses Cutting Costs
15/09/2008
UK businesses are cutting costs and monitoring cashflow due to the downturn, according to a new survey.

Female Workers Paid Less
15/09/2008
The Battle of the Sexes continues in the workplace according to a new survey from CareerBuilder.

Women's Glass Ceiling
04/09/2008
A new report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), has revealed the number of women in senior positions has fallen.

Working Hours
04/09/2008
A recent report reveals that the average number of weekly working hours in the European Union within 2007 was 38.

3.3 million workers are not confident they will keep their jobs
28/08/2008
According to a new YouGov poll commissioned by the TUC more than 3.

6 million people live in homes where no-one is working
28/08/2008
Around six million people live in homes where no one is working, according to new figures.

Britians Population to increase
27/08/2008
The EU27 population is projected to increase from 495 million on 1 January 2008 to 521 million in 2035, and thereafter gradually decline to 506 million in 2060.

Bad Time Management
27/08/2008
A new survey by the business to business services group Bibby Financial Services claims that bad time management is the core reason of why over a million working hours are lost every year.

Post- Holiday Blues
26/08/2008
According to new research, by the bookings website DirectHolidayBookings.

Slow in Non - Executive Directors Pay
26/08/2008
A new study claims that the pay for non executive directors has continued to slow within this last year.

High Absenteeism within Public Sector
20/08/2008
A new survey has recently claimed that workers within the public sector required approximately two weeks absence due to sick leave.

Unemployment Predicted to Reach 2 Million.
20/08/2008
New economic predictions have revealed that unemployment is set to increase by 300,000 during the next few years.

Level of Literacy and Numeracy Declined
19/08/2008
New research reveals that 71% of the Institute of Directors (IoD) believes that literacy of new recruits has decreased, whilst 60% claim that numeracy skills have also declined.

Help to Decline in the Level of Sickness at Work
19/08/2008
New report by the Department of Work and Pensions claim that bosses could be assisted by the department by being given grants to help sick employees return to work.

CIPD Conference
11/08/2008
With the economic downturn being the focus for this year’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) conference it’s a must for all businesses.

Tech jobs stay static
11/08/2008
Regardless of the credit crunch, jobs in the IT sector have remained static since the beginning of the year with a slight increase in a few positions according to www.

Results of a survey by the CIPD
11/08/2008
According to a survey released by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), fewer than a third of UK firms are taking on new staff and are expected to increase from 22% to 27% this year.

Decline within the Service Sector
08/08/2008
A recent report shows that the decline within the service sector has continued.

Inequality between Men and Women
06/08/2008
Recent reports show that the inequality between men and women is as evident as ever.

Vulnerable Workers
05/08/2008
Business leaders have breathed a sigh of relief after a crackdown on rogue employers of vulnerable workers announced today did not include new laws.

Re-Think Redundancies
04/08/2008
Employers need to retain staff to see out the economic downturn, according to Hull based human resources consultant Rob Coates; The Managing Director of Willerby Hill.

Ethical Standards within the Workplace
01/08/2008
A new guide claims that employers should survey their staff in relation to the ethical standards within the workplace.

Frustrated Employees
31/07/2008
According to new research conducted by the global management consultancy Hay Group: one in five UK workers are frustrated in their current jobs.

Microsoft Bonuses for Diversity
31/07/2008
Financial bonuses are being awarded to the software giant Microsoft’s 17 panel law firms, for successfully hitting diversity targets.

Talent Shortage
31/07/2008
According to a new report from professional services firm Deloitte, Entrepreneurs are to prioritise recruitment and training of quality staff as their largest investment for the next year.

Small business owners suffer fall in confidence
29/07/2008
A survey conducted by the Opinion Research business (ORB) on behalf of the Bank of Scotland Business Banking, found that 56% of the North West’s small-business owners expect either flat or negative growth during the current year.

Travel Allowances
28/07/2008
A consultation document on the use of travel allowances for temporary workers has recently been unveiled by the Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs.

Age Discrimination
28/07/2008
The Irish Authority annual report 2007 shows that around a quarter of all work related discrimination complaints that are made are on the basis of age.

Small business's suffer
28/07/2008
A survey carried out by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) into business crime during 2006 and 2007 found that 36% of respondents lack confidence in police responses, with 29% saying that reporting crime was too time consuming.

Train to Gain
24/07/2008
The Government is earmarking £200 million for training in key sectors of the economy, such as construction and IT.

Men are more likely to ask for a pay rise
24/07/2008
It has been revealed that men are more likely to ask for a pay rise according to a survey released from Ceridian, one of the largest providers of human resource services in the world.

Employee Fraud
23/07/2008
According to CIFA'S, the credit industry's counter-fraud watchdog, warning signs of employee fraud include: * Staff under stress without a high workload.

Employment Rate Unchanged at 74.9%
23/07/2008
There were 655,100 jobs vacancies in the three months running up to June 2008.

National Apprenticeship Service
23/07/2008
In order to increase the popularity of apprenticeships, the government has introduced new measures by publishing a draft Apprenticeships Bill.

Employee Absence
23/07/2008
According to a recent report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the average level of employee absence has decreased.

Less popular place of work for graduates
23/07/2008
Research from the graduate website Milkround has revealed that London become a less popular place of work for graduates.

Mature employees good for business
23/07/2008
Peninsula, employment lawyers claim that the majority of employers find mature employees good for business.

Working whilst on holiday
23/07/2008
New research from Monster claims that most UK employees make themselves accessible for work whilst on holiday.

CV Discrepancies
23/07/2008
According to Powerchex who are an employment screening firm, 22% of applicants looking for financial services jobs were guilty of CV discrepancies including lying about employment histories, university degrees and even criminal records.

Leadership Opportunities Hit
15/07/2008
Research from talent management solutions firm Taleo and research company Business Intelligence show that talent shortages are hitting leadership development in UK organisations.

Think Smallest First
14/07/2008
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has written to members of both the Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet, seeking support for its ‘Think Smallest First’ campaign.

Interest Rates and Job Loses
10/07/2008
According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), any rise in interest rates would trigger autumn job losses.

Service Sector Slowdown
08/07/2008
The service sector makes up nearly three quarters of the economy and further evidence of slowing economic activity combined with rising inflationary pressures will make the Bank of England’s task of setting interest rates even harder.

Executives Fear Redundancies
08/07/2008
With rising redundancy rates, a massive 85% of executives are packing their Blackberry’s and mobile phones in their suitcases to take away with them on their annual holidays.

Permanent Recruitment Slows
08/07/2008
June saw the demand for permanent staff decline for the first time since 2003, according to a fresh report.

Graduate Recruitment
08/07/2008
According to research released by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) at its annual conference, the graduate recruitment market is surviving the economic downturn despite recent gloomy forecasts.

Working Mum's
03/07/2008
According to a new survey conducted by a job board called WorkingMums.

Not All Doom and Gloom
24/06/2008
UK employers could cut 350,000 jobs in the current financial year, according to fresh research.

Employee Recognition
24/06/2008
A report by the Workplace Intelligence Unit (WIU), has found that Employees do not feel their efforts are being recognised by their company or their colleagues.

Working Time Directive
12/06/2008
The Working Time Directive was introduced in 1993 by The European Commission.

Diversity benefits business
05/06/2008
A new report demonstrates how diversity can benefit business through a number of case studies.

Offices Going Green
15/05/2008
According to new research by the Agricultural University of Norway, who surveyed 305 workers, potted plants could be the solution to less worker sick days.

Employment Increasing
15/05/2008
BD Recruitment's Paul Lewis comments, "There appears to be a positive outlook in the jobs market with companies still eager to push on with their recruitment plans despite the recent economic downturn".

Pay Gap Adds to Children's Poverty
14/05/2008
The Fawcett Society is currently lobbying for a ban on the dismissal of pregnant workers as research has revealed that 30,000 workers lose their jobs through pregnancy which in turn has been linked to the gender pay gap and child poverty.

Interviewing Candidates
07/05/2008
  Interviewing candidates is a task often conducted poorly.

Benefits of Flexible Working
06/05/2008
Flexible workers were found to have higher levels of organisational commitment and in some cases a higher level of job satisfaction, according to Cranfield School of Management.

BD Marketing - A Year in the Making
23/04/2008
12 months on from the launch of BD Marketing, we can look back on the most productive period in the short history of BD Recruitment Ltd.

3 'R's' becoming a concern
21/04/2008
In February 2008, BD Recruitment was tasked with finding Epiphany Solutions 3 Trainee SEO Analysts to join an existing SEO team.

BD Recruitment and Epiphany Solutions – a success story
21/04/2008
  The positions were handled by BD’s Marketing Recruitment Division.

Working from home rates set to double
21/04/2008
Within the next four years remote working is expected to double.

Women suffer due to gender pay gap.
15/04/2008
The office for National Statistics has found that the gender pay gap is biggest for women in their 40's who earn on average 20% less than their male counterparts.

Winners Syndrome
15/04/2008
According to Prof Joe Herbert who helped conduct a study at Cambridge University, there are links between city traders and their hormone levels.

Chronic Disease set to rise.
14/04/2008
"Businesses should implement workplace wellness programmes to offset the rising cost of chronic diseases", according to The Business Rationale report, supported by World Economic Forum.

Changes to the Sex Discrimination Act
07/04/2008
Increased employer liability for sexual harassment experienced in the workplace is one of the amendments made to the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 with came into effect today.

Do you have the right accent?
04/04/2008
Dr Lance Workman and Hayley-Jane Smith at Bath University conducted a survey on the perception of regional accents.

BD confirm their attendance at OM&M 08
02/04/2008
BD Recruitment Ltd will have a stand at this years Online Marketing & Media event in June.

REC Report Findings
02/04/2008
Research from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation has found Agencies picking up most of the strain due to the current uncertainty within the jobs market.

Have you ever stolen from your Boss?
01/04/2008
Have you ever stolen from your Boss? Would you be surprised to hear that more than three quarters of UK employees have stolen from their current or previous employer.

Information Security Policies
31/03/2008
According to new research claims, UK companies are increasingly aware of the importance of information security policies, but such policies are being widely ignored by staff.

Effective Coaching
27/03/2008
According to this years learning and development survey, from the Chartered Institute of Personal and Development (CIPD) coaching is increasingly popular as a means of promoting learning development.

Managers make things worse
26/03/2008
A study by management consultancy Hay has found that a majority of managers fail to deliver a positive working environment.

Limited Career Progression for Homeworkers
25/03/2008
During a recent survey conducted by Durham Business School, in which they interviewed 749 staff in managerial or professional positions, it was revealed that working from home reduces stress in office workers.

Prospects for UK Economy
25/03/2008
The CBI has cut its prediction for the growth of the UK economy in 2008 from 2% to 1.

BIG BONUS SLUMP AT BANK!
19/03/2008
According to 'Centre for Economic' and 'Business research' financial firms are expected to slash 10,000 jobs in the city.

Attractive Candidates get the job!
17/03/2008
Did you know that almost 9 in 10 bosses admit to have given the job to the most attractive candidate!  When employment firm Peninsula conducted a survey they interviewed 2,266 employers across the UK.

Increase in the National Minimum Wage (NMW)
05/03/2008
The minimum wages makes a real difference to the lives of many people who are low paid workers and protects them from exploitation.

Employment Equality Age Regulations
04/03/2008
Employers are responsible for the actions of their employees.

Stressed out workers on the increase.
03/03/2008
Are you one of those people who throw their Blackberry at the wall because you are frustrated at work? Well if so you are not alone.

Public sector pay rises
03/03/2008
According to a report by pay analysts Incomes Data Services (IDS) managers have been given average pay rises of 4% in recent months, although those in the public sector have received less.

School's poor performance
03/03/2008
The government has said that there is an improvement in exam results from last year and they are even better than the results in 1997.

Training at work
28/01/2008
Is a career improvement featured on your list of what you want to achieve in the year ahead? January is traditionally the time for new opportunities and challenges.

Average Pay Rises
28/01/2008
According to a report by Industrial Relations Services (IRS), average pay rises in the UK reached their highest level in 15 years in the final quarter of 2007.

Poles working in Britain plan on returning home
21/01/2008
According to research by think-tank, The Warsaw-based Centre for International Relations, More than 50% of Poles working in Britain plan on returning home.

Employee Commitment
17/01/2008
According to a pan-European survey of 14,000 employees by global consultants Watson Wyatt, More than a third of workers have low commitment to their employer and/or a weak understanding of how they can make a positive contribution.

Annual pay rise
17/01/2008
According to this years Annual Reward Management survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; almost half of organisations no longer award employees an across the board annual pay rise or cost of living adjustment.

Home-Working
15/01/2008
According to a study by Durler Consulting : Fear of missed promotion opportunities, envy of other employees, health and safety concerns and lack of social interaction were listed as top concerns about remote working.

Do you feel unfulfilled at work?
10/01/2008
According to research by ethical volunteering organisation Global Vision International, single women aged between 34 and 44 and living in the West Midlands are most likely to feel unfulfilled in the work place.

Data Security
07/01/2008
Government departments or agencies cannot be held criminally responsible for data protection breeches, as there is no criminal offence of a data controller ( such as a private business or a government department) intentionally or recklessly disclosing personal information.

Private sector pay rises
07/01/2008
According to research by Income Data Services private sector pay rises are running at an average of 4%, with higher inflation triggering bigger increases.

Age discrimination
07/01/2008
According to a survey by business information provider Croner, age discrimination is quickly becoming the most common form of discrimination despite new laws being implemented less than a year ago to prevent it.

Increase to workforce
13/12/2007
  Only 46% of companies plan to keep their workforce about the same as it is now, meaning 84% of senior uk executives predict a stable or growing employment situation in the coming year.

Toughening penalties for underpaying employees
11/12/2007
 Tough new penalties have been published today in a new Employment Bill by the government.

Christmas Party
28/11/2007
50% of companies employing 5000 staff will hold a Christmas party this year and 15% will give a gift.

BD Launch 15% Exclusive Premier Service
09/11/2007
With a growing number of companies signing up to use BD Recruitment exclusively, we have launched our Exclusive Premier Service at a 15% flat rate.

National Stress Awareness Day
06/11/2007
Recent research by Legal & General has proven that a quarter of full-time workers say they are generally stressed at work, 23% said they never take a break during work and 7% do not even take a holiday.

Competition in the Work Place
31/08/2007
Investors in People have recently conducted a survey into the increasing competition between staff in the work place.

Pay Increases
31/08/2007
A recent survey by The Guardian has found that Directors of Britain’s top businesses saw their pay rise by a staggering 37% last year.

UK Online Advertising on the Rise
05/07/2007
eMarketer's UK Online Advertising report states that over half of all the money spent on online advertising in western Europe in 2007 will be disbursed by companies in the UK.

SME’s More Environmentally Aware
05/07/2007
Research by NatRegs, a government-run website offering environmental regulation advice to SMEs, has found that environmental awareness of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is rising and new SME start-ups are becoming far greener.

“I can do it better” the motto for New Business Start-Ups
05/07/2007
According to a report by the Federation of Small Businesses, individuals are often motivated to set up their own business after becoming frustrated with their current employer.

BD on the move !!
04/05/2007
It's official.

Unemployment figures rise
19/04/2007
The number of people in employment for the three months ending February 2007 was just short of 29 million, down 47,000 over the quarter but up 147,000 over the year.

Quarterly earnings rise
19/04/2007
According to the Office of National Statistics, average earnings including bonuses rose in the year to February 2007.

10:30am sees us at our most creative !!
04/04/2007
In a survey of over 1000 UK workers, 10:30 am proved to be the optimum time for creative thinking.

Age Legislation - Six months down the line
04/04/2007
Having come into effect in October 2006, the new legislation on age discrimination is still some way short of being fully adhered to.

Long gone are the days of working 9-5 !
16/02/2007
New research by software giant Microsoft reveals the latest working trends for UK employees.

Worker lateness costs business £66million every year
16/02/2007
Monday is the day when most of us are late for work and 7 in 10 of us will lie and blame public transport.

Building a resilient workforce to manage pressure effectively
15/02/2007
Resilience’ is the new buzzword for the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or other ‘stressors’.

BD Creative sets up Specialist SEO Recruitment Team
07/02/2007
With an increasing demand within BD Creative for SEO & PPC Specialists, we have now launched a team to solely service this sector.

Make flexible work patterns work for you
31/01/2007
With the end of ‘a job for life’, the ticking of the demographic ‘time bomb’, and the ever-increasing pace of new technology, employers are having to consider a wide range of new working patterns that take account of this rapidly changing work climate.

Three common deadly mistakes made in interviews
31/01/2007
Since no two interviews are alike, it is difficult to be prepared for what lies ahead, but you can focus on your presentation skills, which may be even more important than what you have to say.

Search Engine Optimisation for the common man
29/01/2007
Studio North give us their unique perspective on the world of SEO.

Employment and pay figures rise
19/01/2007
Private sector pay (including bonuses) rose throughout 2006, upto and including November.

IT Skills shortage
07/12/2006
A Gartner survey towards the end of 2004 painted a worrying picture for the IT industry, citing that 76% of British businesses had to delay service or product launches due to a difficulty in finding staff.

Happy Birthday!
07/12/2006
It has been reported today that birthday cards in the office may soon be a thing of the past.

Would your business cope with an Employment Tribunal claim?
28/10/2006
The number of Employment Tribunal Claims in 2005/2006 rose by a staggering 28,858 from 86,181 in 2004/2005.

New regulations set to end age discrimination in the workplace
21/10/2006
Do you ever advertise jobs with an age range for example 20-30, fail to hire someone you interview because they are too old or too young, or ignore a request to work past retirement age? If so, you may need to revise your policies with the introduction this week (1st October) of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006.

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