| The UK Border Agency suddenly rejects multiple application from Bulgaria (and probably Romania) on basis that applicants must demonstrate they have sufficient funds in a bank account to support themselves for a year should they lose their job.
This will halt all entrants from these countries. It will be inflationary and labour costs will rise and the impact on the care and hospitality sectors will be severe. The move is clearly political. |
| What a weird world we live in! Contradictory signals
Doom and gloom all around us in the UK if you read the press.
• Double dip recession a probability
• Government finances in a mess
• Unemployment likely to rise
• An up coming budget
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Chris Slay,
Director
Skills Provision
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But for the first time in two years we are seeing our enquiries rise.
What we don’t know, is it the result of genuine market improvements or a reaction to press comments like the BBC programme “The day all the immigrants went home”. That was the best bit of free advertising this business could have asked for.
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Now where are our enquiries coming from?
It isn’t the really big boys who will have no truck with agencies, seeing them as an unnecessary expense.
It is all from the middle market to entrepreneurially owned private businesses that will drag us out of recession.
To help we are extending our discount coupon for a further three months for new clients using our out sourced route. Talk through your recruitment needs with me personally at no cost and let’s see if we can structure a winning offering.
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50p per hour
discount* until 31/6/2010
Please email here
for details
* New clients only
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Contact Skills Provision: 07977 131 389 | Email | Web
Legislative changes from next month
The sick note is being replaced by a fit note.
It won’t make a jot of difference unless management change their attitude and more to the point contracts of employment.
Far reaching changes in employment legislation are on the way to “improve” the system. This will increase bureaucracy and costs, engage lawyers and accountants in avoidance strategies when what is needed is simplification, less paperwork so that costs can be lowered all round to make the UK more competitive. Plain crazy but that is Euroland for you.
Exchange rates: Another month, another story
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Turbulence is the life blood of the international money/foreign exchange markets.
They don’t care which way it moves providing it isn’t static because in a stable market it is hard to make money.
Don’t get to carried away by the scaremongering about the falling £. It hasn’t dropped like a stone because other international situations are just as bad.
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China has a debt crisis coming up in 2011, Japan has continuing deflation, Euroland has ongoing structural issues. If we get the uncertainty of a hung parliament, fiscal concerns about the UK’s ability to refinance (AAA status under threat) then the £ will fall.
What it means in terms of labour mobility is that the UK is no less attractive than any other European country to work in and demand to come to the UK remains high as indicated by our available workers list.
Overseas employers are fishing in the UK for talent, because we are “cheap” to hire. For example through our sister operation European Recruitment Agency we are currently seeking 20 English teachers for Saudi Arabia you can see the details here
Bricklayers
Plasterers
Kitchen porters
Gardeners
...and much more
Check out our
list of
available workers here
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Read about industry related matters here
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Contact Skills Provision: 07977 131 389 | Email | Web
Regards,
Chris
Chris Slay
Director
     
 
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Please ring 07977 131389
