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Our aim is to keep you up to date with the latest news concerning the employment of blue collar staff. We would be pleased to hear from you if you have any questions regarding employment legislation, the recruitment industry or the services that we can offer.
  


Latest Industry News

 

Agency Users say 'What's the fuss!'

The current economic landscape may suggest a worsening employment picture but a more optimistic forecast has been made by senior recruiters across the UK.

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Small businesses face labour shortage as migrants quit UK

Small businesses face the prospect of huge gaps in their workforce as migrant workers return home because of the worsening economic climate in the UK, new research has warned.

Source The Telegraph

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The Missing Piece of the Jigsaw

Encore launches its new Technical Permanent Division specialising in permanent recruitment solutions across the technical sector.

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UK temps given same rights as permanent staff after 12 weeks

The Temporary Agency Workers Directive has been approved by the European Parliament, which means that temporary workers in the UK will be treated the same as their permanent colleagues after 12 weeks with an employer.

Souce HR Zone

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Christmas Cancelled!

The majority of employers are planning to cancel Christmas, new research from employment lawyer Peninsula, has revealed. The research found that 83% of employers will not shell out on a Christmas party as staff want to save money due to the downturn.

Source The Recruiter

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Mandelson halts flexi-time reforms

Plans to allow 4.5 million parents to work flexibly are to be delayed by the Government as it searches for ways to help businesses survive the economic downturn.

Souce The Independent

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Credit Control - Surviving the crunch

Good cash flow and credit control are essential to your business at the best of times, but are even more important when credit is tight. Even if your business is in the enviable position of not having any borrowing requirements, the slowdown in the economy is still likely to have an impact on you.  

Source The FPB

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Lunch hour faces extinction

The 'lunch hour' is on its way out, with almost 90% of workers no longer taking their allocated midday allowance. This is according to a survey by Employment Law Advisory Services (ELAS) which is urging bosses to save the lunch hour  

Source HR Zone
November 2008
Welcome to the November edition of the Encore Engage, bringing you the freshest of news relating to the world of work – a magazine read by 6000 recruiters every  month!

This Month’s
Business Round-Up

BT is planning to shed a further 6,000 jobs from its 160,000-strong global workforce by April 2009, which will mainly affect contract staff and offshore workers.
BT Group, 81 Newgate St, London, EC1A 7AJ
Tel: 020 73565000
http://www.bt.com 
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Corus is to shed 400 jobs at steel distribution sites in Wales, Leeds and the West Midlands, while blast furnaces in Scunthorpe and Port Talbot will be temporarily shut down.
Corus, 30 Millbank, London, SW1P 4WY
Tel: 020 77174444
http://www.corusgroup.com
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Waters & Robson, the Northumberland-based producer of Abbey Well mineral water with 91 staff, has been acquired by Coca-Cola.
Waters & Robson, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 6JF
Tel: 01670 501200
http://www.abbey-well.co.uk
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Cannon Group has closed its transport and distribution operation, with the loss of an unspecified number of jobs at sites in Abingdon, Knottingley and Coventry.
Cannon Group, 184 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SE
Tel: 01235 232000
http://www.cannongroup.co.uk
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Precision Antennas is to close three sites at Stratford-upon-Avon, Bidford and Long Marston in Warwickshire by 2009, with the loss of 345 jobs, in order to transfer production to China, India and the Czech Republic.
Precision Antennas, Masons Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 9NU
Tel: 01789 266131
http://www.precision-antennas.co.uk
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Hoover is said to be considering plans to shed hundreds of jobs at its washing machines factory in Merthyr Tydfil.
Hoover, Pentrebach, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, CF48 4TU
Tel: 01685 721222
http://www.hoover.co.uk
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Ford is to invest £70m at its factory in Bridgend, in order to produce the new EcoBoost range of fuel-efficient engines.
Ford, Ford Information Service, PO Box 25149, Glasgow, G2 4XF
Tel: 0845 7111888
http://www.ford.co.uk   
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Bentley is expected to shed about 200 of the 3,800 jobs at its car factory in Crewe, in order to cut production of the Continental model.
Bentley, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3PL
Tel: 01270 255155
http://www.bentleymotors.co.uk
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GKN is to shed 1,400 temporary staff, as part of a global restructuring plan that will affect an unspecified number of the 2,500 jobs at its automotive engineering plants in Telford, Birmingham and Worcestershire.
GKN, 7 Cleveland Row, London, SW1A 1DB
Tel: 020 79302424
http://www.gknplc.com
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Bakkavor is said to be planning to close two Mariner Foods ready meals and soups factories in Grimsby next year, with the loss of 530 jobs.
Bakkavor, Floor 5, 3 Sheldon Sq, Paddington Central, London, W2 6HY
Tel: 020 72666400
http://www.bakkavor.is 
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