Brussels wants 60-hour limit on working week

Employers are to be confronted with revised legislation that will impose a maximum 60-hour working week.  Earlier this year Britain agreed that it would retain its opt-out of the 48-hour week under a EU Working Time Directive.

Source The Recruiter

Minimum wage rise now in force

The national minimum wage became law a decade ago. An increase in the national minimum wage from £5.52 to £5.73 an hour for adult workers has come into force.

Source The BBC

Encore take the gamble out of recruitment

Encore are an approved provider of world leading SHL Training and can now offer psychometric training for candidates to test ability and personality and take the gamble of recruitment.

Foreign national ID card unveiled

The first identity cards from the government's controversial national scheme have been unveiled. The biometric card will be issued from November, initially to non-EU students and marriage visa holders.

Souce The BBC

Recruitment? Do looks matter?

Organisations are shooting themselves in the foot by choosing the best-looking job candidates, instead of the best skilled. By succumbing to our celebrity-obsessed society, will everyone will lose out?

Source HR Zone

Don't ignore survivors syndrome

There is no sign of the current wave of redundancies slowing down, but does anyone stop to think how this affects the remaining staff that are not being made redundant? 

Souce The Telegraph

Automotive recruitment

As car makers bring in a three-day week, recruitment is really suffering, a recruiter has claimed. According to The Times newspaper, motor manufacturers including Ford, Bentley and Land Rover are bringing in three and four-day weeks as car production slumps.  

Source The Recruiter

This Month’s
Business Round-Up

Tesco has agreed a £100m deal with Cable & Wireless to create a private GSM network for its 1,500 stores and distribution centres, enabling staff to use a single handset for both fixed-line and mobile calls.
Tesco, New Tesco Hse, Delamare Rd, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN8 9SL
Tel: 01992 632222 http://www.tesco.com/ 
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Aircelle is to expand its Burnley-based aerospace systems manufacturing business into a former Michelin warehouse, with the creation of 150 jobs.
Aircelle, Bancroft Road, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 2TQ
Tel: 01282 419300
http://www.aircelle.com/
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GKN is to acquire the Airbus aircraft wing components factory at Filton near Bristol for £136m, and the government is providing £60m in repayable aid.
GKN, 7 Cleveland Row, London, SW1A 1DB
Tel: 020 79302424
http://www.gknplc.com/
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AESSEAL is to transfer production of some mechanical seals from India to Rotherham following the acquisition of Standard Seals of India, and it has also acquired Mechanical Seal & Service of the US and a Norwegian distributor.
AESSEAL, Mill Close, Bradmarsh Business Park, Rotherham, S60 1BZ
Tel: n/a
http://www.aesseal.co.uk/
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Calder Colours, the Ashby-based craft materials manufacturer with 30 staff, has been bought out of administration by its managing director for undisclosed terms.
Calder Colours, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics, LE65 1DR
Tel: 01530 412885
http://www.caldercolours.co.uk/
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RF Brookes is creating 100 new jobs at its frozen ready meals factory in Newport, South Wales.
RF Brookes, Rogerstone Pk, Azalea Rd, Rogerstone, Newport, NP10 9SA
Tel: 01633 403000
http://www.rfbrookes.co.uk/
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Autologic is to shed up to 200 of the 500 jobs in its car delivery network, following a fall in demand for new vehicles.
Autologic, 5 Grange Park Court, Roman Way, Northampton, NN4 5EA
Tel: 01604 664400
http://www.autologic.co.uk/   
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JCB is to shed 195 of the 5,900 jobs at its construction equipment factories in Cheadle, Foston, Rocester, Rugeley, Uttoxeter and Wrexham.
JCB, Rocester, Staffordshire, ST14 5JP
Tel: 01889 590312
http://www.jcb.co.uk/
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Nestle is to create at least 100 jobs at a new chocolate co-packing facility in York.
Nestle, Haxby Rd, York, YO91 1XY
Tel: 01904 604604
http://www.nestle.co.uk/
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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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