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Last week we hosted an IR35 event. We wanted to bring together our clients and contractors so that we could have an open forum where knowledge would be shared and we could all learn. It was interesting that so many contractors turned up, but almost no clients. I really thought it would be the other way around particularly as many contractors are fully educated on IR35. They’...

Over the next 12 months, a number of major media companies will release their brand new video streaming services, taking on the existing ones from Netflix, Amazon, CBS and Hulu to name a few. TV and video as we know it is on the cusp of changing drastically with many saying that we’ll no longer need regular live TV and instead, everything will be watched ‘On Demand’. In fact...

We all work differently. There are almost 8 billion extraordinary, unique and individual people on the planet right now and it would be outrageous to expect anything other than that - BUT that’s the biggest/most common selling point when it comes to us recruiters. We ALL at some point in our sales focussed roles have said - This is different! Well.. is that REALLY a selling ...

This month is has been reported that July 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. Across the globe, the effects of the temperature could be felt. In Greenland, one of the most significant ice melts ever recorded poured 197 billion tons of water into the North Atlantic, raising global sea levels by 0.5 millimetres. Also, in Greenland and across the Artic, the heat ...

Social media, emails and texting. It has become obvious to many that though these tools have many advantages, there are some negative consequences that aren’t discussed very much. The advantages are obvious - we can keep in contact with people that we otherwise couldn’t, we can send instant messages containing text, pictures and videos from anywhere with an internet connecti...

A few interesting statistics: 7% of students studying Computer Science at A level are female. Of all the UK female workforce, just 17% are working in the tech sector – despite the UK economy being driven by tech business. We lag behind many other European countries – especially Eastern European countries where it was expected that women would work and care for their children...