MTC UK, a leading provider of detention services for the Home Office, needed to mobilise and recruit a large number of staff quickly to meet contractual demands. Recruitment for high-stakes roles in this sector requires not only volume but also precision, as staff need to meet in-depth pre-employment checks and align with MTC’s core values…
UK small businesses are about to face the biggest employment law changes in 30 years. The new Employment Rights Bill brings major reforms – and many SMEs are worried about how they’ll keep up. To help, the government is considering introducing HR vouchers for SMEs – giving smaller employers access to external HR expertise when…
HR Outsourcing: Revealing the Pros & Cons
We thought it would be good to really simply break down the different kinds of UK Employment Status and Zero-hours that people have and how something called a ‘Zero-Hours Contract’ fits into this world of work in the UK. When people go to work, they have a contract with the people they work for and…
Having worked with many small businesses over the last 7 years we can see the huge benefits that come from rolling out great cloud software to streamline your employee processes. Below I outline the steps to successfully implement HR software. As with any “vanilla” software though – it is imperative that you follow a process…
Here are 5 things you want to do to build a positive culture Company culture is a term that is often used to describe the values, beliefs, and behaviours that shape an organisation. Some say it’s the “personality” of a company. However you choose to define it, company culture has a significant impact on employee…
Recruitment is a bit of a nightmare at the moment. There are loads of jobs out there but not enough people to fill them. And the employee’s mindset has completely changed since COVID. We’re now in a candidate driven market, which makes hiring your next employee more time consuming, difficult and costly. That’s why we’ve…
As a business owner, you not only have your own personal finances to worry about but also your business’s too. And recently, you may have been looking at ways to reduce costs and protect your future revenue. HR can play a big part in this and we’ve listed 5 ways HR can stop your business…
Running a business can be really stressful. Especially when you’ve got an employee that’s causing you lots of issues. As an employer, it’s likely that at some point you might feel that it would be better for everybody to let an employee go. And in some cases, this might be the right decision. However, there…
In this current job market, we have had a number of clients who have experienced this issue and so thought it would be useful to provide some tips on this side…. There are two types of solution to this. The legal route and the employee focused route. Lets have a look at each one in…