60% of local authorities delay fire door maintenance and inspection programmes
Over half (52%) of UK local authorities responding to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request reported delays to planned fire door maintenance and replacement in the first half of 2020.…
APSCo to support Government Kickstart Scheme
The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) is pledging its support to the Government’s Kickstart Scheme designed to create hundreds of thousands of new, fully subsidised jobs for young people…
152nd annual TUC Congress to be held virtually from Congress Centre, Keir Starmer as keynote
The Trades Union Congress (TUC), the official federation of trade unions in England and Wales, has confirmed its 152nd annual Congress will go ahead in 2020 as a hybrid event…
Last resort redundancies: plan now, or pay more later?
Are redundancies an increasingly likely conclusion to the Covid-19 crisis for your business? Lucy Twomey, HR and Legal Adviser at Make UK, warns employers faced with the ‘last resort’ of…
Summer Statement – Employment Trade Body responds
The Government’s ‘kickstart scheme’ aimed at getting 16-24-year olds into training – and the training incentives announced today are welcome but more needs to be done to ensure that the…