Bakers Basco, the membership scheme set up by Allied Bakeries, Fine Lady Bakeries, Frank Roberts & Sons, Hovis and Warburtons to manage an industry wide bakery equipment solution, has ramped up its tech capabilities with body worn video cameras to improve its equipment tracking surveillance to catch…
After two years of disruption, namely the fallout from Brexit and the global pandemic, the recruitment market has been fighting for stability. And now, in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis and a black cloud of recession looming, it’s unlikely we’ll see much movement in…
The word that seems to be on every business executive’s lips as we start 2023 is “recession”. It’s one that can strike fear into the heart of marketers since it conjures up images of budget cuts and resource freezes. Major macro factors like inflation, labour…
Paul Empson, GM, Bakers Basco shares his reflections and predictions for the year ahead – and why the environmental fight against plastic waste must be a top priority. From rising inflation to soaring energy and fuel prices, 2022 has been challenging for almost every business…
Its first-ever acquisition marks a bold step in powering the new world of cookieless digital advertising. In its commitment to enabling the next generation of programmatic advertising, MiQ, the global programmatic media partner, today announced the acquisition of UK-based AirGrid, the privacy-first audience platform. Powered…
Social value is high on the agenda for London Borough of Hackney – but how is a neutral vendor supplier supporting its ambition to get more local residents into employment? Stuart Thorn, Head of Human Resources, London Borough of Hackney, explains why it’s important to…
Hiring activity is surging at a “robust” pace, according to a new report from KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Yet businesses across the UK are struggling to recruit workers into temporary and permanent jobs, highlights Mark Inskip. Could it be that recruitment directors…
With agency worker placements increasing in London borough councils, Mark Porter, Head of HR Operations at OneSource explains how the right recruitment technology can help to identify and consequently reduce that trend. We’ve all needed agency workers in the past to fill recruitment gaps or…
As a recruitment or HR manager, you are always looking for ways to help make the hiring process simple, reliable, fast and cost-effective, highlights Julian Panter at Matrix. But if you have to wait until, let’s say, the 15th of every month for your monthly…
The UK Government has vowed to set legally binding targets to clean up the UK through a framework that “specifically supports the UK and its priorities”. It promises to ensure that all plastic packaging in the UK will be recyclable or reusable by 2025, along…