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IR35 tax reforms to be pushed back by one year, less than a week after the controversial measures were confirmed in the Budget. The changes, intended to place the liability of contractor tax payments on the companies who use them, where they would be deemed to otherwise be an employee, will now not go ahead in April as previously expected. Instead, the measures will come int...

HR Guidance Notes – Coronavirus The risk of catching coronavirus (COVID-19) in workplaces is currently low. It's still good practice to make sure everyone at work follows simple hygiene rules, such as: washing hands thoroughly with hot water and soap using tissues when sneezing or coughing and throwing them away in a bin If employees do not want to go to work? Some people mi...

The top 3 fears faced by executives and how to overcome them: Do you suffer from an executive fear and if so, how do you overcome it? As search consultants, we meet a lot of executives, senior managers and business leaders; behind every title is a person and with great responsibility there is often one of these top 3 fears: Overwhelm & Exhaustion Imposter Syndrome or a Hero ...

A panel discussion, in partnership with Santander Corporate Banking. By Euro Projects Recruitment Ltd. Thank you to our Family Business Panel for sharing their experience, insights and wisdom on how to successfully run, professionalise and scale a family business. The family businesses represented at our discussion ranged from one established in 1917 (now being managed by it...

Avoid your firm’s Christmas Party becoming a festival of Fists, Flirtations and Frustrations… By Euro Projects Recruitment Ltd. At this time of year, businesses are looking to have arranged their Christmas party to celebrate the festive season, but also use this as way of thanking their employees and raising morale. However, it is important to remember that it may not seem l...

If you want to get things done in meetings then follow these ten simple steps and watch your productivity soar like an eagle. 1. Only invite people who need to be there Nothing kills a meeting more than the attendance of people who will not contribute or add value. Worse still, out of boredom, these attendees can actually hijack your meeting with a different agenda. 2. Send ...

Whilst recently conducting a series of interviews for a senior position, I was struck by the two types of candidates we had in the process and the difference between those who were just ‘OK’ and those who were exceptional. The thing that divided them was quite simple but amazingly insightful. This prompted me to go back over several recently successful executive search proje...

Lessons in business from the front of the grid: Previously we’ve wrote about the cornerstone success habits of the leading teams in F1 motorsport, based on over twenty years of research conducted by Dr Mark Jenkins, Professor in Business Strategy at Cranfield University. Mark kindly shared his latest findings with us following the launch of the third edition of his book Perf...

Top 5 tips to improve your interview body language Will your body language prevent you getting your dream job? Last night saw 5 candidates lined up to debate for the top job in UK politics. Whilst this isn’t a typical technique used to select for most jobs, it demonstrated the importance of body language. Our top tips for improving your body language to get the job you want:...

Owners and Directors of small businesses often ask us to help them to recruit high performing people but then worry about keeping them. This is a common problem and as we often say “Mountaineers need mountains”. As the analogy suggests climbers want to climb but such structures are often absent from smaller organisations. If you want your business to grow then bringing in br...