Business

The delivery company who have been involved with the almost complete shut down of KFC has been accused of mistreating its staff. The GMB union claims workers who have shown nothing but loyalty to DHL and are now being thrown out of their jobs through no fault of their own. GMB, the union for warehouse and distribution workers, has accused DHL of ‘doing the dirty’ after staff were given the double hammer blow of losing their jobs and their enhanced...

In news which will anger huge swathes of the public, not the least the staff who have lost their jobs since the collapse of the outsourcing giant; it has been revealed a top exec at the company made a killing before Carillion’s demise. Richard Adam was the finance director between April 2007 and December 2016, sold off shares between 1 March 2017 and 8 May 2017. He cashed them in for £775,921 only twelve months later they would be worth...

Claims he would need to take out a loan for any fine he gets for failing to disclose information to pensions regulators.

Spencer Gunn has always been a visionary, a man ahead of his time. Born with entrepreneurial spirit, it’s no surprise that over the last 3 years as CEO, the East Londoner has taken global digital X-ray imaging specialists, Direct Conversion to new heights. The 52-year old’s journey to success has taken him on many different paths, but one thing has stayed consistent, his commitment to caring for his products and his people. This philosophy has stuck with Spencer throughout his...

RBS have come under fire from the Government after a full report into RBS business practices have been branded “disgraceful.” The Treasury Select Committee released its report into RBS' restructuring unit and "profit centre" GRG and it is damning. RBS claimed that the problems were caused by a few rogue employees, but the report has dismissed that as false. Royal Bank of Scotland operated the GRG from 2005 to 2013. At the unit’s peak it handled 16,000 ­companies. In 2008...

While the face of the workplace is ever changing, there are still a lot of industries where the traditional office-based model is going to be the one they use.  This means that office administration jobs remain a top option if you are looking to train or retrain for something new.  But what are the most in-demand office admin jobs of 2018? Personal assistant The personal assistant is the key staff member that ensures the management of a business have the...

A new study has found that a third of UK office workers only tidy their desks if their boss is coming into the office. The reason?  Almost half (45%) of those questioned think they are more likely to get a promotion if they have a tidy desk. The research, conducted by office supply specialists Fellowes, also hints that there could be an organisational crisis in UK offices, with the average employee spending seven working days per year looking for misplaced paperwork....

A joint select committee inquiry into the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion have criticised the big four accountancy giants. They were accused of “feasting” on the beleaguered company and one of the four had managed “to play all three sides.” Evidence was brought to the inquiry that indicated that these accounting juggernauts have billed for £71m worth of work from Carillion since 2008. KPMG, acted as Carillion’s auditor for 19 years, billed the construction giant £20.2m. PwC, Deloitte, and Ernst and...

The engineering sector has been a cornerstone of the UK's economy over the years, and will be a factor in building the nation's prosperity as Britain braces itself for a new future. A lot has gone down in the sector and there is a number of issues to be addressed if the economy will see growth in the coming years. Presently, in terms of Gross Value Added (GVA), the contribution of engineering to the UK's GDP is 26% - more...