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National Minimum Wage… National Minimum Wage rates are to rise from 1st October 2010, with the minimum rate for workers aged 21 and over rising to £5.93 an hour. And for the first time a minimum wage rate for apprentices has been set. From October 2010, National Minimum Wage rates will increase from: £5.80 to [...]

UK manufacturing has rose in July by 0.3 per cent for the third month in a row as it continues to recover from the deep decline it suffered during the recession. “Manufacturing in Leicestershire has shown signs of improvement following hundreds of job cuts during the downturn. Last month, Hardinge Machine Tools, of Whetstone, won [...]

We know Employment Law isn’t the most exciting subject in the world, nor is it something you want to spend your time and energy on.  But, in these uncertain times, it has never been more important to ensure your business stays legally compliant. We are holding a FREE seminar in conjunction with Peninsula, the UK’s [...]

More than a third of small firms use social media on a daily basis to promote their businesses, research has revealed. A survey of 269 companies conducted by Daryl Willcox Publishing found that half used social media – and 35 per cent of these said they posted updates every day to platforms such as LinkedIn, [...]

A ban on the use of Blackberrys in the Middle East could have a dramatic effect on recruiters’ ability to do business.  Governments in the region have raised concerns over the ability of security forces to intercept email communications, claiming that this possesses a potential security risk if they cannot access correspondence from suspected terrorist [...]