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Former Depop CEO makes career move to scale up freelancer economy
Freelancer platform, YunoJuno, has appointed Runar Reistrup, former CEO of fashion marketplace Depop, as CEO. The hire comes at a time where YunoJuno has experienced a 150% month on month increase in clients looking for freelance talent…
UK professional services sector is hot, hiring, and boosting salaries – plus more recruitment…
Over a third (34%) of employees in professional services – banking and financial services, accounting & finance, legal, technology – will receive a pay increase this year, which goes to show the economic value and sustainability of the…
Most in-demand freelance services, according to Google
Online searches on Google for freelancers has increased over the past year, particularly for those with digital marketing skills, according to a report by insurance broker PolicyBee.
So, while the pandemic has been an understandable…
Goodbye 9 to 5 office life: UK companies must prep for flexible working boom after lockdown, says…
Employers and hiring companies ought to buckle up for a slew of flexible working applications once the current lockdown ends, according to Theta Global Advisors – a chartered accountancy and consultancy firm specialising in freelance…
Morrisons sets minimum wage at £10 an hour from April, enforces face mask rule for customers
Morrisons has become the first supermarket chain in the UK to reach a minimum pay milestone of £10 an hour for all colleagues who have passed their probation period.
In addition to the hourly pay increase, Morrisons will pay a…
Delivery boom or doom: Couriers are hiring in the thousands, but at what cost to self-employed…
The courier business is booming and not just for those making the deliveries, but those serving the sector, such as the back-office software that makes the supply chain and delivery process tick over, such as Metapack, who is hiring.
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Self-employed estate agent ‘associate’ model reaps its rewards with uncapped earnings…
A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model which the agency operates, Estate Agent Today has reported.
Fine & Country Midlands…
IR35 + Brexit: 2021 to be recruitment hell for UK interim contractors and UK Plc turnarounds
The pernicious effects of IR35 are bearing down on Interim Management contractors in the UK, according to Leigh Anderson, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Recruitment.
IR35, the HMRC’s reclassification of independent and self-employed…
Retailers relocate £4.2bn of manufacturing to home turf
Retailers to on-shore £4.2 billion of products to the UK over the next 12 months as COVID-19 resets supply chain strategies
70% of Europe’s largest 30 retailers have conducted a review of their supply chains because of COVID-19, with…
Want a career change? NHS Campaign aims to inspire New Recruits and kickstart careers
The NHS is launching a renewed recruitment drive to capitalise on the ‘Nightingale effect’ as the health services contend with the second wave of COVID-19 and the deployment of vaccines to curb the deadly virus across the UK.
The…