Monthly Archives: April 2017

UK productivity crisis deepens

The UK’s productivity crisis is deepening, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO LLP. The latest report shows that while firms are continuing to hire more staff, business output is struggling to pick up. The amount of output produced for each hour worked is therefore likely to slow further,
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UK workers reveal their biggest bugbears about looking for a job

New research from CV-Library finds that nearly two thirds (62.7 per cent) of UK workers dislike looking for a new job, with this figure rising to 69.9 per cent amongst 18-24 year olds. In fact, the study, which asked 1,200 of the nation’s workers what their biggest bugbears were when it came to looking for work, finds
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SME bank Redwood secures banking licence from regulators

Redwood Bank, a new UK SME Business bank, has secured a banking licence following approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). Redwood will now enter its mobilisation phase and expects to launch to customers later in 2017. Redwood Bank is wholly owned by Redwood Financial Partners Ltd (RFP), a company
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Electricians to Plumbers – the best cities for building a career in a trade

A new study from IronmongeryDirect finds that Brighton is the best city to start a construction, carpentry or gardening trade – but plumbers and electricians might be better off elsewhere. If your dream is to build your own UK construction trade company, or if you’re a carpenter who’d like to up sticks and move elsewhere, now
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Paycation Names Larry Cantrell As President

 
Paycation officially announced at the 2017 National Leadership Conference in Las Vegas their global expansion strategy and the much-anticipated person that will be leading the charge.
TraVerus Global, Inc., was introduced as the new parent company of Paycation Travel, Xstream Travel and Xstream Holidays. These entities will continue to operate under the TraVerus Global brand as the travel and leisure division.
Bachar Nutrition will be added as a health-and-wellness division, along with Success Training Institute (STI) operating in conjunction with the other businesses in a personal development division. These three areas combine to give customers and representatives more options to improve their lives in a more complete way.
Larry Cantrell was announced to spearhead the expansion strategy and is welcomed as the new President of TraVerus Global. Cantrell is a 30-year veteran of the

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