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In motorsport, the racing line is the optimal path around a race course. It is the quickest route to drive any corner and has three stages: turn in, apex and exit. Before I was born, my father was a rally driver. Years later, my father taught...
Does it make sense to consider employer branding in these uncertain times? Yes absolutely. Understandably, some companies may not prioritise this activity right now. Despite the weakest employment outlook in decades, the number of hires falling dramatically and the chances of talent leaving your company...
Many of our candidates and clients are telling us how COVID-19 has impacted them. For many companies, the crisis has and may continue to have, a huge financial impact. We fully understand that, for the time being, their recruitment activities are frozen. For those companies in...
A 'guest insight' by Anthony (Ton) Christiaanse. There is optimism in the air. Slowly businesses are opening up and consumers are out and about spending. The stock market is on record highs, house pricing on the rise...
Although Covid is still a huge threat to lives across the world, with the recent surge in India, referred to in the Economist as ‘catastrophic’, of particularly grave concern; the U.K. is opening up and the prospect of our lives returning to ‘normal’ may now...
Brexit (what ever that actually means) is with us and, undoubtedly, many businesses are seriously struggling with the extent to which the new post - Brexit bureaucracy and certification systems are disrupting their trade. Initial data on some European trade flows ie between the U.K. and...
Even though Brexit happened on 31 January 2020, both sides are still trying to work out the rules for their new relationship. Until these terms are finalised and the new rules agreed upon, uncertainty will continue. If Brexit was not enough for the UK economy to...
From the deliberations of two great statesmen would come a unique proclamation announced on August 14th 1941; the Atlantic Charter. This was a statement issued by Roosevelt and Churchill setting out American and British goals for the world after World War II. Among its major points...
The British media has already started to talk about Rishi Sunak becoming Boris Johnson’s successor to lead the Conservative party. So, did Boris make a mistake in promoting Rishi to Chancellor on the 13th February 2020; pushing him into the spotlight? Currently, Mr Sunak has the...
“History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.” John Gardner As we now begin to look to the future in the Covid-19 era, most people already recognise that this will be a...