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It’s no secret that video is the future of media, that's why we're now offering our very own video services to help you reach your business goals and stand out from the competition! What kinds of video can we create? Snappy job adverts for social media that'll showcase your business Entertaining ...

Today is World Mental Health Day 2019, an opportunity for us to raise awareness of mental health and advocate against any social stigma that comes with it. Here, we highlight two of the key societal issues that have a significant impact on mental health, and some of the key organisations that are...

In the UK labour market, there are three types of individuals: employee; worker and self-employed. By way of brief summary, an employee is somebody who works under a contract of employment; there is mutuality of obligation; personal service and control. A worker is a middle ground status and it i...

If you’re used to partnering with recruitment businesses, particularly in the industrial sector, you might be familiar with the different types of contracts that temporary workers are employed or engaged under. It would be safe to say to that the term ‘Swedish Derogation’ might fill recruiters wi...

With the ongoing uncertainty around Brexit, businesses are finding themselves setting short-term strategies to meet current market demands. While longer term strategies are being considered and underpinning many decisions, they are being made on the expectation that they will change once a deal i...

We are proud to announce that we’ve been awarded the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Silver Award. This acknowledges us as an employer that: demonstrates exceptional support to the Armed Forces community actively communicates and upholds a positive stance to our employees ...

We’re excited to announce that we’ve changed the name of our central resource team to the National Recruitment Centre (NRC)! What’s more, the NRC has now teamed up with gap 24/7 so candidates can apply for jobs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! What is the NRC? The NRC supports all of our onsite cli...

Slavery is anything but a thing of the past. In fact, it’s estimated that modern slavery affects a staggering 40 million people worldwide, 13,000 of which are said to live right here in the UK. A main form of modern slavery is forced labour, meaning individuals are forced to work against their wi...

In Forbes v LHR Airport Limited, the appellant was a security officer. The appellant’s colleague, Ms S, posted an image of a doll referred to in the case report as a “golliwog” onto her private Facebook page with the caption: “Let’s see how far he can travel before Facebook takes him off”. The pi...

It’s estimated that in our lifetime we spend approximately 90,000 hours at work. Sound depressing? Well, it doesn’t have to. Not if you truly enjoy your job, get along with your co-workers and love the environment you work in. I’ve only been a member of the gap personnel team for three weeks now,...