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Updated Tuesday 31st March 2020, 9am. Our consultants are recruiting remotely and actively looking for candidates to fill urgent key worker positions in front line businesses including food production, warehouse and distribution roles. If you’re looking for work or in need of key workers for your...

All changes are from 1st April 2020 National Living Wage (NLW) is the minimum hourly wage that employers must legally pay to workers aged 25 and above. NLW is set to increase from 1st April 2020 by 6.2% - the biggest percentage increase ever. The hourly rate will rise from £8.21 to £8.72 which me...

We've combined National Careers Week and International Women's Day by shining a light on some of our fantastic female team members and their gap careers to date. Have a watch and if we seem like a team you'd like to work with, send your CV to your local gap office or check out our current vacanci...

When applying for industrial jobs that don’t require experience, submitting a CV isn’t always necessary as they don’t tend to require a technical skillset or higher qualifications. Look at production roles like pickers and packers for example, their repetitive nature means you can learn as you go...

Recruitment company gap personnel group has been named as one of The Sunday Times' Top 100 Best Mid Companies to Work For 2020. The list, which is based on survey responses from the company's own team, ranked gap personnel as the 69th Best Mid Company to Work For in the UK and the 51st Best Compa...

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, we've filmed a short video series starring our own apprentice's talking about their journeys, what they've learned and what advice they'd give to others considering the same route. #LookBeyond #NAW2020 Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos.

January is traditionally considered review season, in our industry at least. Whilst 2019 lacked certainty due to the ambiguity of Brexit, we now have an official date for our withdrawal from the EU, which has plagued UK businesses for the majority of the past three and a half years – today! But w...

With 50% of workers planning to look for a new job in 2020, finding and securing a role that suits your personality and skillset can be extremely competitive. Here’s some tips on how to identify the companies you want to work for, the people you want to work with, and the career paths you want to...

In the recent case of Kim Beaney v Highways England and others, Miss Beaney (the “Claimant”) was awarded almost £74,000 by the Nottingham Employment Tribunal. It was found that the Claimant had been constructively unfairly dismissed following harassing behaviour by Grant Bosence (the “Second Resp...

After four successful years, our Leamington Spa branch has now relocated to Coventry! You can now find us at Room 103, 1st Floor, HQ 3 The Quadrant, Warwick Road, Coventry, CV1 2DY. Dawn Walker, Operations Director - East said: "Client development, the candidate market and growth of the business ...